Captaincy isn’t something that’s ever plagued KL Rahul: Jonty Rhodes | Cricket News – Times of India

<p>Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza’s half-century and some late boundaries from Shahrukh Khan led Punjab Kings to a two-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants.</p>

<p>Raza made 57 in Punjab’s chase of 160 before departing in the 18th over</p>

<p>Shahrukh hit an unbeaten 23 off 10 balls to steer the team home with three balls to spare.</p>

<p>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.</p>

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

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

<p>Curran and Kagiso Rabada shared five wickets between them to limit Lucknow to 159-8.</p>

<p>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</p>

<p>LSG slipped to their second loss in five matches.</p>

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

<p>But Pakistan-born Raza kept calm to keep the Kings in the hunt despite losing regular wickets including Curran for six.<br /></p>