With back-to-back match-winning performances, younger tearaway Mayank Yadav has achieved hero standing amongst Lucknow Supergiants followers. He received a loud cheer as he stepped on to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium on Sunday, followers roaring Mayank on as he warmed up by bowling earlier than Gujarat Titans started their 164-run chase. Yash Thakur was the standout bowler for Lucknow Tremendous Giants with a fifer.(AFP) It was an ideal stage for the 21-year-old pacer to dazzle with 150-plus deliveries in LSG’s second dwelling match. However it resulted in disappointment for Mayank as bowled one over earlier than strolling off the sphere with physio in tow, after creating a aspect pressure. He didn’t flip up once more. The damage didn’t seem severe as Krunal Pandya in his post-match feedback stated he heard Mayank was ‘OK’. Unlock unique entry to the story of India’s basic elections, solely on the HT App. Obtain Now! LSG didn’t want Mayank in the long run, as GT have been dismissed for 130 in 18.5 overs in reply to the house workforce’s 163/5, arrange by Marcus Stoinis’ 58 off 43 balls (4×4, 2×6). Mayank was removed from fiery in his solely over. GT opener Sai Sudharsan struck a boundary off his first ball, bowled at 140.9 kph. His deliveries slipped to 140.6 kph and 139 kph earlier than being hit for 2 extra boundaries, one every by Sudarshan and Shubman Gill, conceding 13 runs within the over. Pacer Yash Thakur stepped into the breach to seize his maiden five-wicket haul in IPL with the skilled left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya taking 3/11. It helped LSG seal a 3rd win by 33 runs. It began properly for GT after Sudharshan and Gill added 54 runs within the powerplay, however Thakur’s yorker ended Gill’s combat (19, 21b, 2×4). Thereafter, wickets fell like 9 pins as GT have been lowered to 67/4 on the half-way mark. Sudharshan was the top-scorer with a 23-ball 31 (4×4). Rahul Tewatia (30, 25b, 2×4, 2×6) tried to infuse power batting down the order, however it proved in useless. Enjoying simply his third match of IPL 2024, Thakur grabbed the chance, making GT batters wrestle together with his accuracy. His figures of three.5-1-30-5 was wonderful. LSG skipper KL Rahul learn the wicket properly as he pushed promising spinner Manimaran Siddharth, who even after bowling three no balls in a single over, uncommon in IPL, saved the GT batters underneath examine, conceding simply 29 at an economic system of seven.25. Stoinis scored his first half-century of the season after a nasty patch within the first three matches. The innings mattered loads to LSG, particularly after Umesh Yadav struck two early blows to cut back LSG to 18/2 within the first three overs. Even after being hit for a six on his second ball, Umesh bounced again to take away Quinton de Kock (6), who tried to repeat an analogous shot however his vanguard discovered Noor Ahmed at third. Umesh adopted it up with the wicket of Devdutt Padikkal (7), who edged to Vijay Shankar at large slip However Stonis and Rahul saved the scoreboard ticking. Whereas Rahul smashed back-to-back boundaries off Spencer Johnson, Stonis hit 12 runs in Umesh’s third over, which included an overthrow 4. Although the stickiness nature of the turf continued to maintain Rahul and Stonis underneath examine after LSG posted 47/2 in powerplay, each batters selected to play with gentle fingers, stitching collectively 73 for the third wicket. Rahul was the primary to go as he tried to hit the ball out of the park and located Tewatia, stationed close to the boundary, off Darshan Nalkande. His 31-ball 33 was studded with three fours. Nalkande additionally accounted for Stoinis (58, 43b, 4×4, 2×6) after being hit for back-to-back sixes. This time the bowler pressured batter to lose form and the sting off the toe finish of the bat was caught brilliantly by a diving ‘keeper BR Sharath. Young Ayush Badoni (20, 11b, 3×4) made his presence felt, but it was Nicholas Pooran’s quickfire, unbeaten 22-ball 32, with three sixes, which helped the aspect submit a difficult complete.
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