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Punjab Kings got a big blow in the initial over itself.
In the 11th match of the Indian Premier League 2024, Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings face each other at the Ekana Stadium on Saturday, March 30. In the match, Lucknow team won the toss and started its batting. As soon as the match started, Punjab Kings suffered a big blow in the opening over as Liam Livingstone pulled his hamstring. Livingstone was fielding at deep midwicket and felt some pull and tried to turn to the left. After this he went back to the dressing room. He understood that he could no longer field.
Photo of Livingstone going back to the dressing room.
Injury concern for Punjab Kings as Liam Livingstone was seen limping and is out of the field. pic.twitter.com/Hxh7XAGFMx
– Jai Cricket. (@Jay_Cricket18) March 30, 2024
Talking about the match, till the time of writing the news, Lucknow team has scored 125 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 13 overs. Quinton de Kock and Nicholas Pooran are present at the crease. Quinton de Kock has scored a half-century and is preparing to play a big innings. Lucknow’s projected score looks to be between 180-190 runs.
Nicholas Puran has been made the captain for this match
LSG are at the bottom of the IPL points table, the reason being that they have played only one game and lost that too. They were to face Rajasthan Royals in their first game of IPL 2024, but they lost that match by 20 runs. On the other hand, Punjab Kings are at the fifth position with a win in 1 and loss in the other two matches they played.
Interestingly, Nicholas Pooran had come to the field as captain for the toss against Punjab Kings. Nicholas Pooran revealed that Rahul will play as an impact player and the decision to give him some rest has been taken due to his injury recovery process. Rahul suffered a quadriceps injury which kept him out of action for two months. He could not even play the Test series against England. KL Rahul does not want to take any risk regarding injury, hence this decision has been taken.
