Sikandar Raza slammed his maiden IPL fifty after a powerful present by his aspect’s bowling unit as Punjab Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants by two wickets in a last-over end on Saturday. Invited to bat, captain KL Rahul smashed his first fifty of this IPL season however Punjab Kings roared again with well timed wickets to limit the Lucknow aspect to a modest 159 for eight. Chasing 160 for a win, Zimbabwean Raza, who additionally picked a wicket along with his spin bowling, cracked a 41-ball 57 to maintain PBKS within the hunt after Matthew Short’s 22-ball 34. Once he was holed out within the 18th over off Ravi Bishnoi, Shahrukh Khan (23 not out) accomplished the job, knocking off the ultimate runs with a boundary. Raza hit 4 boundaries and three sixes in his match-winning knock.

With the win, PBKS took one other two factors to rise to the 4th spot within the IPL 2023 desk with a complete of 6 factors to their credit score. LSG remained unmoved on the second spot regardless of shedding the sport.

Check out the up to date factors desk:

Orange Cap:

Shikhar Dhawan continues to prime the desk for Orange Cap, whereas David Warner, Virat Kohli, Jos Buttler and Faf du Plessis occupy the second, third, fourth and fifth spots, respectively.

Purple Cap:

Mark Wood leads the chart with 11 wickets. He picked two wickets towards PBKS in Lucknow on Saturday. Ravi Bishnoi, who additionally picked two wickets within the recreation now has 8 wickets to his credit score and he holds the fourth spot.

(With PTI Inputs)