Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) head coach Justin Langer reveals how young left-arm spinner M Siddharth can fulfill his promise to bring in Virat Kohli disuse. Siddharth, making his second appearance for LSG, dismissed Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) star batsman Kohli for his first IPL wicket on Tuesday. After bowling a few fast balls to him, Siddharth brought down Kohli with a slower ball. Kohli tried to flick the ball but got the lead and the ball went straight to the wicketkeeper.
Post-match, Langer revealed his first chat with Siddharth, who promised to bail Kohli out.
“Have never spoken to him before… I saw an arm ball. The first thing out of my mouth after meeting M Siddharth was ‘Hey Sid! Do you think you can help us get Virat out?’ ” He said, ‘Yes sir! ‘. What did he do? He got him out,” Lange said in the video uploaded by LSG.
The unheard story of Lange’s interaction with Siddharth evoked loud cheers in the LSG camp.
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10 bowlers have taken Virat as their first IPL wicket including Ashok Dinda, Ashish Nehra, Albie Morkel, Chetanya Nanda, Doug Bracewell, Jasprit Bumrah, Mitchell McClenaghan, Harpreet Brar, Dewald Brevis and now Siddarth .
The match started with RCB choosing to field first after winning the toss. Opener Quinton de Kock and captain KL Rahul (20 off 14 balls, including two sixes) gave LSG a good start with a 53-run victory. A 56-run stand between Koke and Marcus Stoinis (24 off 15 balls, including four and two sixes) helped LSG cross the 100-point mark. The RCB bowlers did pile on the pressure in the final batting but Nicholas Pooran (40* off 21 balls with 4 and 5 sixes) scored well for LSG to keep them in the 20th over Scores of 181/5 were achieved in the match.
Glenn Maxwell (2/23) is the bowler for RCB. Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal and Reece Topley picked up a wicket each for RCB.
In the run-chase, opener Virat Kohli (22 off 16 balls, including 2 fours and a six) and Faf du Plessis (19 off 13 balls, including 3 fours) started with a 40-run start. But Mayank Yadav (3/14)’s game-changing spell put RCB in trouble, reducing the score to 94/5. Mahipal Lomror (33 off 13 balls, including 3 4s and 3 6s) and Rajat Patidar (29 off 21 balls, including 2 4s and 2 6s) tried to put up a fight but RCB fell short in 19.4 overs Only 153 points could be scored.
Apart from Mayank, Naveen-ul-Haq (2/25) is also the bowler of choice for LSG. Siddharth, Yash Thakur and Stonis took one wicket each.
Mayank was awarded the Man of the Match award for his spell. RCB is ranked ninth with three points with one win and two losses. LSG ranked fourth with 2 wins and 1 loss, with 4 points.
(with ANI input)
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