Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh's Destruction in Visakhapatnam: Lucknow Sets Huge Score
In today's IPL match, Lucknow Super Giants posted an impressive total of 209 runs for 8 wickets in their 20 overs against Delhi Capitals. Delhi won the toss and chose to bowl first.
At the ACA-VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam, Lucknow’s Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh played explosive cricket. Pooran scored 75 runs off 30 balls, hitting 6 fours and 7 sixes. Marsh followed with 72 runs from 36 balls, smashing 6 fours and 6 sixes. Their aggressive batting took the game away from Delhi, and Lucknow set a huge target of 209.
After Pooran and Marsh were dismissed, Lucknow's scoring slowed down. However, David Miller’s powerful hitting in the final overs helped Lucknow cross the 200-run mark. Miller ended unbeaten on 27 runs off 19 balls, with 1 four and 2 sixes.
Lucknow's captain, Rishabh Pant, had a disappointing outing, getting out for a duck. Shardul Thakur also followed suit, getting out for a duck.
For Delhi Capitals, Mitchell Stark took 3 wickets, Kuldeep Yadav took 2, and Vipraj Nigam and Mukesh Kumar took 1 wicket each.
Lucknow's aggressive batting in Visakhapatnam has set a high target for Delhi Capitals in this exciting IPL match.