Lucknow Super Giants pulled off a stunning comeback win to defeat Punjab Kings by 21 runs in the 11th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Punjab Kings opener Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow added over 100 runs for the opening wicket but impressive bowling spells from Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan boosted LSG to an impressive win.
Nicholas Pooran captained Lucknow today as KL Rahul surprisingly started as an impact player. LSG handed IPL debuts to spinner Manimaran Siddarth and young Delhi-born pacer Mayank Yadav with the latter making an instant impact with his pace.
Punjab Kings bowlers were impressive in the powerplay overs with Arshdeep Singh removing Rahul and Sam Curran dismissing Devudutt Padikkal early in the powerplay. LSG managed to find momentum through Quinton de Kock's fifty who ended his poor run of form to silence his critics.
Arshdeep dismissed de Kock in the 14th over but Punjab kept the hammering on with Pooran smashing 42 off just 21 balls and Krunal Pandya adding an unbeaten 43 off just 22 balls in the closing stages. Curran took three wickets for 28 while Arshdeep picked two in his three overs for Punjab.
Punjab Kings replied impressively while chasing a 200-run target with openers Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow adding 102 runs for the opening wicket. Both Dhawan and Bairstow kept the game in favour of Punjab but Pooran's move to introduce debutant Mayank in the ninth over proved the difference.
Mayank shifted the momentum with Bairstow's wicket in the 12th over and dominated the game with raw pace which clocked the highest 155.8 kph. He further dismissed Jitesh Sharam and Prabhsimran Singh to put Lucknow ahead in the game for the first time.
Mohsin Khan also made the difference with two back-to-back wickets of Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Curran in the 17th over. Liam Livingstone smashed 28* off just 17 balls to salvage some late result but Punjab fell 21 runs short of the target. Shikhar top-scored with 70 runs off 50 balls for Punjab while Mayank claimed the Player of the Match award for his 3/27 figures on his IPL debut.
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (substituted by Naveen-ul-Haq), Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran (c), Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth.
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh (substituted by Prabhsimran Singh).
