Against LSG, Boult picked up his fifth first-over wicket this season ©BCCI/IPL
For the second time inside a week, Marcus Stoinis walked out to bat at #3. The Lucknow crowd recognised their most recent match-winner and obliged the stadium announcer's request to raise the roof as he got to the pitch. But straightaway, the base of the noise dipped with a collective 'ooh'. Stoinis was beaten for swing and hit on the front pad.
Rajasthan Royals were jumpy. Four of their fielders converged towards the pitch, appealing half-heartedly while also looking towards their captain behind the stumps. Sanju Samson didn't let the value of the wicket in question get the better of him, and refrained from signalling the 'T'. Stonis was out there already because Boult got the ball swinging, seaming and breaching Quinton de Kock's defence, to pick up what is his fifth first-over wicket this season. He nearly had two, only for Samson to correctly gesture that the ball would've perhaps gone down the leg side. Replays showed the decision would've been umpire's call.
An over later, Sandeep Sharma lured the big Australian into attempting a drive against a ball that was just about full, but swung in and travelled comfortably through the bat-pad gap to crash into the stumps. With that,
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