The Lucknow Super Giants will win the TATA IPL 2022
The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) won their second consecutive match in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Monday at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, defeating the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 12 runs. KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda’s 1950s led the Lucknow Super Giants to a competitive total of 169-7 before Avesh Khan’s four-wicket haul enabled the LSG bowling attack restrict SRH to 157/9. SRH lost skipper Kane Williamson early in the innings while chasing 170.
The SRH captain became trapped at short lovely leg off Avesh Khan’s bowling within the fourth over after blasting a 4 and a six each. In the powerplay, Avesh took his second wicket when Manish Pandey caught a skier off Abhishek Sharma, and SRH were 40-2 at the end of the powerplay. Rahul Tripathi, who became joined with the help of Aiden Markram, smashed three boundaries and began his innings confidently. Three boundaries were struck in the eighth over, which was bowled by Andrew Tye, who gave up 15 runs in his second over of the game.
Tripathi took advantage of the situation and smashed 33 off 18 deliveries, bringing SRH to 82/2 at the halfway mark. The succeeding delivery saw Krunal Pandya take his first wicket, dismissing Aiden Markram, who became trapped at extra-cowl for 12 runs. After Tripathi’s cherished knock came to an end because the right-surpassed batter became stuck within the deep for 44, Pandya added another wicket to his tally. Nicholas Pooran kept SRH’s hopes alive with three fours and a six from the left-handed explosive hitter, who was well assisted by utilising Washington Sundar at the other cease.
With 33 required off the last three deliveries, Pooran smashed a little earlier than Avesh Khan, who hit twice in two deliveries to dismiss Pooran and Abdul Samad. SRH scored 10 runs in the penultimate over and needed 16 runs from the final six deliveries. As SRH fell thirteen runs short of their target, Jason Holder bowled the last over with finesse, collecting three wickets. LSG, who had been assigned to bat first, had made one change earlier: Jason Holder replaced Dushmantha Chameera within the eleven. Sunrisers Hyderabad got off to a good start with the ball, taking three wickets in the powerplay.
Quinton de Kock and Manish Pandey were locked in the circle while Evin Lewis was stranded in front. At the same moment that Washington Sundar spun his net to say wickets, Romario Shepherd picked one. LSG were 32-3 at the end of six overs, with skipper KL Rahul joined by using Deepak Hooda. After hitting 20 runs off the Umran Malik over when LSG was 68-three at the end of 10 overs, the two forged an important connection and got LSG out of trouble. LSG bounced back quickly after a shaky start, and the fifty collaboration between Hooda and Rahul, who ensured the bounds kept flowing, was up and running.
Hooda and skipper Rahul both achieved half-centuries, but SRH managed to put an end to the destructive partnership when Hooda holed out inside the deep off Shepherd’s bowling. LSG were 120-4 with four overs to go when Sundar let up 17 runs in the seventeenth over. While the LSG skipper struck for four and six, new batter Ayush Badoni smashed a boundary to bring the over to a close. Rahul smashed a four and a six, but Natarajan’s magnificent death bowling put an end to the LSG skipper’s innings. Krunal Pandya became the subsequent hitter to be brushed off after a Natarajan yorker knocked out the left-handed batsman.
