Thakur to Rahul, FOUR, to fine leg
After an intense Jaipur match victory the Lucknow Super Giants face their home match against the Delhi Capitals. With an inconsistent performance record throughout the season they have collected 10 points from their eight games played. The domestic bowlers in the team bowling line-up demonstrated spectacular performances because they operated without a specialist overseas bowler. The sluggish batting approach of Rishabh Pant distresses Delhi Capitals staff the most. All assessments of Rishabh Pant’s performances should focus on his half-century against CSK given that he has badly missed expectations for the remaining matches at his cost of INR 27 crore. Pant faces the task of batting against the quality fast-bowlers Starc, Yadav, Nigam and Kumar who form part of Delhi’s strong attack.
Mitchell Marsh along with Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram form their solid top three batting lineup which gives Delta Capitals an advantageous start in the Power Play phase. Lucknow establishes opposition control through an effective bowling combination of Digvesh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan and Shardul Thakur so it remains unnoticed. Avesh Khan demonstrated his silent power by excelling in the 18th then the 20th overs to lead LSG to their two-run victory against the Rajasthan Royals.
The Capitals now face significant challenges because Faf du Plessis deals with fitness problems. Since Du Plesiss got injured the Capitals have used a rotating door at the opening slot by playing Fraser-McGurk followed by Porel and now Nair. The outstanding batting performance of KL Rahul has secured the Capitals a solid foundation at the batting positions in the middle of their lineup. The returning star of the team visited Ekana stadium three times before to lead the home side during the previous three campaigns. Rahul received criticism from LSG fans during the previous season regarding his batting performances.
Avesh Khan to Axar, FOUR, to long-off
Markram to Abishek Porel, out Caught by Miller!! Wicket number two for Aiden Markram. It's his South African colleague that helps him add another to the tally. A bit too full and drifting into the pads, Porel wanted to swipe it for a maximum on the leg-side but couldn't get the desired timing on it. Off the cue end and catching practice for Miller at deep mid-wicket. Abishek Porel c Miller b Markram 51(36) [4s-5 6s-1]
Ravi Bishnoi to Abishek Porel, 1 run, tap-and-run single on the off-side as Porel brings up his first fifty of the season. A bit of glove-love between the batting duo...
Ravi Bishnoi to Rahul, 1 run, skips down the track and drives the full delivery down to long-on
Most bowlers used in Powerplay in an innings in IPL 20256 PBKS vs SRH Hyderabad5 LSG vs RR Jaipur5 LSG vs DC Lucknow *
Avesh Khan to Abishek Porel, FOUR, to deep extra cover
Avesh Khan to Rahul, FOUR, sloppy work! A back of a length ball shaping
Markram to Karun Nair, out Bowled!! Timber! Good comeback from Markram after being hit for a maximum. Markram has the last laugh. Karun Nair once again makes room and this time quickens up his pace Karun Nair b Markram 15(9) [4s-2 6s-1]
Markram to Abishek Porel, 1 run, floated full delivery on off from round the wicket, Abishek Porel eases it down to long-off
Digvesh Rathi to Abishek Porel, FOUR, shot! Floated full delivery outside off, was the googly,
Thakur to Karun Nair, FOUR, Karun Nair gets off the mark in style! Slightly overpitched on off, Karun Nair presents
Mukesh Kumar to Pant, out Bowled!! Chopped on! Mukesh Kumar finishes with a 4-fer! Pant switches his stance but Mukesh Kumar follows him with a full delivery around leg-stump. He tries to reverse hit it towards fine leg Pant b Mukesh Kumar 0(2)
Mukesh Kumar to Mitchell Marsh, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! DC have roared back into the contest! A searing yorker swinging in towards off, Mitchell Marsh opens his bat-face Mitchell Marsh b Mukesh Kumar 45(36) [4s-3 6s-1]
Mukesh Kumar to Abdul Samad, out Caught&Bowled!! Abdul Samad's struggles come to an end! He was promoted up the order but it didn't work for him & LSG. Abdul Samad c and b Mukesh Kumar 2(8)
Mitchell Starc to Pooran, out Bowled!! Pooran b Mitchell Starc 9(5) [4s-2]
Vipraj Nigam to Markram, SIX,
Axar to Markram, FOUR, 93.6kph, good shot! In-dart on leg,
Chameera to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, to deep square leg
Mukesh Kumar to Markram, FOUR, edged and four! Short of length outside off, Markram slashes hard for a cut, gets a thick outside edge that goes between short third man and backward point
Mitchell Starc to Markram, SIX,
Markram and Mitchell Marsh are at the crease. Markram is on strike. Axar will open the attack