the 17th season of IPL, a match was played between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, in which the Delhi team won by 6 wickets and registered its second win in this season. In this match, Lucknow team, batting first, scored 167 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs, which was chased by Delhi Capitals at the loss of 4 wickets in 18.1 overs. Jack Fraser McGurk, playing his first match in the IPL, played an important role in Delhi’s victory, with his bat scoring an inning of 55 runs in 35 balls. In this match, Rishabh Pant also completed his 3000 runs mark in IPL by playing a quick inning of 41 runs.
Delhi defeated Lucknow on its home ground
Beating Lucknow Super Giants team at their home ground has not been an easy task for any team in the IPL so far. Delhi Capitals did this job very well and defeated them by 6 wickets. In this match, Lucknow, batting first after winning the toss, scored 167 runs in 20 overs on the basis of Ayush Badoni’s unbeaten inning of 55 runs in 35 balls. After this, the Delhi team, which came to chase the target, lost its 2 wickets till the score of 63, after which Jack Fraser McGurk and Rishabh Pant made the match completely with a partnership of 77 runs in 46 balls for the third wicket. Worked to make it one-sided. Delhi registered its second win this season by winning the match in 18.1 overs.
KL Rahul cited poor batting as the reason for the defeat
After the 6-wicket defeat against Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants team captain KL Rahul said that his team scored 15 to 20 runs less in this match. Rahul said that we had started well in batting but later we suddenly fell apart. On this pitch we should have scored up to 180 runs. The ball was staying very low on the pitch. In bowling, we definitely got the wicket of David Warner during the powerplay and the match was in our hands for 10 overs but dropping the catch proved to be very costly for us.
Jack Fraser McGurk showed amazing performance in IPL debut match
Delhi Capitals team included 22-year-old young Australian player Jack Fraser McGurk in its playing 11 in the match against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024 and he played a match-winning innings for the team in his debut match. McGurk’s bat saw an inning of 55 runs in just 35 balls which included 2 fours and 5 sixes. McGurk has become the fourth player to hit the most sixes in the debut match in IPL.
Rishabh Pant completed his 3000 runs in IPL
In the match against Lucknow Super Giants, Rishabh Pant’s inning of 41 runs was seen in which he also completed his 3000 runs mark in IPL. Pant achieved this feat in 103 innings, after which he became the third player, along with Suresh Raina, to achieve this feat in the least number of innings. Apart from this, Pant is the fastest player to complete 3000 runs in IPL in terms of balls. Pant has crossed this figure while facing only 2028 balls.
Ayush Badoni and Arshad Khan did big feat in IPL
During the match against Delhi Capitals, Lucknow Super Giants lost 7 wickets at the score of 94. After this, Ayush Badoni and Arshad Khan took charge of the team’s innings and added 73 runs in just 42 balls for the 8th wicket, taking the Lucknow team’s score to 167 runs. This partnership between Badoni and Arshad is the biggest partnership for the 8th wicket in IPL history.
Glenn Maxwell got injured during the match against Mumbai Indians
The Indian Premier League season is not going well for RCB. The team itself started with a defeat. After this, the team was successful in winning one match, but after this again it had to face defeat in 4 consecutive matches. Now Glenn Maxwell got injured in the match played against Mumbai Indians, due to which there is a situation of suspense over his playing in the next few matches. Maxwell has not seen any special performance with the bat so far this season, in which he returned to the pavilion twice without opening the account.
Delhi Capitals improved its position in the points table
After winning the match against Lucknow, Delhi Capitals has improved its position in the points table of IPL 2024 and has now reached 9th position with 4 points. Now RCB is in 10th place, who have won only one match so far this season. Despite the loss in this match, Lucknow Super Giants is at fourth position in the points table with 6 points.
Hardik Pandya’s step brother presented his side in the fraud case
Vaibhav Pandya, who was arrested by the Economic Office Wing of Mumbai in the case of business fraud along with Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya, has now presented his side in the case. Hardik and Krunal Pandya’s step brother Vaibhav told that the whole matter is a family matter and it was just a misunderstanding. 37 year old Vaibhav Pandya gave this argument through his lawyer during the remand hearing. His police custody was extended till 16 April.
Rohit Sharma told that he has not thought about retirement yet
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma said in one of his statements that I have not thought about retirement yet. But I don’t know where life will take me. I am playing well at the moment and want to play for a few more years. I want to win the World Cup. The 50 overs World Cup is the real World Cup. We have grown up seeing this. The World Test Championship final is to be held at Lord’s in 2025. Hopefully we’ll play in that.
Rajasthan Royals will challenge Punjab Kings
In IPL 2024, the 27th match of this season will be played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. This season has been full of ups and downs for Punjab Kings so far, in which they have won 2 out of 5 matches while they have faced defeat in 3. On the other hand, if we talk about Rajasthan Royals, they have won 4 out of 5 matches and are at the first position in the points table with 8 points. This match between Punjab and Rajasthan will be played at Mullanpur Stadium, Chandigarh.