Liam Livingstone lit up Mumbai evening sky along with his ‘outrageous’ six off Mohammed Shami that has left fellow cricketers, commentators and followers gobsmacked. Livingstone hit a 117-meter six throughout Punjab Kings’ eight-wicket win over Gujarat Titans in an IPL 2022 conflict on Tuesday – the most important of the season thus far.
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The shot got here off the first supply of the sixteenth over, bowled by Shami as Livingstone thrashed a size supply deep into the stands on the sq. leg area.
‘Oh my word’ – screamed the commentators as quickly as Livingstone made the connection and the ball was despatched flying excessive into the sky.
An impressed Shami might solely set free a wry smile as he returned to his bowling mark. GT legspinner Rashid Khan, himself identified for hitting outrageous sixes, walked in the direction of Livingstone and took a have a look at his bat.
Back on observe! 😃, Bowlers set it up and the batters wrapped it up in model. @liaml4893 THAT shot was particular!☄️— Bhanuka Rajapaksa (@BhanukaRajapak3) May 3, 2022
PBKS captain Mayank Agarwal couldn’t imagine his eyes as he watched it unfold from the workforce’s dug-out close to the boundary.
Livingstone carried the momentum as he then went on to finish a hat-trick of sixes within the over earlier than unfurling two fours in the identical over to take his workforce over the road towards the table-toppers on the DY Patil Stadium.
“Swinging arduous sufficient. I didn’t assume I used to be going to bat at one level, good to exit and hit a couple of out the center,” Livingstone said of his whirlwind unbeaten knock off 30 off 10.
Agarwal was happy with Livingstone’s effort improving PBKS NRR which could potentially become a deciding factor to make the playoffs as the tournament progresses. “It was nice the way he played, got the score quickly. When we got to that position, two points are almost clear, if we can score it as quickly as possible, we could also improve the Net Run-Rate,” he mentioned.
The win was PBKS’ fifth of the season and it has lifted them to the fifth spot within the standings now, coming as a significant increase to their playoffs hopes.
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