What did Pant say after the match?
After losing the match, Rishabh Pant said, ‘It (total) was not enough, we fell behind by 20-25 runs, but this is part of the game. Right now we are assessing the conditions of our home ground. It is always difficult to score big when you lose early wickets, but each player is working hard to take the game forward. The wicket was a bit slow. The ball was coming to a stop. We have to learn from this game and move forward. There are a lot of positive things, can’t say much.
Defeat by 8 wickets?
This match was between the two most expensive players of this season of IPL. On one side was Punjab captain Shreyas Iyer, who was added by his franchise for a huge amount of 26.75 crores this season. On the other side was Rishabh Pant, whom Lucknow bought for 27 crores and made the captain. Lucknow’s team, which came to bat first, had a very bad start. Mitchell Marsh lost his wicket on the fourth ball of the first over. After this, Markram was also out after scoring 28 runs in the fourth over. In the very next over, Pant was hunted by Maxwell. He could score only 2 runs, after which Pooran hit some good shots and played an innings of 44 runs but Chahal made him his victim. At the same time, David Miller was also out in the 16th over. After this, Miller and Badoni batted brilliantly. Badoni played an innings of 41 and Samad played an innings of 27 runs. On the basis of which Lucknow scored 171 runs by losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.
How did Punjab chase? In reply to the 72 runs, Punjab had a great start. Priyansh Arya may have been out in the third over after scoring 8 runs. But Prabhsimran Singh did not give up his style. Prabhsimran played a quick innings of 69 runs in 34 balls and snatched the match from Lucknow. Shreyas Iyer also batted well. Iyer scored an unbeaten 52 runs. Nehal also played an innings of 43 runs. Due to this, Punjab won the match by 8 wickets with 3.5 overs remaining.