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The Lucknow Super Giants are currently top of the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) table with six points in four games. Naturally, the mood in the camp is upbeat. They will next face the Punjab Kings on Saturday. As the players enjoy this mini-break, Krunal Pandya and Nicholas Puran can be seen bantering by the pool at their team’s hotel. In a video that LSG posted on social media, Puran takes revenge in style.
Kick him out of the pool!
: @krunalpandya24#LucknowSupergiants | #MSU | #GazabAndaz pic.twitter.com/bEvZHAiuHX
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) April 11, 2023
Nicholas Puran caught fire on Monday. With his Lucknow Super Giants team chasing a massive 213 run goal against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Puran took it upon himself to strengthen his team. He entered the fight in 11th with LSG at 99/4. After just the second ball he faced, Puran hit a huge six off RCB spinner Karn Sharma. This was just the beginning. He hit five more sixes to reach the 50-run mark in just 15 balls, the second most of fifty in IPL history. He reached 50 in the 15th over and eventually left in the 17th over. He finished with a score of 62, for a total of 19 goals. [4s-4 6s-7] and his strike percentage was an astounding 326.32. This is the fourth highest SR in IPL innings (50+ runs).
Nicolas Puran scored 62 goals from just 19 balls (4×4, 7×6) while Markus Stoinis scored 65 goals from 30 balls (6×4, 5×6). Chinnaswami Stadium in Bangalore in a 2023 IPL league match. That being said, Puran of the West Indies also posted their best record in half a century this season, scoring just 15 goals. The game, however, ended before LSG managed to score a crucial single from the last ball in their 20th over when Ravi Bishnoy and Avesh Khan made the most of Dinesh Kartik’s wicket fumble.
A brilliant performance by Puran and Stoinis completely eclipsed some amazing performances by the hosts, who ended the competition on a difficult 212/2 when the top three in their batting order – Virat Kohli, skipper Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell – scored half-century.
While Cohli was out for 61 (44b, 4×4, 4×6), du Plessis (79 runs; 46b, 5×4, 5×6) and Maxwell (59 runs; 29b, 3×4, 6×6) scored 115 for the second wicket.
Speaking at JioCinema, England captain and World Cup winner Eoin Morgan was impressed with Puran’s performance, saying: “He has such fast hands. Watching him in full force is a pleasure. He received huge awards in this stadium tonight.”
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