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Clock: Marco Stoinis he made a fierce 89*, his highest IPL score, for the Lucknow Super Giants against the Mumbai Indians.
The Australian all-rounder went from 45 to 82 in just eight balls, with four fours and eight sixes in the bat. Chris Jordan took the worst of Stoinis’ onslaught, taking 0-50 after his final went to 24, taking LSG from a frustratingly low score in the middle to 177.
No other batsman surpassed 50 for the hosts, with Krunal Pandya’s 49 the next highest score.
One of the highlights of the stroke was a massive six from a cow corner to Hirthik Shokeen’s bowling as the 33-year-old made up for his side’s slow start which saw Deepak Hooda and Perak Mankad both dismissed for scores in the single digits. Quinton de Kock remained in seventh but failed to make much of an impact, as he was dismissed for 16 of 15 balls.
Stoinis’s inning saving hit continues good form with the bat. Lui struck out fifty-three times in his last 10 innings for the Super Giants, in a campaign that gave Lucknow an excellent shot at making the playoffs with two games remaining.
A win today would see them leapfrog their opponents Mumbai into third place, and leave them three points clear of fifth placed Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Watch Marcus Stoinis’ hard hitting shot here:
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