• Rabada delivers again for Punjab Kings

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    Kagiso Rabada picked up a couple of wickets as the Punjab Kings beat the Lucknow Super Giants by two wickets on Saturday.

    The Proteas speedster took 2-34 in his four overs as Punjab restricted Lucknow to 159-8.

    Zimbabwean Sikandar Raza then scored 57 off 41 balls and Shahrukh Khan 23* off 10 as the Super Giants reached their target with three balls remaining.

    Raza started slowly but soon found his groove as he smashed four fours and three sixes in his 41-ball knock before falling to Ravi Bishnoi’s leg-spin on a tough pitch.

    Shahrukh top-edged a six off Mark Wood in the penultimate over and hit the winning four off Bishnoi as Punjab moved fourth in the 10-team table.

    Sam Curran set up Punjab’s win with bowling figures of 3-31 as he stood in as captain following an injury to regular captain Shikhar Dhawan.

    Lucknow skipper KL Rahul made 74 – his first half-century of the season – and took a stunning diving catch wide of mid-off but his efforts failed to inspire the Super Giants, who slipped to their second loss in five matches.

    Punjab initially stuttered in their chase after losing their openers to debutant pace bowler Yudhvir Singh and then Australian Matthew Short for 34.

    But Pakistan-born Raza kept calm to keep the Kings in the hunt despite losing regular wickets, including Curran for six.

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