Marcus Stoinis Gave Krunal PandyaLucknow Super Giants lead by scoring an unbeaten 89 against Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2023 match in Lucknow on Tuesday. While Stoinis was going hammer and tongs, Pandya too looked solid as he played the anchor role. At the end of the 16th over, he was batting on 49 off 42 balls, when he could be seen hugging. He left the field before the start of the next over. While the rules allow a batsman to be retired out, in which a batsman can declare himself out at any time during his innings, there was confusion as to whether Krunal Pandya was retired hurt or retired out. Pandya later came on the field to lead the team during the bowling of LSG.
Even India’s star spinner R Ashwin tweeted: “Retired out? #LSGvsMI #KrunalPandya”
retired? #LSGvsMI #Krunal Pandya
– Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) May 16, 2023
On this tweet, a user gave a scathing reply and said, ‘Completely cheated’
To which, Ashwin commented: “The rules allow you to do that! There is no cheating”.
The rules allow you to do so! there is no cheating
– Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) May 16, 2023
However, after the game, Krunal made it clear that he had retired hurt. “I was having cramps, I pulled a muscle,” said the LSG captain after the game.
Marcus Stoinis scored a career-best 89 not out in the IPL as Lucknow Supergiants recovered from a poor start to post 177 for three against Mumbai Indians on a challenging pitch on Tuesday. Stoinis hit seven sixes in his valiant 47-ball effort and stitched an 82-run stand with skipper Krunal Pandya (49 retired hurt) after LSG were reduced to 35 for three in the seventh over.
As has been the case throughout the season, the batsmen had a tough time on the two-pace surface.
LSG made a questionable call on giving up Kyle Myers, their leading run getter of the season, and the move didn’t work. replace it at the top, Deepak Hooda (5) was undone by a slower ball jason behrendorff The next ball from the left arm fast bowler was thrown away and Prerak Mankad The wicket-keeper got a light touch on the way while trying to run towards third man.
The situation worsened for LSG when quinton de kock (16 off 15) fell in the seventh over as the home team faltered in the seventh over.
De Kock smartly goes for a drive with a googly Piyush Chawla But left behind.
It was up to Stoinis and Krunal to revive the innings and they did so with grittiness before the latter was retired hurt in the 16th over after being seen in slight trouble.
After this, Stoinis started his innings with sixes off the spinners. hrithik fond of And Chawla in consecutive overs.
Stroke making was difficult in the prevailing conditions but Stoinis used his brute force to hit much-needed fours and sixes. LSG won the game by five runs.
with PTI inputs
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