A batting average of almost 40, a strike rate of over 150, four wickets from 12 overs bowled, LSG has a cheat code and his name is Stoinis. This chase really got going when he pulled Gerald Coetzee for consecutive boundaries in the third over. Until then, the new ball had done quite a bit and LSG's focus was to see this spell through. Rahul had dropped the anchor (5 off 13 before finishing on 28 off 22). He looked to his partner to make the play and he did. Big time.
Stoinis came into this match with an average of 19 and a strike rate of 128 against spin in IPL 2024. But he found Piyush Chawla and Mohammad Nabi to his liking, taking them for a combined 29 off just 16 balls with four fours and a six. It proved to be a necessary insurance policy as LSG needed 27 balls to score the remaining 30 runs after his wicket fell, losing two wickets in the process.