KL Rahul Reaction: Punjab Kings, captained by Shikhar Dhawan, have faced defeat by 56 runs at their home ground. In this match, Lucknow Super Giants, captained by KL Rahul, gave a crushing defeat to Punjab Kings. Actually, Punjab Kings had got a target of 258 runs to win the match, but Shikhar Dhawan’s team was reduced to 201 runs in 19.5 overs. Atharva Taide scored the most runs for Punjab Kings. This player played an inning of 66 runs in 36 balls. He hit 8 fours and 2 sixes in his innings, but could not take the team to the threshold of victory.
What did Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul say?
After this victory, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul said that he is very excited after the victory. All the matches of this tournament are important. We had to face defeat in the last match, but after that we were on break… After the break, we came back fresh. He said that when you see this kind of wicket, you get very excited as a batsman. The result of our excellent batting is that we managed to score more than 250 runs. He also praised Kylie Meyers, Marcus Stoinis and Ayush Badoni.
The condition of the match was like this
On the other hand, talking about this match, Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan had decided to bowl after winning the toss. Electing to bat first after losing the toss, Lucknow Super Giants scored 257 runs for 5 wickets in 20 overs. Kylie Meyers and Marcus Stoinis played half-century innings for Lucknow Super Giants. Apart from this, Ayush Badoni contributed 43 runs in 24 balls. While Nicholas Pooran scored 45 runs in 19 balls. At the same time, for Punjab Kings, Kagiso Rabada showed the way to the pavilion to the maximum number of 2 players.
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