West Indies’ Nicholas Pooran raises his bat to have a good time scoring 50 runs in the course of the third and closing one-day worldwide cricket match of the collection between India and West Indies in Cuttack, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019.
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Former West Indies white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran and a fiery spell from Mayank Yadav, swept hosts Lucknow Tremendous Giants to a 21-run win in opposition to Punjab Kings within the Indian Premier League, on the BRSABVE Stadium of their second match of this 12 months’s match.
Pooran, main LSG made 42 off 21 deliveries smashing three fours and three sixes with the house group reaching 199 for 8 from their 20 overs after deciding to bat first.
Yadav, enjoying in his first IPL match, rattled the Kings batsmen taking three for 27 from his 4 overs.
Pooran shared 47 for the fourth wicket with Quinton de Kock, who prime scored for LSG with 54 from 38 balls, smacking 5 fours and three sixes; Krunal Pandya supported with 43 not out in the course of a cluster of wickets.
In reply, Kings have been restricted to 178 for five after a century opening stand between their captain Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow. Dhawan prime scored with 70 off 50 balls belting seven fours and three sixes reaching his half-century within the eighth over, whereas Bairstow produced 42 from 29 balls.
The Kings have been 98 with out loss on the midway stage of their chase then Pooran introduced Yadav in for the twelfth over with the quick bowler taking a wicket in every of his first three overs, all from miscued pulls.
He obtained Bairstow caught in his first over, Prabhsimran Singh caught in his second over, and Jitesh Sharma caught in his third over.
The Kings have been staggering on 139 for 3, and additional collapsed within the seventeenth over when left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan obtained Dhawan caught and Curran was additionally caught for a first-ball duck.
England worldwide Sam Curran was essentially the most profitable Kings bowler taking 3 for 28 from 4 overs, and fellow left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh grabbed 2 for 30 from three overs.
