IPL 2022: Quinton de Kock delighted with Lucknow Super Giants' first IPL win

Quinton de Kock applauded an "unbelievable" performance from the Lucknow Super Giants after they defeated the Chennai Super Kings by six wickets to seal their first win in the Indian Premier League (IPL). De Kock (61) and captain KL Rahul (40) set an opening partnership of 99 runs and Evin Lewis smashed an unbeaten 55 off 23 balls as the Super Giants chased a target of 211 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. The Super Giants are one of two new franchises in the 10-team IPL Twenty20 competition this season.

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Shivam Dube will look to quickly forget the solitary over he bowled against Lucknow Super Giants at the Brabourne Stadium on Monday. Chennai Super Kings were firmly in control of the match with IPL newbies LSG requiring 34 runs off two overs to emerge victorious.

"It was unbelievable. To be winning these types of close games is always good for the team morale. Great win, boys batted really well," South African De Kock said. "We came out fighting and to come out on top is always special. It was nice to get out there and just bat, I wasn't in too much rush." De Kock praised West Indies batsman Lewis and 22-year-old Ayush Badoni, who hit two sixes in his quickfire 19 not out.

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Lucknow's mentor, former India cricketer, Gautam Gambhir was silent and not showing any emotions as such through Lucknow's epic run chase against the defending champions. But when his team tied the scores and it was clear they were going to win, Gambhir was all pumped up and euphoric.

"Evin played a