Lucknow Super Giants all-rounder Marcus Stoinis suffered an injury on his finger during LSG's 56-run victory against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium on Friday.
Explosive half-centuries by Kyle Mayers and Marcus Stoinis, complemented by Yash Thakur and Naveen ul-Haq's blistering spells, helped all-round Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeat Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 56 runs victory in a run-feast in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 fixture here at Punj
Ajinkya Rahane was picked up by CSK at a base price of Rs 50 lakh. At the halfway stage of IPL 2023, Rahane aggregated 209 runs in five innings. The Mumbaikar averaged 52.25 and scored runs at a jaw-dropping strike rate of 199.1.
Mayers started the power hitting, scoring 54 off 24 balls, and Stoinis continued the momentum by scoring 72 off 40 balls. Ayush Badoni contributed 43 off 24, however, Nicholas Pooran's dangerous 45 off 19 balls at the end provided the second biggest target of 258 in IPL.
Both sides have the same numbers of wins and losses and have four wins in seven matches. However, LSG is placed fourth due to a better net-run rate while PBKS is at the 6th position in the points table
RCB won the last two matches under the captaincy of their old skipper Virat Kohli as Faf du Plessis played as an impact player in both games. The consecutive win came against Punjab Kings by 24 runs and Rajasthan Royals by 7 runs respectively.
GT are coming from a win against Lucknow Super Giants in a low-scoring game by seven runs. In six matches, they are placed at the fourth position in the points table gaining four wins and two losses (8 points). Meanwhile, MI are situated at the seven positions in the table with three wins an
In the death overs, Jitesh Sharma with an explosive bat scored 25 runs off 7 balls during the batting innings and Arshdeep with a bowl by taking two wickets provided a victory to the team. Both the matchwinner interacted in a video posted by IPL's social media handle.
In the special 'Go Green' match, Royal Challengers Bangalore will come out in a green jersey to take on the table toppers Rajasthan Royals. In the previous match, RCB had won against Punjab Kings by 24 runs while had lost their second match of the tournament by Lucknow Super Giants.
In the match against Mumbai Indian (MI) on Saturday, Punjab Kings' stand-in skipper Sam Curran's incredible performance captured a brilliant victory for his team at Wankhede Stadium.
Arjun ended with a spell of 1/48 in three overs with an economy rate of 16. He has the second-most expensive over by an MI bowler in IPL, next to Daniel Sams, who gave away 35 runs against KKR. He was hit for 31 runs in the 16th over of the PBKS innings.