Entering the lucrative T20 league as the most expensive uncapped Indian player, Avesh took four big wickets for just 24 runs and bowled the 18th over to turn the match decisively in LSG’s favor.
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Captain asked to bat first KL Rahul And Deepak Hooda After a disastrous start, scored a useful half-century to take Lucknow Super Giants to 169 for seven.
Chasing 170, innovation from Kane Williamson (16) got him two fours and a six, but he paid the price for going overboard, with SRH scoring 25 for one in the fourth over with Andrew Tye in the fourth over. He gets a ramp shot while slipping to short fine leg. ,
Avesh brought about Abhishek Sharma’s downfall with a change of pace as the batsman failed to read it while trying to pick him up.
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As Sharma returned to the dugout, last game half-century Aiden Markram walked out to join Rahul Tripathi In between, and the duo began to rebuild SRH’s innings.
At the end of the seventh over at 51 for two, Tripathi used the pace of the tie to hit the Australian bowler for three boundaries and then, using his wrist, smashed Kunal Pandya (2/27) For a six over fine leg. However, there was a quiet 10th over, after which Krunal bowler Markram was dismissed.
Tripathi played a scintillating 30-ball 44 and tried to sweep Krunal and went straight to deep mid-wicket, where Ravi Bishnoi was stationed. Nicholas Pooran hits Krunal for a six at long-on and then karts Jason Holder (3/34) for 15 runs from the last 30 balls to bring the equation to 50.
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Andrew Tye conceded no more than eight runs in the 17th over before Pooran caught Avesh Khan at deep square leg as much as possible.
However, Avesh got the last laugh as Pooran misjudged a full toss over his knee.
Earlier, his team lost three wickets for just 27 runs in the powerplay, Rahul (68 off 50 balls) found a capable ally in Hooda (51 off 33 balls) and 87 for the fourth wicket to revive the innings. Add runs.
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Rahul hit five fours and a six, while Hooda found the fence thrice and cleared it thrice.
Coming back from a long break after playing their opener last Tuesday, SRH got off to a great start and left the Super Giants in all sorts of trouble.
Coming back strongly after his team’s massive loss against Rajasthan Royals, Washington Sundar (2/28) was handed the new ball and dismissed the dreaded Quinton de Kock in his first over and SRH’s second over. – Break bowling on the grass pitch which prompted Kane Williamson to bowl two slips when Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened the proceedings.
Backed up to bowl in the powerplay despite putting in considerable effort in the previous game, Washington stomped de Kock (1) with a chip to Williamson at cover.
Moments later, Washington trapped Evin Lewis (1) in front of the wicket when the flamboyant West Indies batsman failed to execute his slog sweep. It was another big wicket for SRH considering Lewis’ blistering knock against Chennai Super Kings last Thursday.
Manish Pandey hit a boundary and a six off Romario Shepherd, but then, after going too far, was caught at mid-on in the same over and put LSG in trouble.
Inspired by early success, Williamson changed the bowling frequently, but he delayed by at least an over to introduce attacker T Natarajan, opting for Abdul Samad’s effortless, part-time seam-up stuff at the DY Patil Stadium. .
Fast bowler Umran Malik covered 145km in a row but leaked a lot of runs as well, allowing KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda to resume the LSG innings.
After suffering initial upsets, the pair of Rahul and Hooda did their job in a professional manner, finding boundaries as well as hitting singles and twos as Malik scored 100 for 16 in the 14th over.
Shepherd broke the partnership when he caught Hooda in the deep to signal the arrival of Aayush Badoni (19 off 12), who got into the groove with a boundary.