Marcus Stoinis played a stormy innings. (IPL photo)
Lucknow: Marcus Stoinis, the star player of Lucknow Sapur Giants, has once again shown his stormy batting which wreaked havoc on Mumbai Indians. Lucknow scored a score of 177 runs, getting out of a bad start against Mumbai Indians at their home on Tuesday. But Stoinis took him here. Due to the stormy style shown by Stoinis in the last overs, Lucknow could reach a respectable score.
Stoinis scored a brilliant half-century. This batsman played an unbeaten inning of 89 runs. In his innings, he hit more sixes than fours. In an innings of 47 balls, Stoinis hit four fours and hit eight sixes.
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Showed power in 12 balls
The last 12 balls of this innings of Stoinis proved fatal for Mumbai. This batsman had scored 45 runs in 35 balls. But after this he scored 44 runs in the next 12 balls. He completed his half-century by hitting a six on the first ball of the 18th over. In this over he hit one six, three fours and Stoinis did not stop from here. In the 19th over, Stoinis played four balls and scored 13 runs with the help of two sixes. On the last ball of the last over, he hit Akash Madwal for a six.
Lucknow scored a total of 54 runs in the last three overs and that is why Lucknow, which was looking shaky at one time, scored a respectable score of 177 runs.
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Excellent partnership with the captain
Lucknow had lost its three wickets for just 35 runs. Deepak Hooda, Quinton Dickock and Prerak Mankad were out. But after this, captain Krunal Pandya and Stoinis took over the team and shared an 82-run partnership. Pandya was also about to complete his half-century. He was one run away from Fifty but then he decided to retire hurt. Pandya scored an unbeaten 49 off 42 balls with the help of a four and a six. After Pandya’s departure, Stoinis took responsibility and scored runs in a stormy manner.
