Lucknow Super Giants opener Quinton de Kock acquired praises from the followers for his wonderful sportsmanship in the course of the match towards Punjab Kings at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. On the fourth ball of the thirteenth over, De Kock edged the ball behind the stumps to the wicketkeeper as bowler Sandeep Sharma appealed loudly for the wicket. The on-field umpire gave it not out however De Kock walked out as Sandeep gave a bat on his again for the nice spirit.

The southpaw was wanting in respectable contact and scored 46 runs off 37 balls to stabilize Lucknow’s innings after they lose KL Rahul’s wicket early.

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The followers on Twitter have been extremely impressed with De Kock and hailed his sportsmanship.

Lucknow misplaced the wicket of their in-form skipper KL Rahul early on 6 as he additionally edged the ball behind the stumps to Jitesh Sharma as Kagiso Rabada obtained the primary wicket of the match.

De Kock shared an 85-run stand alongside Deepak Hooda to rebuild the innings towards a top quality tempo assault which requested some tough inquiries to them with the ball.

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Earlier, after dropping seven tosses on a trot, Punjab Kings skipper Mayank Agarwal lastly gained the toss and elected to bowl towards Lucknow.

Punjab determined to play the identical XI from their final match the place they managed to beat Chennai Super Kings as Shahrukh Khan missed out as soon as once more after his poor begin to the match. Rishi Dhawan managed to retain his place after a improbable ultimate over towards CSK.

Lucknow Super Giants excluded Manish Pandey from the XI as he made place for pacer Avesh Khan on a difficult floor. Pandey has been going via a lean patch as he scored 21 off as many deliveries towards Mumbai Indians.

“When dew will not be round, it’s fairly a fair recreation. It’s vital for us to start out effectively, actually assess the circumstances within the first couple of overs, set-up a extremely stable base after which take pleasure in our batting and explode. I’ve performed right here earlier than, we’ll need to bat well. Manish misses out, Avesh Khan is available in. It’s a excessive boundary-scoring floor, one further bowler would give extra choices. It’ll be a great alternative for Jason to bat at seven. Ideally wouldn’t need him to bat, but when he does, it’s a great alternative to indicate his batting expertise,” Rahul said at the toss.

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