LUCKNOW, India, CMC – Nicholas Pooran stood out once more for the Lucknow Tremendous Giants. Nonetheless, it was not sufficient to stop them from dropping by eight wickets to the Punjab Kings when the Indian Premier League (IPL) continued on Tuesday.
Pooran fell simply in need of a 3rd consecutive half-century, scoring 44 from 30 balls with 5 fours and two sixes, the highest rating within the Tremendous Giants’ whole of 171 for seven off their 20 overs on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Ayush Badoni made 41 from 33 balls, Aiden Markram scored 28 off 18, and Abdul Samad chipped in with 27 from 12.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh was the choose of the Kings’ bowlers with 3-43.
Prabhsimran Singh and captain Shreyas Iyer then slammed half-centuries to propel the Kings to 177 for 2 from simply 16.2 overs.
Singh blasted 69 from 34 balls with 9 fours and three sixes, whereas Iyer hit an unbeaten 52 from 30 balls.
And when Singh was finally dismissed with the rating on 110 for 2 within the eleventh over, Nehal Wadhera scored an unbeaten 43 from 25 balls to ease their facet over the road.
