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Match Details
LSG vs PBKS, 38th T20, IPL 2023 live
PBKS
201-10(19.5)
Lucknow Super Giants won by 56 runs 🏆
LSG
(20.0)257-5
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P'ship : 4(7)
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That's it from an entertaining game in the Indian Premier League. Ninaad Dixit here signing off on behalf of my co-commentator AkshayaKrishna Polya and scorer Paras Yadav. Stay tuned for more cricketing action from around the world.
Marcus Stoinis (POTM): "It was nice. We were joking about the difference here and the one at home. We were just trying to build a partnership. Ayush got off to a flier as well hitting some nice shots. He is a very talented player so we just tried to keep building and that was our only focus.
I enjoy the responsibility of batting a bit lower and saving the game home as well so part of my career has been batting in every position. Bowl first over, bowl last over try to mix and match. I am happy to do whatever the team needs.
I was swinging the ball a bit in the nets so the bowling coach got excited and told me to start with the new ball. Probably the home wicket suits me a little bit more with taking the pace off and creating a little bit from the wicket. I will leave bowling on the flat decks to the frontliners."
I enjoy the responsibility of batting a bit lower and saving the game home as well so part of my career has been batting in every position. Bowl first over, bowl last over try to mix and match. I am happy to do whatever the team needs.
I was swinging the ball a bit in the nets so the bowling coach got excited and told me to start with the new ball. Probably the home wicket suits me a little bit more with taking the pace off and creating a little bit from the wicket. I will leave bowling on the flat decks to the frontliners."
Player of the Match: Marcus Stoinis
KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants Captain): "Something we have done right, I don't want to put a finger on it. We would have chased as well this game but happy that we could get the win.
Every game from now on in the second half becomes really important. The last game was a downer and did hurt a lot of us as a team but we got 3 or 4 days break after that which was good. I think everybody got some time off, put their heads off cricket and rested. We came back fresher and were always clear how we wanted to bat. When we play back home the wickets are different, it is challenging and when you come here you get excited as a batter as you know you can put some runs on board and really good with the way we batted.
The pitch can be different no matter how long you've played here. You can be surprised by the pitch. The first 2-3 overs when Kyle put the pressure on them opened things for us and set a tone. He set the tone and we took it from there.
I am thinking about what tactics we can use. We have power hitters - Kyle, Pooran and Stoinis and guys who can bat around. Ayush has been doing good with the bat. Deepak and Krunal have played some good innings. We want to use them according to situations and see how to get the best out of them firstly and also what's best for the team in that particular situation. So the think tank does most of the thinking and I spend a little bit of time understanding what they're thinking and if that's exactly what I want as a captain and if it suits us we go with it."
Every game from now on in the second half becomes really important. The last game was a downer and did hurt a lot of us as a team but we got 3 or 4 days break after that which was good. I think everybody got some time off, put their heads off cricket and rested. We came back fresher and were always clear how we wanted to bat. When we play back home the wickets are different, it is challenging and when you come here you get excited as a batter as you know you can put some runs on board and really good with the way we batted.
The pitch can be different no matter how long you've played here. You can be surprised by the pitch. The first 2-3 overs when Kyle put the pressure on them opened things for us and set a tone. He set the tone and we took it from there.
I am thinking about what tactics we can use. We have power hitters - Kyle, Pooran and Stoinis and guys who can bat around. Ayush has been doing good with the bat. Deepak and Krunal have played some good innings. We want to use them according to situations and see how to get the best out of them firstly and also what's best for the team in that particular situation. So the think tank does most of the thinking and I spend a little bit of time understanding what they're thinking and if that's exactly what I want as a captain and if it suits us we go with it."
Active Catch of the Match: Ravi Bishnoi
Most Fours Hit in the Match: Atharva Taide
Most Valuable Asset of the Match: Marcus Stoinis
Game Changer of the Match: Marcus Stoinis
Electric Striker of the Match: Jitesh Sharma
11:44 PM IST | Time for post-match presentations...
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