LSG vs DC: Mark Wood vs Delhi Capitals – Mark Wood played a stunning knock on his Lucknow Super Giants debut to create a stunning milestone. The English bowled picked up a wonderful fifer that guided LSG to register a 50-run win against Delhi Capitals. With his bowling performance he became the fits LSG bowler to pick up a fifer in the history of the tournament. Interestingly, this also happens to be Wood’s just second match in the history of the Indian Premier League. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates with Insidesport.IN
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With his deadly spell, Wood’s victims involved some deadly names like Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Sarfaraz Khan, Azar Patel and Chetan Sakaria. In his 4-over spell, Wood gave away just 14 runs to bag his 5-wicket haul with a wonderful economy rate of 3.5.
Mark Wood had a debut to remember for LSG as the England star ran riot in his first game for the new franchise. Wood became the first Lucknow Super Giants player to pick up a five-wicket haul as he struck through the Delhi Capitals batting unit in the season opener. He becomes the second English bowler to take a five-wicket haul in IPL history, after Dimitri Mascheranas.
Best bowling returns for LSG:
5/14 – Mark Wood vs DC, Lucknow, today
4/16 – Mohsin Khan vs DC, Wankhede, 2022
4/24 – Avesh Khan vs SRH, DY Patil, 2022
“Last time I played for CSK, but it didn’t go quite well. But I wanted to make an impact in this game. The landing area was bit of an issue, but I am pleased with my rhythm as I managed to take wickets. You could see the dew on the grass and it affected me. I fall even at the best of times. We have trained here, so we knew dew was going to be a factor,” said Wood.
“KL tried to keep things simple for me and the planning with Morne helped me. I was trying to keep my strides short (due to the wet outfield). Trained here before during practice games, but the intensity was different, not as much as it was tonight. Was worried a bit about slipping but I will try to shrug that off next time,” added Wood.
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Wood’s stunning performance brought out some cool reaction from the fans on social media who praised the bowler for his antics.
Mark Wood is the star, coming back into IPL after 5 long years, he has taken 5 wickets from 14 runs.
Mark Wood, Take a bow. pic.twitter.com/AxaEi0Z4sh
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 1, 2023
#MarkWood (5/14) picks up a fifer in the second match of his #IPL career. This is why he got paid ₹ 7.5 cr by #LucknowSuperGiants. Incredible display of fast bowling.#LSGvDC #IPL16 #IPL2023 #TATAIPL #Lucknow pic.twitter.com/HwuSXMLumG
— Tejan Shrivastava (@BeingTeJan) April 1, 2023
Mark Wood tonight: 💥💥
0,WD,0,W,W,NB,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,W,2,2,1,1,1,0,W,4,0,0,W,0 – 5/14. 🔥 #LSGvDC #IPLbhojpuri#IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/qC7Sto43m0
— Aasim Viratian❤👑🇮🇳 (@Aasim_Viratian) April 1, 2023
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