LSG vs PBKS: Watch- KL Rahul Takes A Stunning Diving Catch To Send Back Jitesh Sharma

Punjab Kings (PBKS) won the toss & opted to bowl first against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). LSG posted a par score of 159-8. Skipper KL Rahul struck a fine knock of 74 runs in 56 balls and struck 8 fours and 1 six. KL Rahul showed immense mental application on a slow surface.

PBKS got off to a topsy-turvy start as they scored 45 runs in the power-play overs but they lost 3 wickets. Sikandar Raza along with Harpreet Bhatia slowly tried to put the run-chase back on the track. In the 13th over, Sikandar Raza unleashed an attack on Krunal Pandya and smashed 2 sixes and 1 four.

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Sikandar Raza’s onslaught gave PBKS some sort of momentum as at the end of 13 overs, PBKS’ score was 99-4 as they required another 61 runs to win from 7 overs. Krunal Pandya bowled quite a few short deliveries & gave ample room to the batters.

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Watch- KL Rahul takes a screamer

At the end of 15 overs, PBKS’ score was 115-5. Mark Wood was bowling the 16th over, on the 5th delivery of the over Jitesh Sharma couldn’t time the ball as he tried to play a drive shot then KL Rahul took a running diving catch to his left. Jitesh Sharma was dismissed on 2 runs in 4 balls.

That catch has ????? written all over it!

Superb piece of athleticism from the @LucknowIPL skipper ?

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Mark Wood made sure that he doesn’t give ample room to the batters & bowled wicket to wicket. This wicket would give LSG a glimmer of hope. At that time LSG’s score was 122-6 in 15.5 overs and required 38 runs to win from 4.1 overs.

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Exciting finish on Cards

PBKS fans would be hoping that Sikandar Raza stays till the end of the innings, another 15-20 runs from his side would take PBKS closer to the finish line. It would be interesting to see how Shahrukh Khan plays given the fact that he is the last recognized batter.

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LSG on the other side need to pick up wickets. The 4th over of Mark Wood would be quite decisive as KL Rahul needs to make sure that he bowls the 18th or 19th over. The debutant Yuvdhir Singh Charak will have a tough task on his hands if he is given an over to bowl in these testing times.

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