IPL 2023 | Nicholas Pooran Takes RCB Bowlers to Cleaners' Smashes 15-ball Fifty
Pooran scored a 15-ball fifty [AP Photos]
Nicholas Pooran just did the unthinkable. The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) batter smashed a 15-ball fifty against the RCB in a 213 run tricky chase at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. This was the fastest fifty of this season's IPL.
When Marcus Stoinis departed for a well-crafted 65, things looked done and dusted for the visiting team, but Pooran gave a life to a lifeless innings and has put LSG in a strong position to clinch a famous win.
He made his intentions clear from ball one and took on each and every RCB Bowler.
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When he came out to bat, LSG had just lost Stoinis and KL Rahul, and needed a miracle to stay alive in the contest.
With no express pacer in the RCB department, it made the southpaw’s job a touch easier as he toyed away with firstly the spinners, and then the three pacers - Harshal Patel, Wayne Parnell, and David Willey.
It was raining sixes as the West Indian batter smashed 7 sixes and has been playing at a strike-rate of 344.
He is amply supported by Ayush Badoni, who is playing a perfect second fiddle to Pooran.
LSG now only need 26 off 22 balls.