Livingstone smashes CSK’s Choudhary for monstorous 108 m hit | Watch

Liam Livingstone smashed the longest six of IPL 2022 when he took on Chennai Super Kings’ pacer Mukesh Choudhary at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on Sunday. The Englishman managed to score 60 runs off 32 balls with the help of five boundaries and as many maximums. 

Punjab Kings scored 180 runs in the first innings. 

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Livingstone was yet to deliver big in the IPL. On Sunday, the 28-year-old justified his Rs 11.5 crore price tag by scoring his first half-century. 

Coming in to bat in the second over when his side was already down two wickets, Livingstone slammed Choudhary for 10 runs in his first over and then 26 in the pacer’s next. 

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On the first deliver of the fifth over, Liam Livingstone whacked Mukesh Choudhary over mid-wicket for a 108 metre hit- the biggest in the IPL 2022 so far. The English hard-hitter beat his own record for the season – 105 metres. He then hit three boundaries and two maximums in the over to take the total to 26 runs. 

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Livingstone’s big hits in the powerplay took Punjab Kings’ powerplay total to 72 runs – the second-highest in the season so far. 

However, Punjab lost wickets at regular intervals. Opener Shikhar Dhawan scored 33 off 24 and skipper Mayank Agarwal was dismissed cheaply for four runs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa (9), debutant Jitesh Sharma (26) and Shahrukh Khan (6) did not make significant contributions. 

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For CSK, Chris Jordan and Dwaine Pretorius picked two wickets as Bravo, Jadeja and Choudhary got one each. 

Chennai Super Kings had won the toss and opted to bowl. While PBKS brought in pacer Vaibhav Arora in place of left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar, keeper-batter Jitesh Sharma replaced all-rounder Raj Angad Bawa.

For CSK, Chris Jordan came in place of Tushar Deshpande.

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Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal(c), Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa(w), Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Odean Smith, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja(c), MS Dhoni(w), Shivam Dube, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Jordan, Dwaine Pretorius, Mukesh Choudhary.