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Yuzvendra Chahal gets another wicket against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Ekana cricket stadium. After dismissing the explosive batter Ayush Badoni, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) spinner dispatched the LSG skipper Rishabh Pant.
In a do-or-die situation, the experienced spinner is on song currently. Pant had to depart after scoring 26 off 22. The middle-order batter of LSG, who is known for creating swashbuckling moves on the crease, barely got any chance to open the arms.
Rishabh Pant tried to clear the ropes, but Yuzvendra Chahal read it in advance.
Amid the rising pressure, the LSG skipper went for an ambitious shot, but didn't get hold of it. On the fifth ball of the 14th over of the first innings, Rishabh Pant went down on his knee to play a slog sweep against the googly. Chahal landed the Google in the middle and full.
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Pant’s idea was to clear the backward square leg fence. As the connection was not there, the ball travelled towards the deep where Marco Jansen was already there. The tall South African took the catch safely. Yuzvendra Chahal was pumped up. He celebrated the wicket with a roar. It was a massive blow to the Lucknow Super Giants. The momentum of the game is currently towards the Punjab Kings.
Rishabh Pant vs Yuzvendra Chahal stats
Rishabh Pant’s overall batting stats against Yuzvendra Chahal are not something to relish. Both of the star Indian cricketers faced each other on multiple occasions, and the rivalry so far has proved very entertaining.
According to the stats by Cricbuzz, against the spin wizard, the left-handed attacking batter has so far scored 137 runs from 94 balls, with a strike rate of 145.74. In this rivalry, Chahal dismissed Pant in 4 occasions, and produced 30.8 percent of dot balls.
Pant vs Chahal in T20s
Runs: 137
Balls: 94
Dismissals: 4
SR: 145.74
Dot%: 30.8
Against the Lucknow Super Giants, tonight, Yuzvendra Chahal performed in a significant way. In his 4-over spell, he took the wickets of Ayush Badoni and Rishabh Pant and concluded the quota with an economy rate of 6.25. In this edition of the Indian Premier League, Chahal proved mostly effective against the right-handed batters. Against right-handers, he got success 9 times while he took 3 left-handed batters only, including Rishabh Pant’s scalp.
Yuzi Chahal in IPL 2026
vs RHB: Wickets: 9, Avg: 21.11, ER: 8.7
vs LHB: Wickets: 3, Avg: 65.0, ER: 10.2
The pitch had some dry patches
Ahead of the toss, the experts observed that there were a lot of really dry patches right throughout the deck. Chahal, with all of his experiences, might have utilized the surface well.
"They've brought the boundaries in. But as soon as I come down and look at this wicket, the first thing you notice is how patchy it is. There are little bits of grass, but there are also a lot of really dry patches right throughout. So for me, that will give the bowlers a little bit of a reprieve," Aaron Finch explains the nature of the pitch ahead of the toss.
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