De Kock shines as Lucknow Super Giants beat Delhi Capitals by six wickets

In IPL 2022, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) by 6 wickets on Thursday. There was a target of 150 runs in front of Lucknow, which the team easily achieved by losing 1 wicket in 19.4 overs. Quinton de Kock (80) was the top scorer. Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets for Delhi.

Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, Delhi Capitals got a stormy start by Prithvi Shaw (61 runs off 34 balls), but after that the momentum of the innings ended. The team had scored 149 runs for 3 wickets. Captain Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten on 39. Ravi Bishnoi took two wickets for LSG.

Deacock's brilliant innings

Playing his 250th T20 match, Quinton de Kock played a brilliant innings and scored 80 runs in 52 balls. His wicket came in the account of Kuldeep Yadav and Sarfaraz Khan took a brilliant catch at third man. In IPL, this de Kock was 18th and second half-century against Delhi.

Nortya removed from bowling

Enrique Nortya, playing his first match this season, put two beamers in the match, after which the umpire removed him from bowling. According to the Laws of Cricket, if a player puts two beamers in a match, he is removed from the bowling. Enrique conceded 36 runs in the match 2.2 overs.

The perfect pairing of Rahul and De Kock

Chasing the target, captain KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock got Lucknow off to a great start. Both added 73 runs for the first wicket. Kuldeep Yadav broke this partnership by dismissing Rahul. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs in 25 balls. Rahul's catch is caught by Prithvi Shaw at long off.

De Kock hit 3 fours in 3 balls

In the 5th over of Lucknow's innings, Quinton de Kock scored 19 runs in the over of Enrique Nortya in addition to 3 consecutive fours. On the first ball of the over, he took out the gap between point and cover and hit a four. Quinton took four runs off the second ball and the third ball with a brilliant straight drive. On the 5th ball of the over, he hit a fine six at deep square leg and took a single off the last ball.

Sarfaraz and Pant's partnership

Delhi had lost the first 3 wickets at the score of 74. After this, Sarfaraz Khan and captain Rishabh Pant kept the team in the match by adding an unbeaten 75 runs for the fourth wicket. Pant scored an unbeaten 39 off 36 balls and Sarfaraz scored an unbeaten 36 off 28 balls.

Bishnoi took 2 wickets

Ravi Bishnoi, who has been in excellent form, did an amazing job in the match. The young spinner took 2 wickets for just 22 runs in 4 overs. Bishnoi dismissed David Warner (4) and Rovman Powell (3). Ravi Bishnoi has taken 4 wickets in 4 matches of the current tournament.

Warner again fell victim to Bishnoi

David Warner, playing his first match this season, scored 4 runs in 12 balls and was dismissed by Ravi Bishnoi. His catch was caught by Ayush Badoni at short third man. Ravi took Warner's wicket for the third time in the IPL. In the history of this tournament, Bishnoi has bowled 6 balls to Warner and got out 3 times. During this David could only score 5 runs.

Shaw and Warner got off to a stormy start

Batting after losing the toss, DC got off to a good start. Prithvi Shaw and David Warner added 67 runs in 45 balls for the first wicket. The pair was broken by Krishnappa Gautam by dismissing Shaw. Prithvi Shaw was dismissed after playing a stormy innings of 61 runs in 34 balls.

Till the power play, Delhi's score was 52/0.

Prithvi Shaw (61) This was his 11th half-century in the IPL.

Prithvi Shaw (147.68) became the Indian player to score the highest strike rate in the IPL power play. Previous record: was recorded in the name of Virender Sehwag (144.16).

Shaw hit a hat-trick of fours

In the fourth over of Delhi's innings, Prithvi Shaw hit three consecutive fours in an over of Avesh Khan. On the second ball of the over, Shaw hit a four in cover. He made the third ball square cut and hit a boundary towards backward point. On the fourth ball, Prithvi hit a four at backward point.

Warner's entry in Delhi after 9 years

This is David Warner's first match this season. In the auction, DC bought it for 6.25 crores. Warner returns to DC after 9 years. Earlier he played for Delhi from 2009 to 2013. He was a part of Sunrisers Hyderabad from 2014 to 2021.

Both Teams:

LSG: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Krishnappa Gautam, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.

DC: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (C/W), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Enrique Nortya, Mustafizur Rahman.