Indian premier legaue

Lucknow Super Giants: Marcus Stoinis 58 off 43 deliveries and late fire by Nicholas Pooran lifted Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to 163 for 5 in 20 overs against Gujarat Titans (GT) in the match 21 of the Indian Premier Legaue (IPL) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, here.

Batting first on their home ground, Lucknow suffered an early setback as opener Quinton de Kock got out after opening his account with a six to Umesh Yadav. In an attempt for another six to a short of a length delivery, de Kock skewed it to the third man’s hand and walked back to the pavilion. Not a start that Lucknow would have thought of as Umesh was all over the Lucknow batters in the powerplay.

Devdutt Padikkal, who came to bat at number three, was the second wicket of Yadav. Umesh bowled a back of a length delivery in the channel nipping away with the angle and Padikkal was enticed into wafting at it. Padikkal got a thick outside edge and Shankar snaffled it up at wide slip, low to his left. Padikkal got out after scoring 7 runs in 7 deliveries.