New Delhi, With the help of Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis’ sizzling batting, Lucknow Super Giants turned a losing bet into a win. In the match played on Monday in the IPL-2023 T20 cricket tournament, Lucknow Supergiants gave a spectacular performance to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore by one wicket in the last ball.
The match was exciting and heart-pounding till the last ball. The match was high scoring and batsmen from both the teams scored maximum runs with fours and sixes. Nicholas Pooran was the hero for Lucknow as he scored a half-century in just 15 balls.
While Stoinis also scored a half century by batting aggressively. In this match, Lucknow won the toss and invited Bangalore to bat first. With the help of Virat Kohli, Captain Faf Duplessis and Glenn Maxwell’s aggressive half-centuries, Bangalore posted a huge score of 212 runs for two wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In response, Lucknow lost three wickets for 23 runs and four wickets for 99 runs.
But later Nicholas Pooran and Stoinis gave the team victory by batting aggressively. Lucknow won the match by scoring 213 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. The target was 213 runs against Lucknow. In response, the team had a very poor start. The team lost three wickets in 23 runs. In which opener Kyle Myers could not even open the account. While Deepak Hooda scored nine runs, the pavilion gathered.
Even Krunal Pandya could not open an account. While the opener captain Lokesh Rahul was able to contribute 18 runs in 20 balls. The team lost four wickets at the score of 99 runs and was in trouble. However, Marcus Stoinis and Nicolas Pooran then put on some sizzling batting and turned the tide of the match. Nicholas Pooran scored a half century in 15 balls.
The Jadi snatched away the win from the hands of Bangalore. Nicholas Pooran scored 62 runs in 19 balls. It included four fours and seven sixes. While Stoinis scored 65 runs in 30 balls with the help of six fours and five sixes. Ayush Badoni also contributed 30 runs in 24 balls. Mohammad Siraj and Van Parnell took three wickets each for Bangalore. While Harshal Patel got two wickets and Karn Sharma one wicket.
Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and invited Bangalore to bat first. Taking advantage of this, Virat Kohli and captain Faf du Plessis’ opening line batted in a stormy fashion.SS1MS