The 63rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is being played between the new entrants Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) on 15th May at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. RR suffered early blow when the LSG pacer, Avesh Khan cleaned up the in-form opener, Jos Buttler in the 3rd over itself.
Surprisingly, Sanju Samson won the toss and decided to bat first as it has been their strength in the season so far. While LSG made just one change as Ravi Bishnoi replaced Karan Sharma, RR made a couple of changes as Jimmy Neesham and Obed McCoy came in the XI to replace Rassie Van Der Duusen and Kuldeep Sen.
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On the second ball of the third over, Avesh Khan knocked the off stump. Jos Buttler was batting at 2 of 5, and he was looking to up the ante and he went across a long way to scoop it fine leg, but he failed to connect the ball. Avesh was pumped and almost gave a little send-off to Buttler while thumping his heart with his right fist. It was a perfect length ball that went on to hit top of off stump, and the stump went for a walk. Avesh had cleaned up Buttler in the reverse fixture as well.
Here is the video of the fiery delivery from Avesh Khan:
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): PlayingQuinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (c), Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan
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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, James Neesham, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy
Here is how the fans reacted:
https://twitter.com/Virahulvignesh1/status/1525842459674128385?s=20&t=Lkr3SclRixEXb0fsgzEaMQ
https://twitter.com/itsspranjal/status/1525842306586189824?s=20&t=OlvLGleIGx4qNpRicgznhg
WoW Mera pyara Avesh Khan wapis kar do #LSG Butler gone! #LSGvRR
— Sushant Mehta (@SushantNMehta) May 15, 2022
Avesh Khan , Mohsin Khan asalu ela adali ra mi bowling lo
Batsmen are clueless— Sarath (@Sarath1111111) May 15, 2022
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Avesh Khan 🤩😘🔥🔥🔥
— Tom (@Virushka_1812) May 15, 2022
Avesh khan🔥🔥#LSGvRR #AbApniBaariHai
— शुभेंदु पांडेय (@shubhendupk) May 15, 2022
