Lucknow Super Giants 257 for five (Stoinis 72, Mayers 54, Pooran 45, Badoni 43, Rabada 2-52) beat Punjab Kings 201 (Taide 66, Thakur 4-37, Naveen 3-30, Bishnoi 2-41) by 56 runs

Marcus Stoinis goes one-handed•Associated Press

Mayers will get the social gathering began

The leisure started when Mayers clubbed Arshdeep Singh for 4 fours within the second over. Next over, he deposited a free hit from debutant Gurnoor Brar for six over midwicket. When PBKS launched spin, Mayers went 6, 4, 6 off Sikandar Raza within the fifth over. He was dismissed with one ball left within the powerplay, however by then he'd already scored 54 - probably the most by a batter within the first six overs this season. LSG ended that part at 72 for two.

Unstoppable Stoinis

In seven earlier innings this season, Stoinis had been dismissed for 21 or much less 5 occasions, together with a duck in his final sport in opposition to Chennai Super Kings. But when he is bought into his groove, LSG have prospered. He'd slammed 65 off 30 in a profitable chase of 213 in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore, and right here in Mohali Stoinis was equally brutal.

It started with a free-hit off the second authorized ball of the eighth over, which Stoinis flicked for six off Gurnoor. The subsequent ball was pushed for 4, and Stoinis was away. In the tenth over, he guided Sam Curran for 4 behind level; and when the bowler tried a slower supply, he put him away with a short-arm pull.

There was a life within the thirteenth over when Liam Livingstone's left foot tickled the rope whereas he caught Stoinis on the long-off boundary, off Rahul Chahar. Stoinis quickly reached fifty from 31 balls, his innings of 72 finally that includes 5 sixes.

Badoni and Pooran hold the fireworks going

The bowlers had no respite when Stoinis was off strike. Badoni placed on 89 for the third wicket with Stoinisk and struck three fours and three sixes whereas speeding alongside at a strike charge near 180. His dismissal within the 14th over introduced Pooran to the crease, and he instantly hit Liam Livingstone for 3 successive fours.

Pooran's 45 off 19 featured only a solitary six, a swivel-pull that sailed excessive over tremendous leg, however there have been seven fours, most of them timed superbly by gaps within the outfield, with a late squeeze behind level of Arshdeep standing out.

Atharva Taide makes an attempt to ramp the ball•Associated Press

Taide fights, however PBKS fall properly brief

Sent in at No. 3 after Shikhar Dhawan departed within the first over, Taide saved ticking alongside as his companions got here and went. Taide made 31 of the 47 runs PBKS scored within the first 5 overs, together with 5 boundaries, together with a leg-side hoick, a drive previous mid-off, and a slap by level off one Avesh Khan over, and he adopted up with a giant six off Amit Mishra quickly after the powerplay.

Taide bought to his half-century from 26 deliveries to begin the tenth over, however by then PBKS' required charge was already threatening to the touch 16 an over. And when Taide departed after miscuing a slog-sweep off Ravi Bishnoi, PBKS wanted a near-impossible 131 from seven overs, with six wickets in hand.

Livingstone, Curran and Jitesh Sharma saved the boundary rely rising - there have been 67 in all, finally, the joint second-most in an IPL sport - however the contest was carried out and dusted by then.

Himanshu Agrawal is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo