“Punjab Kings set huge target in IPL match against Lucknow Supergiants”

Punjab Kings set a target of 258 runs against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL. Lucknow’s huge score proved that Punjab’s decision to win the toss and send Lucknow into bat was wrong. The batsmen who beat the Punjab bowlers, scored 257 runs at the loss of five wickets in the stipulated over. With the score standing at 41, captain KN Rahul (12) was lost, but the combination of Meyers and Ayush Badoni made the score 74 in six overs. Meyers got out with a half-century from 24 balls and Rabada was the wicket. The star’s innings consisted of four sixes and seven boundaries.

Later, Badoni and Stoinis formed a good partnership. In the 14th over, with the team score standing at 163, Badoni got out after scoring 54 runs with three fours and a six from 24 balls. Livingston took the wicket. Later, Nicholas Pooran, who came to the crease, played aggressively with Stoinis in the last overs as Lucknow easily crossed 200. Sam Curran dismissed Stoinis with a 40-ball 72. Puran also shone by scoring 45 runs off 19 balls. Deepak Hooda scored 11 off 6 balls and Krunal Pandya scored 5 runs off 2 balls.

Punjab Kings: Atharva Tiede, Shikhar Dhawan(c), Sikander Raza, Liam Livingston, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh Lucknow Supergiants: KL Rahul(c), Kyle Meyers , Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(m), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan and Yash Thakur.

Lucknow Supergiants: KL Rahul (c), K Meyers, N Pooran, D Hooda, M Stoinis, K Pandya, A Badoni, Y Thakur, R Bishnoi, A Khan, Naveen Ul Haq.

KL Rahul-led Lucknow Supergiants are coming off the back of a defeat against defending champions Gujarat Giants in their last match. Punjab, on the other hand, is coming off a big win against Mumbai Indians.

Supergiants have won four of their last seven games and are fourth on the points table. On the other hand, PBKS are currently in seventh position with 8 points and 4 wins from their last 7 games. South Africa’s Quinton de Kock has not featured for LSG this season and reports suggest that the wicket-keeper batsman will not feature in today’s match against Paranjab either.

Pitch Report: The pitch should be level throughout the game. The average first innings score in the last five T20Is at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali is 158 runs so the team that wins the toss may opt to bowl in this match.