Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) against Delhi Capitals (DC) in IPL 2024’s Match 26 took place on April 12 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
KL The LSG captain, Rahul, chose to bat first after winning the toss at a location with excellent batting conditions.
They suffered early blows, losing the wickets of Quinton de Kock and Devdutt Padikkal in the first five overs, leaving them at 41/2, making Rahul’s choice seem foolish. After that, the captain of the LSG made an effort to form an important alliance with Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis. On the third delivery of the eighth over, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Stoinis with a full and outside-off pitch, ruining their hopes.
In the next delivery, Kuldeep, who is hitting well, gave his team another breakthrough by taking out big hitter Nicholas Pooran. In the tenth over, the brilliant Indian wrist spinner struck one more, dismissing Rahul, who had been comfortable but left after amassing 39 runs.
After the LSG skipper left, Delhi took complete control and the 2022 debutants were in a terrible predicament at 77/5. After entering the game as an impact player, Deepak Hooda exited the field without having any effect. Still, when Ayush Badoni batted at No. 7, he gave his team a glimmer of hope.
In addition to setting an IPL record, Badoni contributed a significant half-century and an undefeated 73 runs off 42 deliveries for the eighth wicket with Arshad Khan. This partnership was noteworthy because it was the highest eighth-wicket stand in the history of the richest cricket competition in the globe. With scores of 55 and 20, respectively, Badoni and Arshad stayed undefeated till the end of the first innings, helping Lucknow to a respectable total of 167 runs.
Brad Hodge and James Faulkner’s 2014 partnership of 69 runs off 41 balls against the Mumbai Indians in Ahmedabad was eclipsed by the new mark set by Badoni and Arshad. Furthermore, the previous season’s top 5 also includes the partnership of Heinrich Klaasen and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who scored 68 runs off 47 balls against the Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, and Rinku Singh and Umesh Yadav, who scored an undefeated 52 runs off 21 balls against the same side.
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