IPL 2023: LSG captain KL Rahul heaped reward on pacer Mark Wooden, announcing it was once his day after taking a five-wicket haul in opposition to DC on April 1.
UPDATED: Apr 2, 2023 00:49 IST
Mark Wooden took a 5-wicket haul for LSG. (AP Photograph)
Through India Nowadays Sports activities Table: Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) captain KL Rahul heaped reward on pacer Mark Wooden, announcing it was once his day after taking a five-wicket haul in opposition to Delhi Capitals (DC) within the IPL 2023 on April 1.
Wooden returned with the figures of five/14 in his four-over quota as LSG beat DC via 50 runs in Lucknow. The Englishman dented DC’ 194-run chase, eliminating Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh and Sarfaraz Khan in fast succession ahead of including two extra wickets – Axar Patel and Chetan Sakariya – within the ultimate over.
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“There was once a little bit of dew and we concept the wicket would get more straightforward to bat however our bowlers did actually smartly. The entire staff, it was once Woody’s day. It is all the time a dream for a quick bowler,” Rahul stated after the fit.
“When any person goes smartly and has the ones forms of performances, it has an enormous affect at the crew and on the results of the sport. It was once Woody’s day, he made it depend however total the crowd put drive at the batters. It was once the most important win however we are not gonna make an excessive amount of of it.”
Rahul additionally lauded Kyle Mayers, who made his IPL debut with an excellent knock of 73 off simply 38 balls. Mayers set the tone of LSG’s innings, smashing seven sixes and two barriers. At the again of his sensible innings, Mayers took fourth spot within the best runs on IPL debut chart.
Brendon McCullum (158*), Michael Hussey (116*) and Shaun Marsh (84*) take a seat within the most sensible 3 spots within the debutants’ chart. Mayers was once snapped via LSG for INR 50 lakhs all over the 2022 public sale.
“We had been clueless in regards to the pitch. It was once a pleasant option to get started and can take numerous self belief from this. I felt that we had been 25-30 runs above par with the way in which that Kyle batted and the intent of the opposite batters getting on with the sport and taking at the spinners,” added Rahul.
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