Suryakumar Yadav praised Marcus Stoinis, who excelled with his batting skills. The Luckow Super Giants (LSG) player outshone others during LSG’s IPL 2024 match versus Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The game occurred at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday, April 23.
LSG faced a challenging 211-run target to chase. To tackle this daunting task, Stoinis was promoted to bat at number three. The Australian all-rounder seized the opportunity with an awe-inspiring, unbeaten century.
The right-handed hitter hit 124* off only 63 balls, including six maximums and 13 fours, to lead his team to a six-wicket victory in the last over thriller. Stoinis maintained excellent coolness under duress as LSG needed 17 runs from the penultimate over, completing with three balls to spare.
Suryakumar Yadav of the Mumbai Indians (MI) was astonished by Stoins’ blitzkrieg, as evidenced by an Instagram story honoring the LSG star. He utilized a sticker of the superhero Hulk and clapping emojis.
Marcus Stoinis scored 254 runs. Eight matches played by him. Average runs: 42.33. He batted at 159.74 strike rate, this season.
“There were some bowlers we wanted to target” – Marcus Stoinis on his batting approach against CSK
Marcus Stoinis was selected Player of the Match after his outstanding performance on Tuesday. During the post-match presentation, the 34-year-old said that he chose certain bowlers to target.
He also indicated that Nicholas Pooran’s quick-fire appearance relieved pressure on him while he was failing to reach boundaries. Stoinis stated:
“In these competitions, there are plenty of better opening batters better than me so I’ll leave it to them. It’s not just go go go, there were some bowlers we wanted to target and some bowlers we wanted to be more cautious against.”
“There was a phase where I wasn’t able to hit the boundaries so it was great Pooran could come in and take the pressure off. Lots of ebbs and flows, just tried to keep it in control. You’re planning and structuring, you’re not liking certain bowlers and you’re liking others more.”
Marcus Stoinis
With their victory over CSK, LSG rose to fourth position in the points table. The KL Rahul led side has five victories from eight games.