Lucknow Super Giants: Decoding their IPL 2024 season in stats
Lucknow Super Giants started their Indian Premier League journey in 2022. They secured two successive playoff berths before biting the dust in IPL 2024. The KL Rahul-led side lacked the grit and determination to fight for a top-four berth. LSG finished the season with seven wins and seven defeats from 14 matches. They did well in parts but missed the bus. Here's more.
KL Rahul scored 500-plus runs for LSG
Rahul breached the 500-run mark for LSG in IPL 2024. He got to the landmark in LSG's final encounter against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede. Rahul owns 500-plus IPL runs in a season on six occasions. Virat Kohli and David Warner own the record for scoring 500-plus runs in a campaign on most occasions (7). Rahul finished IPL 2024 with 520 runs at 37.14.
Pooran excels for LSG; Stoinis the lone centurion
Nicholas Pooran boasted an average of 62.37. The West Indian batter struck at 178.21. Pooran, who managed 499 runs from 14 games, smoked 36 sixes. Meanwhile, Marcus Stoinis was the lone centurion for the Lucknow-based side. He smashed 124* versus Chennai Super Kings in a run-chase. He became the highest individual scorer in IPL run-chases. The Aussie managed 388 runs at 32.33.
Here are the bowlers with 10-plus scalps for LSG
Naveen-ul-Haq was the pick of the bowlers for LSG. He finished with 14 scalps from 10 games at 26.57. Yash Thakur managed 11 wickets from 10 matches at 36.54. He was the only LSG bowler with a fifer. Ravi Bishnoi took 10 scalps from 14 games at 38.30. Mohsin Khan also bagged 10 wickets from 10 games at 38.50.
LSG: Other notable stats from their IPL 2024 campaign
LSG managed two scores of 200-plus in IPL 2024. Their best score was 214/6 versus MI. LSG stitched three century-plus stands. Notably, Rahul was part of all three partnerships. Rahul and Quinton de Kock's 134-run stand for the opening wicket against CSK was LSG's best. As per ESPNcricinfo, LSG managed 20 wickets from 14 games in the powerplay overs (1-6) at 41.40.
