Mayank Yadav sizzles on debut as Lucknow record first win by 21 runs

Facing consecutive defeats, Punjab Kings tasted the bitterness of loss in two consecutive matches. Taking on Super Giants in their third match, Punjab faced a defeat by 21 runs. Winning the toss, Lucknow chose to bat first on their home ground. With a designated 20 overs, Punjab scored 199 runs, losing 5 wickets. In response, batting, Punjab lost 8 wickets, scoring 178 runs in 20 overs, stopping Punjab's innings.

Punjab Kings took to the bat with big targets in mind. The team's openers, Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow, came out with the bat today. However, the lack of support for these two batters was evident in Punjab. In the 12th over, the first wicket fell.

At the team's score of 102 runs, Bairstow returned scoring 42 (39). He bid farewell on Mayank Yadav's delivery. Although Bairstow missed his fifty, Dhawan managed to leave the field right after scoring fifty. However, Dhawan lost two more wickets in the process.

Prabhashimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma returned soon. Although Prabhashimran scored 19 runs off 7 balls with 2 sixes, he couldn't make it through Yadav's delivery. Yadav also dismissed Sharma for 6 runs.

In Punjab's favor until the end was Liam Livingstone. After scoring 70 runs off 50 balls, just behind the target, he fell on the delivery following his half-century. Sam Curran took both their wickets.

As the innings ended, Punjab scored 178 runs, losing 5 wickets in the designated 20 overs. Livingston remained unbeaten at 28 (17) runs, while Shashank Singh was not out at 9 (7) runs.

Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan took 3 and 2 wickets respectively for Lucknow in their bowling innings.

Earlier, Punjab Kings began their innings with Quinton de Kock and Lokesh Rahul. Rahul couldn't make a significant impact on the score, returning after scoring just 15 runs. However, de Kock showed promise. Although he missed his fifty, scoring 9 runs in 21 balls, he couldn't stay long. Eventually, he was directly bowled out by Chahar. At the end, Nicholas Pooran and Krunal Pandya tried to boost the team's runs. Pooran scored 42 runs off 21 balls, and Pandya remained unbeaten at 43 runs off 22 balls, contributing to Punjab's innings of 199 runs. Losing 8 wickets in the designated 20 overs, Punjab's highest wicket-taker was Sam Curran with 3 wickets.