In the Indian Premier League 2024, LSG defeated Punjab Kings in their opening game of the season on Saturday.
On March 30, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Punjab Kings by 21 runs in the 11th match of the 2024 Indian Premier League at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Following their decision to bat first, LSG lost both Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul in the powerplay. However, in only 3.3 overs, wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock (54 off 38) and Marcus Stoinis (19 off 12) combined for 33 runs, before Rahul Chahar slid one past Stoinis. Krunal Pandya (43 off 22) and stand-in captain Nicholas Pooran (42 off 21) made sure that LSG achieved a record 199/8.
With captain Shikhar Dhawan (70 off 50) and Jonny Bairstow (42 off 29) driving hard at the target, Punjab Kings responded with a 61/0 powerplay. In the end, Mayank Yadav (4-0-27-3) who was the Player of the Match and an IPL rookie put an end to the pursuit with an amazing exhibition of fast bowling, as PBKS could only manage 178/5.
The following are all the significant figures and benchmarks from the LSG vs. PBKS game:
199/8: LSG’s total of 199/8 was tied for the most in all of the T20s in Lucknow and the highest in the IPL. The previous best was India’s IPL 2022 total of 199/2 versus Sri Lanka.
68 – Nicholas Pooran led a side in the Indian Premier League for the 68th time.
100 — Nicholas Pooran is presently the fourth captain to have a 100% victory percentage in the IPL, behind Suryakumar Yadav, Ross Taylor, and Ruturaj Gaikwad, however this is probably about to change.
61/0 — This ground’s highest Powerplay score in all T20 matches is achieved by the Punjab Kings.
178/5 — In all T20 matches, not only the IPL, PBKS’s team total of 178/5 is the highest while chasing at Lucknow.
150 — Shikhar Dhawan became the 17th player overall and the 10th Indian to hit 150 sixes in the IPL with his 50-ball 70, which was full of seven fours and three sixes.
