Punjab Kings recorded their third win in IPL 2023. Punjab won this win by defeating Lucknow Super Giants by 2 wickets. The team got this victory after losing the last two consecutive games. Lucknow lost this match at home. Batting first, Lucknow put 159 runs on the board for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Chasing down the runs, Sikandar Raza scored 57 runs for Punjab Kings with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. He was awarded Man of the Match for this winning entry. Let us know what Sikandar Raza had to say after the match.
After the match, Sikandar Raza said: “I feel very good. When I came out, there were some demons on my mind. Credit to Shahrukh. It felt good to score half a century, but if we had lost, it wouldn’t have felt so good. This is one of the great stages. You’re here and you want to do it right. I had two simple games that I had in mind. Jitesh’s wicket was very important. If he had stayed in the box for 6-8 balls, he would have finished the game himself. But the way Shahrukh came in and hit the first ball for a six, I believed in him.
In this match, Punjab Kings decided to bowl first after winning the toss. Batting first, Lucknow recorded 159 on the board for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, captain KL Rahul played a brilliant innings of 74 runs off 56 balls. His innings included a total of 8 fours and 1 sixes.
Chasing runs, Punjab Kings achieved the target of 8 wickets in 19.3 overs. Shahrukh Khan made the team win by hitting a four. Sikandar Raza, who came to bat at number five, had a great participation in the victory of this team. He played a significant role in securing the team’s victory of the Half-Century Game.
