38th Match, IPL: Lucknow Super Giants 257 for 5 (Marcus Stoinis 72, Mayers 54, Pooran 45, Badoni 43, Rabada 2-52) beat Punjab Kings 201 (Taide 66, Thakur 4-37, Naveen 3-30, Bishnoi 2-41) by 56 runs

Stoinis Marcus: 72 off 40 balls. Mayers, Kyle: 54 from 24. Nicholas Petty: 45 off 19. Badoni, Ayush: 43 from 24. Their contributions led the Lucknow Super Giants to a 257-5 record, the second-highest total in tournament history and the highest total this IPL season.

Atharva Taide hit a 36-ball 66 for Punjab Kings, who fought hard to get past 200, but they never really got close to hitting an unlikely target. Super Monsters won by 56 runs eventually, and their net-run-rate support lifted them from fourth to second on the focuses table.

The hitting by LSG was mind-blowing: The statisticians had a full night because their batters hit 27 fours and 14 sixes together.

RCB's record of 263 runs stays safe and still the highest total in IPL history. pic.twitter.com/c24mFDPgOU

— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) April 28, 2023

Unstoppable Marcus Stoinis

Stoinis had been run out for 21 or less five times in his previous seven innings this season, including for duck in his most recent match against Chennai Super Kings. LSG, on the other hand, has flourished once he finds his stride. He’d hammered 65 off 30 in a fruitful pursuit of 213 against Regal Challengers Bangalore, and here in Mohali Stoinis was correspondingly fierce.

It started with a free-hit off the second legal ball of the eighth over that Stoinis flicked for six off Gurnoor Brar, who was making his debut. The following ball was driven for four, and Stoinis was away. He guided Sam Curran for four behind point in the tenth over; what’s more, when the bowler attempted a slower delivery, he set him aside with a short-arm pull.

In the 13th over, Liam Livingstone caught Stoinis off Rahul Chahar on the long-off boundary when his left foot touched the rope. Stoinis before long arrived at fifty from 31 balls, his innings of 72 ultimately highlighting five sixes.

Badoni and Pooran keep the fireworks going

When Stoinis went off strike, the bowlers had no time to rest. Together with Stoinisk, Badoni scored 89 runs for the third wicket and struck three fours and three sixes at a strike rate close to 180. Pooran was brought into the crease after his dismissal in the 14th over, and he immediately hit Liam Livingstone for three fours.

Only one six from Pooran’s 19 shots was a swivel pull that sailed high over fine leg. However, he hit seven fours, most of which were timed perfectly through outfield gaps, with a late squeeze behind Arshdeep’s point standing out.

Taide fights, but PBKS fall well short

Sent in at No. 3 After Shikhar Dhawan left in the first over, Taide continued to play along with his partners. Taide scored five boundaries, including a leg-side hoick, a drive past mid-off, and a slap through point, off one Avesh Khan over, and a big six off Amit Mishra shortly after the powerplay, accounting for 31 of PBKS’ 47 runs.

Taide got to his 50 years from 26 deliveries to begin the 10th once again, yet by then PBKS’ required rate was at that point taking steps to contact 16 an over. And with six wickets remaining, PBKS needed a near-impossible 131 runs from seven overs when Taide left after missing a slog sweep off Ravi Bishnoi.

Livingstone, Curran, and Jitesh Sharma kept adding more boundaries until there were 67, which was the second-most in an IPL game. However, the game was over by that point.