Krunal Pandya’s superb all-round showing helped Lucknow Super Giants notch
a comprehensive five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2023
match in Lucknow on Friday.
Krunal produced a superb spell of 3/18 with the ball to restrict SRH to a
below-par 121/8 before he contributed 34 off 23 deliveries with the bat to
help LSG chase down the target with 24 balls to spare in a low-scoring
match.
a comprehensive five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2023
match in Lucknow on Friday.
Krunal produced a superb spell of 3/18 with the ball to restrict SRH to a
below-par 121/8 before he contributed 34 off 23 deliveries with the bat to
help LSG chase down the target with 24 balls to spare in a low-scoring
match.
He stitched 55 runs with captain K L Rahul (35) for the third wicket to
take the game away from the SRH’s reach.
Rahul hit four fours during his 31-ball knock while Krunal’s innings was
studded with four boundaries and one maximum.
Rahul and Romario Shepherd (0) perished off successive deliveries,
dismissed by Adil Rashid (2/23) in the 15th over but it didn’t have any
effect on LSG.
Experienced pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceded 13 runs in the first over of
LSG’s run chase, giving away five wides and Rahul hitting a four.