Lucknow Super Giants got their IPL 2023 campaign off to a rollicking start as they defeated Delhi Capitals by 50 runs in their opening encounter on Saturday, April 1 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Following Delhi’s loss, former India cricketer Parthiv Patel felt that they missed their regular captain Rishabh Pant badly and need to find someone who can inspire them to come out of such a massive loss.
“Delhi must have missed Rishabh Pant – the batter, the wicketkeeper and the captain. You cannot replace a player like him. But from Delhi’s perspective, they will need to figure out who will come and inspire them after this huge defeat. This will put a huge dent on their net run rate as well,” said Parthiv on JioCinema.
“We must applaud Mark Wood’s plans and the way he dismissed Prithvi Shaw, as we have seen him get out like this in previous IPLs and international matches as well where there is always a gap between his bat and pad, and Wood bowled at him in that length continuously. You are given 24 bowls in total and taking five wickets in a T20 match is equivalent to scoring 100 runs,” added Parthiv.
“The way he (Kyle Mayers) was hitting the ball, powerful shots off Axar Patel and Kuldeep (Yadav), who are both very successful bowlers, was truly admirable. It was a good fifty to score. In spite of that, the way Badoni and Nicholas Pooran finished the game, with these small cameos of 25–30 runs helped them get from 155 runs to near 190 runs (193),” said Raina on JioCinema.
