Fabian Allen takes a mid-air stunner to dismiss Liam Livingstone
A dangerous looking Liam Livingstone goes back for 25 as Fabian Allen – stationed at deep mid-wicket – picks up a mid-air stunner IPL In 2021, there will be a clash between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Tuesday.
A slow delivery from Arshdeep Singh tempted Livingstone to clear the boundary rope, but Allen’s full-length dive denied the English batsman the maximum in the 12th over of the innings.
Coming into the IPL after a stellar stint in “The Hundred” for Birmingham Phoenix, Livingstone struck Arshdeep for a four and a six in the over before Allen turned things around very quickly.
Earlier, Evin Lewis and Yashasvi Jaiswal provided a steady start to Rajasthan. A flurry of boundaries helped the Royals maintain a healthy run-flow before Lewis went for 36. Livingstone’s short stay at the crease included 2 fours and a six as he scored 25 runs off 17 balls.
Jaiswal continued to score, but missed out on his maiden IPL half-century by a run. He scored 49 runs in 36 balls, hitting 6 fours and 2 sixes in the process.
the royals chose Evin Lewis, Liam Livingstone, Chris Morris and Mustafizur Rahman After batting first as his four overseas players. Punjab Kings Captain KL Rahul Winning the toss and keeping Big Hitting, decided to bowl first Chris Gayle Out of the playing XI and including Nicholas Pooran, eden markram, Adil Rashid, Fabian Allen are his four overseas players.
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (C), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Fabian Allen, Adil Rashid, Ishaan Porel, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Evin Lewis, Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakaria and Karthik Tyagi.
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