Lucknow Super Giants' march in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 has begun. They registered their third win by beating Gujarat Titan on Sunday. All-rounder Marcus Stoinis' fine half-century was brilliantly complemented by pacer Yash Thakur's five as they guided Lucknow Super Giants to a comfortable 33-run win over Gujarat Titans in their IPL 2024 match on Sunday. Opting to bat, LSG rode on Stoinis' 58 off 43 balls and his 73-run stand off 62 balls with skipper KL Rahul (33 off 31) for the third wicket to score 163 for 5.
GT batsman Kane Williamson's catch by LSG spinner Ravi Bishnoi was one of the highlights of the match. It's already being hailed as the 'best catch' of 2024. Bishnoi caught Williamson off his own bowling as he jumped sideways to dismiss the New Zealand batsman.
LSG fielding coach Jonty Rhodes decoded the catch and praised Bishnoi.
“If you don't put your hands on it, you never know. Someone like Ravi wears me out completely and doesn't miss a single day of training. When we are on the ground, he will take catches every day. So, he is working hard on his bowling , not as hard on his hitting. But when it comes to fielding, he's never in the dugout or hiding in the locker room,” Rhodes said.
“You can have some problems when you are bowling and you have to react like that. The good thing about that catch was that he went back and gave himself time. When you see the ball you often go over the side with hard hands .So it was amazing to see that reaction in less than a second.”
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Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Yash Thakur on Sunday registered the second-best bowling figures for LSG in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 25-year-old pacer achieved the feat during the IPL match against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
In the match, Yash finished with figures of 5/30 in four overs at an economy rate of 7.82. He got the wickets of Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmed.
The best figures by an LSG bowler in IPL history belong to England's Mark Wood, who registered 5/14 in four overs against Delhi Capitals (DC) last year.
Yash Thakur became the third bowler to score a five-for against GT after Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) star Umran Malik (5/25) in Wankhede, 2022 and SRH veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar (5/30) in Ahmedabad, 2023.
LSG won the toss and elected to bat first. The hosts were reduced to 18/2 at one point. A 73-run partnership between skipper KL Rahul (33 in 31 balls, with three fours) and Marcus Stoinis (58 in 43 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes) once again put LSG in a decent position.
Later, knocks from Nicholas Pooran (32* in 22 balls, with three sixes) and Ayush Badoni (20 in 11 balls, with three fours) helped LSG reach a moderate 163/5 in their 20 overs.
Umesh Yadav (2/22) and Rashid Khan (1/28) were among the wickets for GT.
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