Former India opener and cricket commentator Aakash Chopra
Lucknow Super Giants’ hopes of reaching the Indian Premier League final in their debut campaign were thwarted by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL 2022 Eliminator. While there were many positives to be taken from their first season in the IPL, former Indian batter Aakash Chopra has questioned LSG’s decision to hold back Evin Lewis in the high-pressure chase against RCB. The commentator turned cricketer was critical of LSG’s decision to play Manan Vohra at number 1. 3, after the early resignation of Quinton de Kock, who said he didn’t like the strategy “personally”.
“We had said that Quinton de Kock has a problem against this team. We thought he would get Josh, but got out to Siraj. But then, at number 3, comes the surprise Manan Vohra. Personally I didn’t like that “I was thinking, why not Evin Lewis? Why did you play Evin Lewis if you didn’t send him on number 3?” Chopra said in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel.
“Have you stopped him thinking Maxwell will get away with overs there, but Maxwell will also bowl to Rahul, he will hit him there. Even though Vohra played a good short knockout of 19 runs, Evin Lewis slipped too low down the order,” he added.
Rajat Patidar became the first uncapped player to score in a century in the IPL play-offs as his unbeaten knockout of 112 took RCB to a total of 207 for four.
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Chasing a target of 208, LSG were limited to a total of 193 for six, despite KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda’s punches of 79 and 45 respectively.
RCB now takes on Rajasthan Royals in Friday’s Qualifier 2.
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