Nicholas Pooran played an unbeaten inning of 40 runs in 21 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The 15th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. RCB captain Faf du Plessis won the toss and decided to bowl first. The team had a bit of a bad start, Lucknow had scored 54 runs at the loss of one wicket in the powerplay.
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Then the RCB bowlers made a comeback in the middle overs, and LSG’s innings faltered a bit. But on the strength of Nicholas Pooran’s unbeaten inning of 40 runs, Lucknow Super Giants have set a target of 182 runs for RCB. In the 19th over of the innings, Nicholas Puran hit a brilliant six of 106 meters. Whose video is going viral on social media.
Nicholas Pooran hits a long six off Reece Topley.
Reece Topley was bowling the 19th over of Lucknow Super Giants’ innings. No runs were scored on the first ball of the over, whereas the second ball was wide. Nicholas Pooran then hit a brilliant six towards point on the next two full toss balls. Reece Topley was under some pressure after hitting two consecutive sixes. The fourth ball of the over was a slow ball, but Nicholas Pooran showed his power and hit a six on the roof of the stadium, which was 106 meters.
Watch the video of Nicholas Pooran’s 106 meter long six here-
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The first three balls of the last over bowled by Mohammad Siraj were brilliant. But Nicholas Pooran hit brilliant sixes on the next two balls and took the team’s score to 180. Nicholas Pooran played an unbeaten inning of 40 runs in 21 balls with the help of 1 four and 5 sixes. Let us tell you that Nicholas Puran has hit these 5 sixes in the last two overs of the innings.
Quinton de Kock played an amazing inning of 81 runs in 56 balls with the help of 8 fours and 5 sixes. KL Rahul (20) and Marcus Stoinis (24) also contributed. For Royal Challengers Bangalore, Glenn Maxwell took 2 wickets for 23 runs in 4 overs. Whereas Reece Topley, Yash Dayal, and Mohammad Siraj took 1 wicket each.
