IPL2024: Lucknow team lost 9 wickets in 20 overs and scored only 189 runs. Delhi team won by 19 runs.
In today’s match Delhi team and Lucknow team clashed at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Lucknow won the toss and elected to bowl first. Accordingly, the Delhi team who entered the field first lost 4 wickets and scored 208 runs at the end of 20 overs.
Abhishek Borel scored 58 runs, Tristan Stubbs scored 57 runs, Shai Hope scored 38 runs and Rishabh Pant scored 33 runs. The Lucknow team entered the field with a target of 209 runs. Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul were the openers. The start of today’s match did not go well for the Lucknow team.
Captain KL Rahul lost his wicket after scoring 5 runs in the 5th ball of the first over. Next, Marcus Stonis, another opener, Quinton de Kock lost his wicket after scoring 12 runs in the 3rd over. After this, Deepak Hooda came in and Marcus Stonis scored 5 runs in the first ball of the 4th over.
Deepak Hooda ducked out in the next over. As a result, Lucknow scored only 44 runs in 5 overs and lost 4 wickets. Ayush Patoni who came later took just 6 runs and walked as he was expected to stand. However, Nicholas Pooran, who entered the field in the middle for the Lucknow team, played aggressively and scored a total of 61 runs in 27 balls with 4 sixes and 6 fours.
Arshad Khan, who came in next, played aggressively and scored 58* runs and remained on the field till the end. Finally Lucknow team lost 9 wickets in 20 overs and scored only 189 runs. Delhi team won by 19 runs. In the Delhi team, Ishant Sharma took 3 wickets, Axar Patel, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Khalil Ahmed took 1 wicket each.
Delhi team has played 14 matches so far and won 7 matches each and lost 7 matches. At the same time Lucknow team has played 13 matches and won 6 matches and lost 7 matches with 12 points. Lucknow have only one match left. Even if Lucknow won the match, they could get just two points.
Already with 14 points, Chennai team and Hyderabad team are in third and fourth place. Due to this, it is a bit difficult to go to the Lucknow play-off Now both the teams have lost their qualification for the play-offs.
