• Lucknow Super Giants defeated Delhi Capitals by 50 runs in Match 3 of IPL 2023.

  • Mark Wood returned with impressive figures of 4-0-14-5.

IPL 2023 [Twitter reactions]: Kyle Mayers’ fireworks, Mark Wood’s 5-fer propel LSG to dominating win over DC
LSG beat DC by 50 runs in IPL 2023 (Image Source: Twitter)

In the third match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Delhi Capitals (DC) at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday.

Put in to bat, the Super Giants lost captain KL Rahul early as he could not contribute much, scoring only 8 runs off 12 balls. However, Kyle Mayers kept the pressure on and took the DC bowling attack to the cleaners.

Mayers played a brilliant innings of 73 runs off 38 balls, hitting 2 fours and 7 sixes. Nicholas Pooran also played a crucial knock of 36 runs off 21 balls, hitting 2 fours and 3 sixes as LSG managed to put up a massive total of 193/6 in their 20 overs.

In response, the Capitals got just couldn’t get going and kept losing wickets at regular intervals only to reach 143/9 in 20 overs, losing the contest by 50 runs. DC skipper David Warner was the only batsman who stood out for the Capitals, scoring 56 runs off 48 balls with the help of 7 fours.

Mark Wood was the standout performer for the Super Giants in the bowling department, picking up 5 wickets for just 14 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Avesh Khan also bowled well, taking a couple of scalps for 29 runs in 4 overs.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

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