Lucknow Tremendous Giants spinner Digvesh Rathi gave a fiery send-off to Punjab Kings opener Priyansh Arya throughout their IPL 2025 encounter on Tuesday. Through the third over of the PBKS innings, Priyansh ended up miscuing a shot off Digvesh’s bowling and the ball went excessive up within the air. Shardul Thakur moved throughout from mid-on and accomplished a simple catch to provide LSG their first breakthrough. Rathi instantly ran in direction of the batter and made a gesture that signified that his identify was added to his pocket book of dismissals. The spinner was immediately known as by the on-field umpire who had a quick chat with him.
All the incident left legendary Indian cricket staff captain Sunil Gavaskar sad as he criticised Digvesh’s antics. Gavaskar was not in favour of such a send-off and stated that batters don’t make such gestures each time they hit a boundary towards the bowlers.
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Punjab Kings loved the fruits of a incredible bowling effort within the Powerplay as Lucknow Tremendous Giants posted a par-score of 171 for 7 on a tough Ekana Stadium floor in an IPL match on Monday.
On a monitor that appeared two-paced with variable bounce, Punjab Kings bowlers led by the ever-dependable Arshdeep Singh knocked off the highest order inside first six overs and contributions from in-form Nicholas Pooran (44 off 30) and Ayush Badoni (41 off 33 balls) wasn’t sufficient to place a difficult rating on board.
Punjab’s bowling efficiency on Monday was the proper definition of doing it in unison as spinners Glenn Maxwell (1/22 in 3 overs) and Yuzvendra Chahal (1/36 in 4 overs) complemented the pacers Lockie Ferguson (1/26 in 3 overs), Arshdeep (3/43 in 4 overs) and Marco Jansen (1/28 in 4 overs).
Credit score also needs to be given to skipper Shreyas Iyer, whose clever area placements additionally ensured that LSG had been by no means in charge of the state of affairs.
On a monitor, the place sure deliveries had been gripping and odd ball bounced a tad additional, solely Pooran appeared snug towards each pacers and spinners.
(With IANS inputs)
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