After profitable the toss and opting to bat first, Lucknow Tremendous Giants posted a mammoth 199 for 8, due to Quinton de Kock’s belligerent fifty (54 off 38 balls) and fashionable knocks from stand-in skipper Nicholas Pooran (42) and Krunal Pandya (43).
Chasing a 200-run goal for victory, Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan smashed a 50-ball 70, whereas Jonny Bairstow scored a 29-ball 42 because the duo amassed 102 runs for the opening wicket.However the debutant Mayank had another plans. He struck when issues have been beginning to look bleak for LSG, eliminating Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma to return figures of three/27.
Punjab Kings might solely handle 178/5 of their 20 overs and suffered a 21-run defeat. This was Punjab Kings’ second loss in three matches.
“They performed effectively, pity that Livi (Livingstone) received injured, that harm us, he would have come at 4. We began off effectively, however Mayank bowled effectively together with his tempo. It was good going through him, I used to be stunned at his tempo, however I wished to make use of his tempo towards him, however he bowled the bouncers and the yorkers effectively,” Punjab Kings captain Dhawan mentioned on the publish match presentation.
“I used to be fairly conscious, requested the batters to make use of the brief aspect and use his tempo, however he bowled into his physique (on Bairstow’s dismissal) and received him OUT, I mentioned the identical to Jitesh as effectively. However Mohsin bowled rather well, he stored size and suffocated us. We should analyse these defeats, the drop catch did value us some momentum. That is one thing we’ll have to enhance going ahead,” Dhawan mentioned.
Punjab Kings will subsequent face Gujarat Titans on April 4 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
