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Mark Wood Statement: I Practiced And Knew The Pitch Well Returned To IPL After 5 Years

Sangeeta Viswas
1 year ago

IPL 2023 Mark Wood statement: I practiced and got to know the pitch well β€˜ returned to IPL after 5 years. In the third match of the Indian Premier League, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Delhi Capitals by 50 runs.

Wood explains the reason behind his brilliant Performance:-

In this victory of Lucknow, the team’s fast bowler Mark Wood played an important role.

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He spoiled the condition of Delhi batsmen and took 5 wickets. Due to this record performance, he was also awarded the Man of the Match.

Mark Wood Statement: I Practiced And Knew The Pitch Well Returned To IPL After 5 Years

England’s brilliant bowler Mark Wood looked very happy after winning the Man of the Match award. He cited his brilliant practice as the main reason behind this.

Also said that he could not do anything special for Chennai last year, so he wanted to make an impact this year.

Mark Wood said this:-

Mark Wood said after the match that last time he played for CSK, it was not good enough.

But I wanted to make an impact in this match. The landing area was a bit of an issue, but I am happy with my rhythm as I managed to pick up wickets.

At the same time, he also mentioned the dew and the slippery ground and said that β€˜you could see the dew on the grass and it affected me.

We have trained here, so we knew dew would be a factor. KL tried to keep things simple for me and the planning with Morne helped me.

I was trying to keep my strides short. During the practice matches, I got to know the pitch very well.

Warner scored the highest 56 runs from the team:-

Batting first after losing the toss in the match, the Lucknow team scored 193 runs losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Kyle Mayers (73) scored the most runs from the team.

Mark Wood Statement: I Practiced And Knew The Pitch Well Returned To IPL After 5 Years

Chasing a big target of 194 runs, the Delhi team could only score 143 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets.

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David Warner scored the highest 56 runs from the team. β€˜Player of the Match’ Mark Wood took 5 wickets from LSG.