Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) batter Nicholas Pooran had a terrific outing with the bat in the game against Delhi Capitals (DC). The IPL 2025 encounter between the teams is taking place at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam.
Nicholas Pooran was at his attacking best against Delhi Capitals and made sure that he starts the IPL 2025 on high. The keeper-batter went hard after the bowlers right from the word go and put the Axar Patel-led side under massive pressure, slamming bowlers all over the park.
Nicholas Pooran, who walked out at the three, changed the course of the game during his stay at the crease. He put Lucknow Super Giants in the driver’s seat and made sure that his team got quick-fire runs, taking them past 150 runs with ease.
With the way Nicholas Pooran was batting, it needed something special to remove him and Delhi Capitals pacer Mitchell Starc came up with exactly that. The Australia National Cricket Team pacer, who was taken for runs, came up with a sensational delivery to which the batter had no clue.
Mitchell Starc bowled a full delivery and extracted some reverse-swing. The ball bent back in late as Nicholas Pooran attempted to hit a big six. He missed the ball completely and two stumps were splayed as the batter had to take the long walk back.
Watch: Mitchell Starc’s thunderbolt sends Nicholas Pooran’s stumps for a ride
Here’s the video:
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Nicholas Pooran ends playing an innings of 75 runs off 30 balls
By the time he got out, he already had done the damage as Lucknow Super Giants took command of the game. The keeper-batter slammed a half-century in just 24 balls, which in itself depicted the kind of impact that he made during his stay.
Pooran ended with an innings of 75 runs off 30 balls, batting with atrike rate of 250. His innings was laced 6 fours and 7 sixes. Thanks to his brilliant innings with the bat, Lucknow Super Giants posted a massive total of 209 runs on the board.
Delhi Capitals makes a sensational comeback in the last few overs
Delhi Capitals made a sensational comeback in the last few overs and didn’t let the batters score runs quickly. Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with his figures of 2/20. Mitchell Starc also closed the innings on high as after removing Pooran, he bagged two more wickets.
In the chase, Lucknow Stuper Giants were off to a flying start with the ball. Shardul Thakur picked the first two wickets in the first over before M Siddharth picked another wicket in the second over as Delhi Capitals was left tottering at 7/3. The onus will be on Faf du Plessis and skipper Axar Patel to take their team home.
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