PBKS vs LSG: Lucknow Super Giants won the 38th match of IPL 2023 played in Mohali. Defeated Punjab by 52 runs and secured the second position on the points table. Batting first, Lucknow scored a mammoth score of 257 runs. Chasing a mountain-like target, Punjab got all out after scoring 201 runs in 19.5 overs.
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PBKS vs LSG: After the failure of the top-order batsmen of Punjab, the middle-order batsmen took the team beyond 200
Atharva Tayde and Sikandar Raza fought from the Punjab side. Atharva also completed his first half-century in IPL. At the same time, Sikandar Raza scored 36 runs. There was a 50-run partnership between the two. Tayde played an inning of 66 runs. After the failure of Punjab’s top-order batsmen, the middle-order batsmen took the team beyond 200.
Shikhar Dhawan’s strategy failed
Shikhar Dhawan said after the match, “We gave away too many runs. We were chasing a big score, so it was not going to be easy at all. It was a lesson for me personally. Impact player The rule sometimes works, sometimes it doesn’t, but it is what it is. The strategy of including an extra bowler in the team failed us.
Punjab’s bad condition
A total of 458 runs were scored in this match. Lucknow scored 257 runs, which was the second-highest score in the history of IPL. Punjab have lost all their matches played in Mohali this season. Punjab is in the sixth position in the points table. To stay in the playoff race, he will have to win the remaining matches by a big margin.
