“This is how a middle-order batsman should anchor his innings” – Twitter reacts as Marcus Stoinis hits a fifty off 31 balls against PBKS

Lucknow Super Giants are locking horns with Punjab Kings in the 38th match of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. The game is currently being staged at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.

Punjab Kings won the toss and invited Lucknow Super Giants to bat first. KL Rahul and Co approached the game with a lot of intent and purpose as they took the bowling attack to the cleaners from the get-go.

Punjab Kings’ bowlers literally lost their momentum in the initial stages of the game and they didn’t recover since then. Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants shifted gears when it mattered the most and inflicted quite a lot of damage on the Mohali-based franchise.

Earlier, Kyle Mayers scored a quickfire fifty as he accomplished the feat in just 20 deliveries. He smashed seven fours and four sixes to his name whereas Ayush Badoni scored 43 off 24 balls including three fours and three sixes.

Marcus Stoinis smashes a fifty off 31 balls against PBKS

Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has been in pretty good touch with the bat in the sixteenth edition of the IPL. Apart from his bowling credentials, he has been middling the balls ever so well with fearless brand of cricket.

He kept on hammering sixes and fours at will and in the process, he hit a fifty off 31 deliveries against Punjab Kings. In the process, he went on to register his highest-ever individual score of 73 off 39 balls. He composed six fours and five sixes to his name.

Lucknow Super Giants’ playing XI: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur

Punjab Kings’ playing XI: Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh

This is how a middle-order batsman should anchor his innings

— sagar guru (@cricketstuff12) April 28, 2023

All credit and thanks to KL Rahul for getting out early and giving these players the chance to make full use of the favourable conditions.

— Pooh (@ThodaYehThodaWo) April 28, 2023

Everyone is don bradman under king KL’s captaincy 🥵

— unknown user (@tamilan_jr) April 28, 2023

this is how a batsman should anchor,

— deathSTROKE (@UpAndOverAndSix) April 28, 2023

worst pitch by far. it is boring sometimes with that many runs.

— LEO🇺🇦 (@MeramanV) April 28, 2023

Imagine if kl will get his form back then lsg batting will be blast💥💥💥💥💥

— Johnmuffa (@ictblood) April 28, 2023

🔥🔥

— Mittansh OP (@Mittansh_op) April 28, 2023