IPL 2023: Rahul's half-century went in vain, PBKS beat LSG by 2 wickets due to the brilliant performance of Raza and Curran

In the 21st match of IPL 2023, Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 2 wickets with the help of Sikandar Raza's half-century and Sam Curran's superb bowling. In this match, Punjab was captained by Sam Curran in place of Shikhar Dhawan as Gabbar had suffered an injury in the previous match against Gujarat Titans. Lucknow played Krishnappa Gautam in place of Kyle Mayers as an impact player in this match. At the same time, Punjab fed Prabhsimran Singh in place of Rahul Chahar as an impact player. 

Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 159 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. KL Rahul scored the most runs for the team. He played a half-century innings of 74 runs in 56 balls with the help of 8 fours and a six. Apart from him, Kyle Mayers contributed 29 runs in 23 balls with the help of one four and 3 sixes. Both of them played a partnership of 53 (46) runs for the first wicket.

In the 21st match of IPL 2023, Punjab Kings defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 2 wickets with the help of Sikandar Raza's half-century and Sam Curran's superb bowling. In this match, Punjab was captained by Sam Curran in place of Shikhar Dhawan as Gabbar had suffered an injury in the previous match against Gujarat Titans. Lucknow played Krishnappa Gautam in place of Kyle Mayers as an impact player in this match. At the same time, Punjab fed Prabhsimran Singh in place of Rahul Chahar as an impact player. 

Batting first, Lucknow Super Giants scored 159 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. KL Rahul scored the most runs for the team. He played a half-century innings of 74 runs in 56 balls with the help of 8 fours and a six. Apart from him, Kyle Mayers contributed 29 runs in 23 balls with the help of one four and 3 sixes. Both of them played a partnership of 53 (46) runs for the first wicket.

Captain Sam Curran took the most wickets from Punjab. He took 3 wickets for 31 runs in his quota of 4 overs. At the same time, Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets in his name. Apart from them Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar and Sikandar Raza got one wicket each. 

Chasing the target, the Punjab team won the match by losing 8 wickets in 19.3 overs. Sikandar Raza scored the most runs for the team. He played a half-century innings of 57 runs in 41 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. He scored his first half-century of IPL in 34 balls. Apart from him, Matthew Short played an inning of 34 runs in 22 balls with the help of 5 fours and a six. In the end, Shah Rukh Khan made an important contribution of 23 not out in 10 balls with the help of one four and two sixes.

Debutant Yudhveer Singh, Mark Wood and Ravi Bishnoi took maximum 2-2 wickets from Lucknow. Apart from them, Krishnappa Gautam and Krunal Pandya got one wicket each. 

teams 

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

Punjab Kings Playing XI: Atharva Tayde, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh. 

Option as an impact player

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

Substitutes for Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathi, Rishi Dhawan.