Lucknow won due to excellent death bowling beat rajasthan royals | बेहतरीन डेथ बॉलिंग से जीता लखनऊ: राजस्थान को रोमांचक मुकाबले में 2 रन से हराया; आवेश ने 3 विकेट लिए
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Avesh Khan defended 9 runs in the 20th over and won Lucknow.
Lucknow Supergiants defeated Rajasthan Royals by 2 runs in an exciting IPL match. Avesh Khan defended 9 runs in the 20th over and won Lucknow. Avesh took 3 wickets. Both Aden Markram and Ayush Badoni put fifty.
Lucknow chose batting at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. Lucknow scored 180 runs losing 5 wickets. In response, Rajasthan could only manage 178 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 74 runs. Vanindu Hasranga got 2 wickets.
Match analysis in 5 points …
1. Player of the Match
Avesh did the best bowling for Lucknow in the death overs. He spent 5 runs in the 18th over and took 2 wickets. Avesh again defended 9 runs in the last over and won the team by 2 runs. Avesh sent Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer and Ryan Parag to the pavilion.

Avesh Khan spent only 11 runs in the last 2 overs.
2. Hero of victory
- Abdul Samad: Samad scored 30 runs off 10 balls to bat on number-7. He was the one who scored 27 runs in the last over and took the team to 180.
- Ayush Badoni: Badoni, who came down to batting as an impact player, put a fifty. He also partnered 76 runs with Markram.
- Aden Markram: Aidon Markram, who came out of Lucknow to open, put a fifty off 31 balls. He scored 66 runs and took the team to a big score. Markram also took 1 wicket.

3. Fighter of the Match
Yashasvi Jaiswal gave Rajasthan Royals a fast start to chase the target of 181 runs. He partnered 85 runs with opener Vaibhav Suryavanshi. Yashasvi scored half a century off 31 balls. He scored 74 runs and brought the team close to victory.

4. Turning point
Rajasthan needed 25 runs in the last 3 overs. Avesh Khan came here to bowl, he conceded just 5 runs in the 18th over and also took 2 wickets. His own over put pressure on Rajasthan and the team lost by 2 runs, despite being in winning. Avesh also saved 9 runs in the last over.

Avesh Khan won Lucknow with 3 wickets in the death overs.
5. Purple Cap reached the famous Krishna
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow is the top run scorer by scoring 368 runs. The famous Krishna of Gujarat has secured the purple cap with 14 wickets. Rajasthan lost the fifth match in 7 matches, the team is at number 8 with 4 points. Lucknow is at number four after 5 wins and 3 defeats in 8 matches.

