Ashish Khan defended 9 runs in the 20th over and won Lucknow.
Lucknow Supergiants beat Rajasthan Royals by 2 runs in an exciting IPL match. Ashish Khan defended 9 runs in the 20th over and won Lucknow. Ashash got 3 wickets. Both Eden Markerum and Ayush Bado scored a fifty.
Lucknow chose to bat at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Lucknow scored 180 runs after losing 5 wickets. In reply, Rajasthan was able to score 178 runs by losing 5 wickets. Yashwashi Jaiswal scored 74 runs. Vanindu Hasranga took 2 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. The Match of Player
Will come to Lucknow a wonderful bowling in death overs. He gave up only 5 runs in the 18th over and took 2 wickets. Then Achch defended 9 runs in the last over and gave the team a 2 -run victory. Yashwashi Jaiswal, Shimron Hatmayer and Ryan were sent to the pavilion.
Ashish Khan gave only 11 runs in the last 2 overs.
2. The hero of the win
- Abdul Samad: Coming to bat at number 7, Samad scored 30 off 10 balls. He scored 27 runs in the last over and made the team to 180.
- Ayush Badoni: Bado came to bat as an impressive player and he scored a fifty. He also shared a 76 -run partnership with Markerm.
- Eden Markerm: Eden Marker, who was opening for Lucknow, scored a fifty for 31 balls. He scored 66 runs and made the team a big score. Markram also took 1 wicket.
3. Fighter of the Match
Rajasthan Royals, who chased the 181 -run target, got off to a quick start. He shared 85 runs with opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Yashwashi hit Fifty in 31 balls. He scored 74 and took the team closer to victory.
4. The Turning Point
Rajasthan needed 25 runs in the last 3 overs. Here Ashesh Khan came to bowl, gave only 5 runs in the 5th over and took 2 wickets. Rajasthan was pressured by the over and the team lost by 2 runs despite being in a position to win. He also saved 9 runs in the last over.
Ashish Khan won Lucknow with 3 wickets in death overs.
5. Purple Cap Prasidh reached Krishna
Lucknow's Nicholas Puran is the highest scorer with 368 runs. Gujarat's famous Krishna has won the Purple cap with 14 wickets. Rajasthan lost the fifth match in 7 matches, the team is 8th with 4 points. Lucknow is fourth in 8 matches after 5 wins and 3 defeats.
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