IPL 2023: Lucknow beat Rajasthan by 10 runs with the help of Meyers' half-century and Avesh Khan's brilliant bowling.

 

In the 26th match of IPL 2023, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Rajasthan Royals by 10 runs with the help of a half-century by Kyle Mayers and 3 wickets by Avesh Khan. In this match, Rajasthan won the toss and decided to bowl first. Lucknow played Amit Mishra in place of Kyle Meyers as an impact player in this match. At the same time, Rajasthan fed Devdutt Padikkal in place of Yuzvendra Chahal as an impact player. 

Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 154 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs. Most runs from the team came off the bat of Kyle Meyers. He played a half-century innings of 51 runs in 42 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. This is his third half-century of this season. Apart from him, captain KL Rahul played an inning of 39 runs in 32 balls with the help of 4 fours and a six. Meyers had added 82 (65) runs for the first wicket with him. At the same time Nicholas Pooran scored 29 (21) runs. Ravichandran Ashwin took maximum 2 wickets from Rajasthan. Apart from them, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult and Jason Holder got one wicket each. Rajasthan got 2 wickets as run out. 

Chasing the target, the Rajasthan team was able to score only 144 runs in 20 overs losing 6 wickets. Most runs in this match came from the bat of Yashasvi Jaiswal. He played an inning of 44 runs in 35 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 2 sixes. Apart from him, Butler played an inning of 40 runs in 40 balls with the help of 4 fours and a six. Jaiswal got the team off to a good start with Butler sharing an 87(70) run partnership for the first wicket. Avesh Khan took the maximum 3 wickets from Lucknow. At the same time, Marcus Stoinis took 2 wickets in his name. 

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Avesh Khan, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ravi Bishnoi. 

Rajasthan Royals Playing XI: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal. 

Option as an impact player

Substitutes for Lucknow Super Giants: Amit Mishra, Jaydev Unadkat, Krishnappa Gautam, Prerak Mankad, Daniel Sams

Mumbai Indians substitutes: Devdutt Padikkal, Murugan Ashwin, Donavon Ferreira, Navdeep Saini, Akash Vashisht