Lucknow Super Giants defeated Punjab Kings by 21 runs in a thrilling match. Batting first, Lucknow scored 199 runs. In response, Punjab team could score only 178 runs. Mayank Yadav bowled lethal bowling for Lucknow. He took 3 wickets in the debut match. Punjab had the match in its favor for some time. But Mayank proved to be a game changer. He snatched victory from the jaws of Punjab.
Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow came to open for the Punjab team chasing the target given by Lucknow. During this period there was a good partnership between the two. Punjab did not allow a single wicket to fall for 11 overs. The team’s score was also high. But then Lucknow handed the over to Mayank. He gave the team the first wicket on the fourth ball of the 12th over. Bairstow was out after scoring 42 runs in 29 balls. What happened after this became history for Mayank.Mayank made Prabhsimran Singh the victim after Bairstow. Prabhasimran was caught out after scoring 19 runs in 7 balls. After this Jitesh Sharma’s turn came. Mayank showed Jitesh the way to the pavilion on the fourth ball of the 16th over. He was out after scoring just 6 runs. In this way Mayank changed the course of the entire match.
Dhawan was out after an excellent inning of 70 runs. Sam Curran could not even open an account. In this way Punjab scored 178 runs with the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. He had to face defeat by 21 runs.