IPL 2022: Liam Livingstone proves his big-hitting credentials, slams maiden IPL fifty off 27 balls

Starting
his
knock
on
a
dominant
note,
Livingstone
made
batting
look
ridiculously
easy
and
announced
his
arrival
in
the
game
when
he
hammered
26
runs
off
young
CSK
pacer
Mukesh
Choudhary’s
third
over.
The
explosive
right-handed
batsman
from
England
–
who
had
faced
nine
deliveries
prior
to
that
over
–
had
scored
just
14
but
went
to
38
off
15
by
the
end
of
it.

In
that
Choudhary
over,
Livingstone
started
the
proceedings
with
a
mammoth
108-meter-long
six
over
mid-wicket.
After
playing
a
dot
ball,
the
swashbuckler
then
went
on
hitting
three
back-to-back
boundaries.
He
ended
the
over
from
the
left-arm
pacer
by
hitting
another
maximum
to
finish
the
over
on
a
high.

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metres-
That
massive

@liaml4893
SIX
had
a
lot
of
air
time,
surely!
💪
💪

#TATAIPL
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#CSKvPBKS
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@PunjabKingsIPL

Watch
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—
IndianPremierLeague
(@IPL)

April
3,
2022

He
came
on
strike
in
the
seventh
over
which
was
bowled
by
CSK
captain
Ravindra
Jadeja
and
welcomed
him
with
a
maximum
over
the
long-off
boundary.
On
that
fifth
delivery
of
that
over,
Livingstone
got
a
reprieve
on
45
when
Ambati
Rayudu
dropped
a
sitter
at
third
man.

Livingstone
then
went
on
slamming
his
maiden
fifty
in
the
IPL
off
just
27
deliveries
and
showed
why
he’s
rated
so
highly
in
the
white-ball
format.
He
hit
veteran
CSK
bowler
Dwayne
Bravo
to
get
a
maximum
over
fine-leg
and
completed
his
first
50-plus
score
in
the
league.

The
right-handed
batter,
however,
failed
to
convert
it
into
a
bigger
knock
as
he
was
dismissed
for
60
of
32
deliveries
in
over
number
10
bowled
by
Jadeja.
It
was
a
soft
dismissal
for
Livingstone
as
he
was
caught
at
third
man
by
Rayudu
–
who
had
given
him
a
breather
earlier.
His
knock
was
laced
with
five
boundaries
and
as
many
sixes.