🏏IPL 2025,M40 LSG vs DC on Apr22nd @Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow 🏏 - Page 19

LSG have scraped past 150 after being inserted into bat. 159 is LSG's lowest total this season. At one point, they were looking set for something around 180-190 when Markram and Marsh were going strong but they lost the plot with the former's departure. Both Markram and Marsh started off nicely and mixed caution with aggression to perfection. The former was the aggressor and looked fluent from the word-go. Marsh was cautious especially against Axar. The DC captain actually did quite well to bowl four overs on the trot and finished with economical figures before Pooran came into bat. Pooran begun with two successive boundaries against Kuldeep but soon after, Starc got rid of the big fish with a slower one. Samad was promoted up the order but he struggled for rhythm tonight. The pitch also seemed to slow down once the sheen went off the ball. Both Samad and Marsh fell to Mukesh in the same over. Badoni came in as the Impact sub ahead of Pant (who might be nursing a minor injury as his right wrist was taped) and found the boundaries consistently. Miller struggled at the other end. If it was not for Badoni's good cameo, LSG would have been found wanting. Mukesh was the pick of the bowlers for DC as he took a 4-fer. DC will fancy chasing this one down with the firepower they possess but if LSG manage to take a few early wicket, things can get interesting...

Ayush Badoni: The wicket is on the slower side but still I feel we are short of runs. I think 180 (would have been a par score). With the right plan, hitting good areas and fielding well can help us. (Impact Player ploy of LSG) That's the strategy for Mayank but last game it executed well, so let's hope this game also we win and the strategy works.

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Thakur to Karun Nair, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries! Karun Nair is in some form! Pitched up ball outside off, hint of away swing, Karun Nair leans towards it and creams the drive through

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Thakur to Karun Nair, FOUR, Karun Nair gets off the mark in style! Slightly overpitched on off, Karun Nair presents a full bat-face and plays a check-drive past Thakur. The timing is spot on and the ball races to the fence

Shardul need 12 more extras pls.🤞

Originally posted by: Bacillusbadius

At least someone did not chose JFM for most wickets

END OF OVER 1 15 runs

DC: 15/0CRR: 15.00 • RRR: 7.63
Need 145 from 114b

Abishek Porel5 (3)

KK Nair8 (3)

SN Thakur1-0-14-0

DC Innings

1.3 Rathi to Abishek Porel, FOUR runs

Full and too wide, Porel leans into the cover drive and beats the diving Pooran to his left in the in-field, plenty of bottom hand in that shot

Pradeep Reddy: I have a feeling that one of the former champions from bottom half of the table will sneak in to the final four! And to be honest they have the resources to do so!

END OF OVER 2 6 runs

DC: 21/0CRR: 10.50 • RRR: 7.72
Need 139 from 108b

KK Nair9 (6)

Abishek Porel10 (6)

DS Rathi1-0-6-0

SN Thakur1-0-14-0

Raunaq Pandey: I hope Karun Nair gets on that tour of England with the kind of form he is in.