🏏IPL 2023: Match 38 - PBKS vs LSG on 28/04/2023 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏 - Page 45

What carnage from LSG. Absolute belter of a pitch. Lost the toss and asked to bat and PBKS played this into LSG's hands with some poor bowling. Mayers teed off with 4 boundaries off Arshdeep's first over. KG Rabada got KL cheaply. KL will be kicking himself for missing out on easy runs on this pitch. Mayers flew to a 20-ball fifty before KG got him. Badoni at No.3 wasted no time and Stoinis at 4 worked wonders as he looked so comfortable from the outset. Dhawan had nowhere to hide his emotions. Could see his frustration with his bowlers and their execution and some fielders out of position. Pooran came in and started with a hat-trick of fours. It was all boundaries and sixes as everything that left the bat found the gap. Just as it looked like we could get the highest score ever in IPL, Sam Curran and Arshdeep conceded only 22 runs in the last 2 overs to deny that record. LSG cannot take this lightly because the pitch is such and PBKS are a naturally aggressive batting unit. This could be spicy if they get a good start.

Badoni: Was feeling really good. Was waiting for this opportunity (batting at 3) since so long. When I went in the wicket was really good. I was just told to play my shots. We were not thinking too much about the score. Just wanted to put away bad balls. My mindset was very blank.

Highest team totals in the IPL

263/5 - RCB vs PWI, Bangalore, 2013

257/5 - LSG vs PBKS, Mohali, today

248/3 - RCB vs GL, Bangalore, 2016

246/5 - CSK vs RR, Chennai, 2010

245/6 - KKR vs PBKS, Indore, 2018

Highest boundary count in an IPL innings (4s, 6s)

42 (21, 21) - RCB vs PWI, Bangalore, 2013

41 (27, 14) - LSG vs PBKS, Mohali, today

39 (24, 15) - KKR vs PBKS, Indore, 2018

38 (30, 8) - MI vs SRH, Abu Dhabi, 2021

Highest team totals in the IPL

263/5 - RCB vs PWI, Bangalore, 2013

257/5 - LSG vs PBKS, Mohali, today

248/3 - RCB vs GL, Bangalore, 2016

246/5 - CSK vs RR, Chennai, 2010

245/6 - KKR vs PBKS, Indore, 2018

9.20 pm So LSG fall six runs short of equaling the highest ever IPL total made a decade ago but it's still plenty good to be the highest total of the season. More than a third of their deliveries were struck to the boundary or over it. On the flip side, Punjab's fielding was listless and the mental lapses came several times during the innings with a wicket caught while stepping on the boundary turning into a six, not to mention four no balls. It will take something magical for Punjab to chase this down, but you never know... Stay with us for the start of the chase beginning shortly. ESPNcricinfo win predictor is showing Punjab Kings at 1.62% at the innings break. So there's still a chance...

LSG batter Ayush Badoni: "I was feeling really good. I was waiting for this opportunity for so long and today I got this opportunity so I'm really happy that I could contribute. When I went in, the wicket was really good and I could bat for long. I was just told to play your shots and put away the poor balls. We were not thinking too much about a record total, but just put away the bad balls and play according to the ball. The instruction was to put away the bad balls and play according to the ball and nothing else. My mindset was very blank."

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Poor bowlers, they got hammered. 🤪🤣Especially Brar, Arsh Singh, Rabada and Curran 🤪LSG went mental.

Can gabbar do it 😳

Prabhsimran and Dhawan are at the crease. Prabhsimran is on strike. Stoinis will open the attack