IPL 2023: Cricket fraternity reacts as Krunal Pandya’s all-round show helps LSG win against SRH by 5 wickets

Pandya picked 3/18 and scored 34 runs helping LSG move to the top spot in IPL 2023 points table.

The 10^th match of the IPL 2023 saw the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) hosting the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on April 7, 2023. LSG managed to get better of SRH, winning their second game at home, while SRH lost second second game in a row.

Aiden Markram, playing his first game as the SRH skipper, won the toss and chose to bat first on a pitch that was expected to be slow and low on bounce. And the entire SRH batting lineup strolled against disciplined LSG spinners.

Rahul Tripathi (34), Anmolpreet Singh (31) and Abdul Samad (21* in 10) were the major contributors to SRH’s total of 121/8 in 20 overs. For LSG, Krunal Pandya with 3/18 and Amit Mishra with 2/23 were the pick of the bowlers.

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In reply, Fazalhaq Farooqi got rid of dangerous Kyle Mayers for 13 runs and then Bhuvneshwar Kumar caught and bowled Deepak Hooda for 7.

But then KL Rahul (35) and Krunal Pandya (34) ensured that LSG got some stability with a 55-run partnership for the third wicket. Though both batters gout out eventually, Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis finished the game in 16 overs with 5 wickets in hand.

For SRH, Adil Rashid took 2/23 in three overs.

With this win, LSG went to the top of the table with two wins in three games and SRH remain at the bottom with two losses in two matches.

Here's how the Indian cricket fraternity reacted to LSG's clinical win: