During the 56th match of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) at Pune, Chennai Super Kings’ Lungi Ngidi put on record a supreme spell which saw him registering his best IPL figures.
On a quick Pune wicket, the Super Kings’ bowlers made the life of the opposition batsmen difficult. The swinging ball had made run-scoring a daunting task for the batsmen. The home team’s bowlers were led by Ngidi, who swung the ball at will in the powerplay.
Opening the bowling alongside Deepak Chahar, Ngidi dismissed Chris Gayle (0) on the second delivery that he bowled. Picking up one wicket, he didn’t concede any run from the bat in the over.
Lokesh Rahul (7), Kings XI Punjab’s highest run-scorer of the season, was the man which the Super Kings were looking to dismiss. In his second over, Ngidi bowled a flurry of out-swing deliveries to Rahul and followed it up with a delivery which came in. Once Rahul shouldered his arms to the ball, there was no one saving him.
Bowling his third over on the trot, Ngidi gave away six runs in which was the last over of the powerplay. He came back to bowl his last over as the 18th of the innings. On the second delivery, he induced the outside edge of Ravichandran Ashwin’s (0) bat which was taken behind the wickets by MS Dhoni.
A delivery later, Andrew Tye (0) became the fourth batsman to be dismissed by Ngidi in the innings. Ngidi ended up with bowling figures of 4-1-10-4. Watch the highlights of his spell:
https://twitter.com/videos_shots/status/998248382240980993
Watch some of the Twitter reactions:
Most economical four wkt hauls for CSK in #IPL
4/10 (4 overs) – Ashish Nehra v RCB at Bangalore 2015
4/10 (4 overs) – Lungi Ngidi v KXIP at Pune 2018#IPL2018— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 20, 2018
Lungi Ngidi's figures so far could be a T20 highlight for a 29-year-old prime of his life veteran bowler.
His only 22 for goodness sakes. Money well spent #CSKvKXIP #IPL2018
— Iron duke Jr. (@Iron_Duke89) May 20, 2018
Lungi Ngidi being a good quota there in India right now.
— Jambase (@NdinguJamby) May 20, 2018
Lungi Ngidi certainly created a stir at Pune today. Will feature amongst one of the finest spells this season. Sheer pace and accuracy. @ChennaiIPL should be able to chase this down #CSKvKXIP
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) May 20, 2018
Exhibition seam bowling from the #CSK quicks, especially lungi Ngidi, nice to see #IPL2018 #CSKvKXIP
— S.Badrinath (@s_badrinath) May 20, 2018
Superb bowling #LungiNgidi great spell 4-10-4 #CSKvKXIP @IPL
— Mohammed Ajmal (@imMajmal) May 20, 2018
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Take a bow Lungi Ngidi!! What an impressive spell of bowling. I'm sure your recently departed old man is smiling at you. #IPL2018
— Tat'uRadebe (@hlubizer) May 20, 2018
Excellent Spell By Lungi Ngidi
4-10-4
One of the best bowling figure in @IPL #WhistlePodu for Lungi 😊— Vimal Raina (@ImVimalRaina3) May 20, 2018
Brilliant day for the bowlers today.. Really rare in #ipl2018.. #LungiNgidi and @MishiAmit, Congrats on your performances..! #DDvMI #CSKvsKXIP #VIVOIPL
— Mayank Porwal (@mayank_porwal) May 20, 2018
As I Told Before Lungi Ngidi Is Best Buy From CSK For 50 Lacs #CSKvKXIP
— M@N!$H🕺 (@UrstrulyManish_) May 20, 2018
