Punjab vs Lucknow Match Stats

A floated full ball, well outside off, Ayush Badoni shuffles across, goes on his knees, and sweeps it to deep square leg for a single.

WIDE! Hits the deck hard, back of a length, but down the leg side, Abdul Samad misses his pull shot. There is a half appeal for caught behind but the umpire gives it a wide. Shreyas Iyer asks the keeper before going for a review but in the end, he doesn't take it.

Fuller and around middle, Samad flicks it to long on for one more.

WIDE! A slower bouncer, and outside off, Ayush Badoni watches it and doesn't offer any shot. Called a wide.

A low full toss and around off, Ayush Badoni drills it absolutely to long off for a single.

FOUR! STREAKY BUT LSG WILL TAKE IT! A low full toss again but wide outside off this time. Abdul Samad just has to get some bat on it and he does exactly that. Slices it off the outer half of the bat to the left of backward point for a boundary.

SIX! THIS IS SOME PICKUP SHOT! Stoinis drifts it into the pads and on a fuller length, Abdul Samad transfers his weight to the front foot and just uses his wrists to flick it. The ball sails over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.

In the air... but falls down! The fielder seems to have lost the ball! A full toss again and around middle, Abdul Samad mistimes his flick shot on this occasion. The ball goes high in the air towards deep square leg. Nehal Wadhera runs in forward from deep mid-wicket and looks to go for the catch, but he ​​​​​​slips just at the last moment. With a little stumble on his heels, he falls over, and the ball lands safely in his vicinity. Two runs taken.

Great effort from Vyshak Vijaykumar! Fuller and around middle, Ayush Badoni flicks it to the left of deep fine leg and the fielder puts in a full dive and saves two runs.

Dragged length and around off, Ayush Badoni gets an inside edge onto his front pad as he goes for the drive. They take a single as the ball gets deflected towards cover.

Just short! Fuller and around off, Abdul Samad stays leg side of the ball and drives it aerially towards extra cover. The ball lands just ahead of the fielder and they take a single.

Short of a length and around off, with pace taken off, Ayush Badoni ramps it towards deep third for a single.

Back of a length and around middle, Ayush Badoni gets hurried in his pull shot and mistimes it in the vacant mid-wicket region. He gets a single.

PLAY AND MISS! A bit fuller and outside off as well, seems to be a pace off delivery, Ayush Badoni makes a base for himself and swings wildly at it but misses. Arshdeep Singh ends his match-winning spell with figures of 4-0-16-3.

WIDE! A slower hard-length ball, but way down the leg side, Ayush Badoni misses his pull shot and it is called a wide. 150 is up for LSG.

Fuller and around middle, Badoni flicks it along the ground to deep mid-wicket and gets a single. A good throw to the keeper from Shreyas Iyer.

Takes the pace off again, does Jansen and bowls it into the pitch, on a good length and around middle, Ayush Badoni waits for it and swipes it across the line. The ball goes to the left of deep fine leg and the batters take two runs.

Full and around off, a yorker almost, Badoni squeezes it to backward point for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Marco Jansen takes a sharp returning catch and a good inning of Abdul Samad comes to an end. A slower knuckle ball, on a length and around middle, Abdul Samad gets cramped up for the room but he still goes for the pull shot. Hits it off the bottom part of the bat and generates no power on that one. The ball goes to the left of the bowler, who takes this catch on his follow-through. Abdul Samad walks back after scoring 45 (24) and gets a pat on the shoulders from Arshdeep Singh, a good gesture by the left-arm pacer there to appreciate Samad's innings.

Back of a length and around leg, Avesh Khan misses his pull shot.

FOUR! POWERED AWAY! A slower full ball, right in the slot, around off, Avesh Khan clears out his front leg and reads the slowness of the delivery before smoking it down the ground for a boundary.

SIX! WOAH! WHAT A SHOT! JUST STAND AND DELIVER STUFF! On a length and around off, Ayush Badoni stands tall and clobbers it over the long on fence for a biggie. He completes his half-century and this has been a fighting knock from him. 

Much fuller and around middle, Badoni flicks it to long on and denies the single. 

SIX! BADONI KEEPS STRIKING! Full and outside off, Ayush Badoni goes deep in his crease and makes a base for himself before smashing it over covers for another biggie. What a sight to watch! 

Good effort in the field! Back of a length and around off, Ayush Badoni lifts his front leg up and swipes it across the line towards deep backward square leg. The fielder puts in a dive and saves two runs for his side.

FOUR! BADONI IS PLAYING A GEM HERE, IN A LOSING CAUSE! Vyshak Vijaykumar follows the batter and bowls it down the leg side, on a length. Ayush Badoni backs away and gives himself some room but manages to adjust his shot in the end and he flicks it towards deep backward square leg for a boundary.

Short of a length and around middle, Ayush Badoni moves across in his crease and misses his pull shot.

FOUR! STREAKY! A bouncer and around the right shoulder of the batter, Avesh Khan takes his eyes off as he goes for a pull shot and gets a top edge that flies over the keeper, behind the wickets for a boundary.

Hard length and around off, Avesh Khan flat-bats it over the bowler's head for a single. It is a mistimed shot and the long on collects the ball.

SIX! WOW! THIS KID HAS SOME SHOTS! Azmatullah Omarzai goes for a fuller ball and outside off, Ayush Badoni shuffles across, goes on his knees, and just uses his wrists to flick it. The timing is so perfect on this one as it goes over the ropes at deep square leg. 

On a length and outside off, takes the pace off on this occasion, Ayush Badoni shuffles across and manages to drill it towards sweeper cover for one more.

IN THE AIR... AND JUST OUT OF THE REACH OF IYER! Back of a length and outside off, Avesh Khan swings hard at it and looks to clear the infield at covers. He mistimes his shot and Shreyas Iyer runs in to his left at the edge of the ring and extends his left arm to take that catch but the ball lands just out of his reach. No run taken.

PLAY AND MISS! On a good length and on leg, Avesh Khan clears out his front leg and looks to slog it across the line but misses.

OUT! CAUGHT! Lucknow Super Giants lose their seventh and a fantastic knock of Ayush Badoni comes to an end as he goes for 74 runs off just 40 balls. A loopy full ball and around leg, as Chahal sees the batter changing his stance for a reverse sweep. Ayush Badoni looks to reverse-ramp it but gets a top edge towards short third. Arshdeep Singh comes forward a bit and takes this easy catch. 

Quicker and flatter, around off, Prabhsimran Singh mistimes his lofted shot over the bowler's head for a single.

SIX! GOOD SHOT! Chahal tosses it up and aroud off, Avesh Khan dances down the track and smashes it down the ground over wide long off for a biggie.

Floated up and around middle, Avesh uses his feet again and swings at it but gets an inside edge only onto his front pad.

FOUR! ANOTHER GOOD SHOT FROM AVESH! Again a flighted ball and wide outside off, from Chahal, Avesh Khan stays leg side of the ball, uses his feet and extends his arms in the end to reach out as he lofts it through covers for a boundary.

DROPPED BUT PUNJAB KINGS WIN THIS MATCH BY 37 RUNS! Floated it up and well outside off, Avesh Khan reaches out and looks to loft it inside out over cover, but mistimes his shot completely. The ball goes off the bottom part of the bat towards extra cover, where Shreyas Iyer leaps and looks to catch that but spills it out in the end. The batters take no run and this is a comprehensive win for PBKS in their other home, Dharamshala.