LSG vs MI: Marcus Stonis stole the show with his tremendous batting. The devastating all rounder 89 runs from 47 balls to put the hosts Lucknow Super Giants in a strong position against the Mumbai Indians. However, fans went gaga when he took a fine DRS call to get his LBW decision reversed on a Akash Madhwal yorker. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
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The incident took place in the 17th over of the game. A breathtaking yorker saw the LSG batter getting completely beaten. The umpire took no time to raise his fingers and singal out. But the confident Stoinis immediately decided to review the decision and went upstairs for the third umpire.
The inswinger ball completely missed the bat and ducked underneath it. The ball went very close to the bat and right in front of the feet of the batter. The ultraedge showed no spike when the ball passed the bat. However, it was in the ball tracking trajectory where Stoinis survived.
The ball tracker revealed that the in-swinging yorker missed the leg stump. Therefore it has been a tremendous DRS call from the batter.
After getting this life, it was Marcus Stonis who went on to hammer the opposition. In the very next over he slammed a fiery 24-over against Chris Jordan. He went on to slam 4 fours and 2 huge sixes. A glamorous fifty helped Lucknow Super Giants went on to amass 177 runs on the board.
Marcus Stoinis anchored LSG’s innings and then hammered 4 fours and 8 sixes to play a fine innings as he batted with a strike rate of 189.
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