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IPL: Lucknow Super Giants earn first win after beating Punjab Kings by 21 runs
Lucknow Super Giants registered a 21-run win over Punjab Kings on Friday in Lucknow to pick up their first win of the IPL 2024 campaign.
Lucknow posted a target of 200 for Punjab to chase thanks to a Quinton de Kock half-century and quick knocks from Nicholas Pooran and Krunal Pandya. The hosts managed to limit PBKS to 178/5 as debutant Mayank Yadav starred with a three-wicket haul, while Mohsin Khan picked up two wickets.
PBKS were given a brilliant start to the chase by skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow as the pair put up a 100-run partnership before Bairstow fell to Mayank Yadav.
The Debutant pacer shook the Punjab batting order by going on to scalp Prabhsimram Singh and Jitesh Sharam.
Dhawan’s 70-run knock came to an end as he was scalped by Mohsin Khan, who removed Sam Curran in the very next ball to rattle Punjab.
Liam Livingstone and Shashank Singh remained unbeaten at 28 and 9 respectively, but the Punjab side were limited to 178 by the Lucknow bowling unit.
Lucknow Super Giants’ opening pair of Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul managed to start off the batting powerplay steadily. But just as Rahul looked to pick up the pace, Arshdeep Singh got the dismissal. This was followed by the wicket of Devdutt Padikkal who started strong but was unable to stick around for long.
Marcus Stoinis who came in at number four, de Kock and the skipper Nicholas Pooran took charge of the innings as the pair managed to hit the boundaries in regular intervals with the South Africa keeper-batter bringing up his first fifty of the season.
Arshdeep struck for the second tome as he got the big wicket of de Kock who looked to be settled for a big knock. Pooran on the other hand picked up the pace but was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada who got the big wicket of the skipper.
Krunal Pandya looked to be in fine touch with the bat as he helped the side finish with a total of 199/8 on the board. Despite the lack of specialist batters on the other end, he managed to take charge and score some crucial runs, finishing with a score of 43 off 22 deliveries.
Sunday, March 31, will see Gujarat Titans take on Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Delhi Capitals face Chennai Super Kings.
IPL fans in Afghanistan can tune in to Ariana Television, or stream live at www.arianatelevision.com, to watch these matches.
(With inputs from CNN-News 18)
Abu Muslim Farah defeated Khurasan Faryab 2-0 in the 25th match of the sixth season of Afghanistan Champions League Roshan.
The match was played on Saturday at the Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium in Kabul.
Both teams pushed for an opening goal in the first half, but neither side managed to find the net, and the teams went into the break goalless.
Just two minutes into the second half, Abu Muslim Farah broke the deadlock to take a 1-0 lead.
Alireza Panahi later doubled Abu Muslim Farah’s advantage, sealing a 2-0 victory for the Farah side.
Abu Muslim Farah committed 13 fouls and received two yellow cards, while Khorasan Faryab committed seven fouls and received one yellow card.
Matches from the sixth season of the Roshan Afghanistan Champions League are being broadcast live and exclusively on Ariana Television.
Omar Zawak Herat secured a 1-0 victory over Toofan Herat in the 24th match of the sixth season of Afghanistan Champions League Roshan in Kabul.
The match was played on Saturday at the Afghanistan Football Federation Stadium.
Both sides created scoring opportunities in the first half, but neither team managed to find the net before the break.
Omar Zawak Herat broke the deadlock in the 86th minute when Shadab Malikzadah scored with a fine strike to give his side the lead.
Toofan Herat committed eight fouls and received two yellow cards, while Omar Zawak Herat recorded six fouls and received one yellow card and one red card.
Toofan Herat will face Aino Mina Kandahar on September 29, while Omar Zawak Herat will take on Abu Muslim Farah on September 30.
Matches from the sixth season of the Roshan Afghanistan Champions League are being broadcast live on Ariana Television.
Afghanistan are set to face India in the Asian Games cricket quarter-finals after Saturday’s rain-hit match between Nepal and Japan confirmed the Pool A standings.
The quarter-final between India and Afghanistan is scheduled to take place on September 28 in Nisshin, Japan.
Nepal secured first place in the group after Japan’s chase was washed out. Nepal had scored 149 runs for four wickets in 15 overs after being sent in to bat, but persistent rain prevented Japan from starting its innings.
The result saw Nepal advance as Pool A winners, with Afghanistan joining them in the quarter-finals as the other qualifying team. Nepal will face Sri Lanka in the quarter-finals.
Japan have been eliminated from the tournament.
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