Blistering knocks by De Kock, Badoni help LSG defeat DC in thrilling encounter

Brilliant 80run knock by Quinton de Kock and quick 10 runs by Ayush Badoni guided Lucknow Super Giants to a victory by 6 wickets in a lastover thriller against Delhi Capitals here at Dr DY Patil Stadium Navi Mumbai on ThursdayChasing 150 Lucknow had an amazing start as the openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock took their side across the 50run mark in just 7 overs The duo stitched a brilliant partnership of 70 runs and provided Lucknow with great momentumDelhi Capitals finally took a sigh of relief when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Rahul who got caught by Prithvi Shaw after scoring 24 runs with the teams total at 731 in the 10th over De Kock was then joined by Evin Lewis and kept the scoreboard moving for LucknowDe Kock scored his halfcentury in 36 balls which put Delhi under heavy pressure It was then Lalit Yadav who dismissed Lewis in the 13th over after he scored 5 runsDeepak Hooda came to the crease to join De Kock who anchored the innings and kept on thrashing Delhi bowlers at regular intervalsKuldeep Yadav struck back again and finally ended the reign of de Kock who departed after playing a blistering knock of 80 runs off 52 balls with the teams total at1223 in the 16th over Hooda was then joined by Krunal PandyaDelhi finally saw a ray of hope when Shardul Thakur conceded only 5 runs in the 18th over and brought his side back into the game But it was Krunal Pandya who sent a ball for a six and scored 14 runs in the 19th over which was bowled by Mustafizur RahmanShardul once again came as a saviour for his side and removed Hooda on the first delivery of the final over Later Ayush Badoni came to the crease and scored 10 runs off 3 balls and took his side to the victory by 6 wickets and two balls to spareEarlier a brilliant knock of 61 runs by Prithvi Shaw and the 75run partnership of skipper Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan provided Delhi Capital with a respectabletotal of 1493 For Lucknow Ravi Bishnoi scalped two wickets while Krishnappa Gowtham settled with one wicket to his nameBrief score Delhi Capitals 1493 Rishabh Pant 39 Sarfaraz Khan 36 Ravi Bishnoi 222 vs Lucknow Super Giants 1554 Quinton de Kock 80 KL Rahul 24 KuldeepYadav 231This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever