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Owama-Proteas uQuinton de Kock ushaye amaphuzu aphezulu kwi-Indian Premier League (i-IPL) kule sizini ukusiza i-Lucknow Super Giants ukuthi ingene kuma-playoffs emqhudelwaneni wayo wokuqala.
UDe Kock ufinyelele ku-140 engaphumanga emidlalweni engu-70, amaphuzu akhe aphezulu ku-T20, njengoba ama-Super Giants efinyelele ku-210/0 kuma-overs awo angu-20 ngemuva kokukhetha ukushaya kuqala.
Ukaputeni uKL Rahul ufike ku-68 kwangu-51, ebukele uzakwabo oshayayo eshaya ibhola kuzo zonke izingxenye ze-DY Patil Sports Academy e-Mumbai.
Ama-innings alo mdlali (29) amenze waba ngowesithathu kwabahamba phambili ngokushaya amagoli emlandweni we-IPL ngesikhathi indawo yakhe yokuqala noRahul bekungokokuqala iqembu lishaya wonke ama-overs angu-20 ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa iwikhethi emlandweni womqhudelwano.
Naphezu kobekuhloswe kakhulu kokuthi i-Lucknow inqobe, ukuphikiswa kwabo, i-Kolkata Knight Riders ayizange ihlulwe ngaphandle kokulwa.
Iqembu likaShreyas Iyer lidlale kwaze kwaba sekupheleni komdlalo kanti ukaputeni ngokwakhe ufinyelele kuma-innings angu-50.
URinku Singh ucishe wakhomba i-Knight Riders ekhaya ngemuva kwama-innings asheshayo angu-40 emabholeni angu-15.
Kodwa-ke bekungafanele njengoba i-Kolkata ihlulwe ngama-run amabili okwenze yaphuma kulo mqhudelwano.
Ude Kock ubambe ibhola nge-innings yesibili ukwengeza ukudlala kwakhe okuhle ngokushaya njengoba ukaputeni uRahul ubetuswa ngokuba ngumdlali wosuku.
“Ukuwina okufana nalokhu kusiza ekutheni iqembu lihlale lindawonye. Bengiyisibukeli namuhla kuma-overs ambalwa okugcina. Ubeshaya ibhola ebeligqamile futhi lihlanzekile. Esikuswele kweminye imidlalo ukuthi abafana abebenezinsuku ezimnandi bebengekho ‘ukusiwinela imidlalo.
“Abafana abathola amabhola angu-30 nangu-40 bekufanele bathole angu-80 nangu-90, futhi yilokho impela akwenzile,” kusho uRahul ngemuva komdlalo.
Lo mphumela usho ukuthi i-Lucknow Super Giants izohlangana ne-Gujarat Titans kowamanqamu, kanti womabili amaqembu amasha kulo mqhudelwano azibekisele indawo kwamane aphezulu.
I-Rajasthan Royals, i-Royal Challengers Bangalore, i-Delphi Capitals, i-Punjab Kings kanye ne-Sunrisers Hyderabad bazolwela izindawo ezimbili ezisele zokuhlungela njengoba isigaba seligi siphela kule mpelasonto.