Dugout News : PBKS VS RR and LSG VS KKR
The game between RR and PBKS caught the limelight in the final over, being bowled by Prasidh Krishna to Liam Livingstone on strike.
Liam Livingstone on field battle with Krishna
Prasidh Krishna vs Liam Livingstone: A fierce drama on-field
Liam Livingstone was playing mind games and was standing at the seventh or eighth stump outside off stump. Prasidh Krishna got furious and was smashed for sixes. On the 5th ball of the over, Livingstone once again stood between the off-stump and the wide line. The bowler hit an accurate yorker this time, Liam Livingstone got bowled, and Prasidh Krishna won the final battle.
Harsha Bhogle tweeted, “Prasidh Krishna to Liam Livingstone ended up being a battle of egos. Weird angles, strange shots….”
IPL 2022: A guide needed for wide?
Lately, this season there have been quite controversial calls made by on-field umpires leaving players furious. The 16th over of the 2nd innings being bowled by Arshdeep Singh brought another curious case of faulty umpiring. He bowled a wide yorker to Shimron Hetmyer, who let it go and was called a wide. It was right on the wide line until it swung in late. The bowler got furious, and Punjab Kings were not happy at all. Skipper Mayank Agarwal calmed the bowler down to keep him focused.
Aakash Chopra expressed this on Twitter and said, “Wide ke liye ek guide chahiye…”
Mohsin Khan: An emerging power play star for LSG
Mohsin Khan bowled the very first over for Lucknow Super Giants. The swing bowler stunned everyone with a wicket-maiden first over to get his team a kickstart and breakthrough in the form of Baba Indrajith’s wicket. He scalped one wicket and conceded just six runs at an economy of 2.00 in his spell of three overs.
“Mohsin khan..wow…maiden wicket…” tweeted former cricketer Parthiv Patel.
Yashasvi Jaiswal’s match-winning comeback
Rajasthan Royals opener batter Yashasvi Jaiswal sounded relieved after winning the Player of the Match against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday, May 7, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The left-hander played a 41-ball knock to fetch 68 runs with the help of nine fours and two sixes, helping the Royals chase down 190 and win the match by six wickets.
Irfan Pathan appreciated the knock and tweeted, “Yashasvi Jaiswal was fearless in his come back match. Well played young man.”