Ashutosh Sharma played 66 off 31 balls with 5 fours and 5 sixes.
Delhi Capital beat Lucknow Supergiants by 1 wicket in the thrilling match of IPL-18. The team scored 210 runs on the third ball of the 20th over. Impact player Ashutosh Sharma scored a six and led the team to victory, and he remained a knockout after scoring 66 off 31 balls.
Delhi needed 6 runs in the last over. Shahbaz Ahmed came to bowl and Mohit Sharma survived the stump out of the ball before. On the second ball, Mohit took a single and Ashutosh came on a strike. Ashutosh hit a six in the front direction and gave the team a thrilling victory.
After winning the match, Ashutosh Sharma pointed to Delhi's mentor Kevin Peterson and thanked him.
Delhi chose to bowl in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Lucknow scored 209 runs after losing 8 wickets. Nicholas flooded 75 and Mitchell Marsh 72 from the team. Delhi achieved the target by losing 9 wickets. Vipraj Nigam scored 39 off 15 balls and shared 55 off 22 balls with Ashutosh.
Match Analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
Ashutosh Sharma, who is ranked 7th as an Impact Player, took over Delhi. He scored only 18 off 18 balls, here he got the opposite corporation. Together with the opposite, he made an important 55 -run partnership. After the corporation was out, Ashutosh took the responsibility of winning the team. He scored 66 runs with 5 sixes and 5 fours and won the team.
2. The hero of victory
- Visit Corporation: Number-8: When Vipraj came to the field, the team's score was 1/3. He batted fast and scored 39 off just 15 balls. Vipraj also took 1 wicket in bowling.
- Mitchell Stark: Stark, who played IPL for the first time from Delhi, took 3 important wickets. He sent Nicholas Puran, Shahbaz Ahmed and Ravi Bishnoi to the pavilion.
- Kuldeep Yadav: LSG crossed the score 160 in 13 overs. Kuldeep bowled very economically and took 2 wickets for just 20 runs.
3. Fighter of the Match
Nicholas floods on No. 3 from Lucknow played 75 off 30 balls. He scored the team score to 160 in 13 overs. He was out in the 15th over, the team could not score big after his wicket and the score reached only 209.
4. Turning points
Delhi bowled brilliantly in the last 7 overs. In these overs, LSG lost 6 wickets and the team could only score 48 runs. Tight bowling did not let Lucknow score big.
Even in the bat, the phase of the middle and death -over was a turning point for Delhi. Various Corporation and Ashutosh Sharma played important innings and won the team. Meanwhile, LSG wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant also missed the catch of Ashutosh. He also lost the opportunity to stump Mohit Sharma in the last over.
5. Match report
LSG could not score big after a good start After deciding to bat first and losing the toss, LSG started a strong start. Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas flooded 87 runs for the second wicket. Marsh scored 72 off just 36 balls. Puran played 75 runs. However, after the two wickets, the team could only score 209 runs. Stark took 3 wickets from Delhi and Kuldeep took 2 wickets.
Delhi won despite a bad start Chasing a target of 210 runs, Delhi lost 3 wickets for 7 runs. The team also lost 6 wickets for 113 runs. From here, Vipraj and Ashutosh added 55 off 22 balls. Finally, Ashutosh scored a matchwinning fifty and led the team to victory. Faf du Plessis scored 29, Akshar Patel 22 and Triston Stubs 34.
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