NAVI MUMBAI: Young pacer Avesh Khan feels bowlers hardly have any respite in a tournament like the IPL, and the key to success for him lies in handling the pressure.
Avesh, the most expensive uncapped Indian player in the ongoing IPL after LSG paid 25 times more than his base price of Rs 20 lakh to avail his services, picked up four big wickets conceding just 24 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
He also bowled a brilliant 18th over to help his side beat SRH by 12 runs here on Monday.
“In IPL as a bowler there will be pressure on you in every match and how you handle that is very important. I never think that I am the main bowler of the team. I always try to take wickets for the team,” Avesh said at the post-match virtual press conference.
“If I start thinking that I am the main bowler, I will take pressure upon myself, which is unnecessary.”
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In Pics, IPL 2022 Match 12: Avesh Khan’s four wickets help Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad
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<p>Avesh Khan returned figures of 4/24 as newcomers Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs to register their second successive win in the IPL on Monday. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Avesh rattled the top and middle-order and Jason Holder bowled a good final over to keep down Hyderabad to 157 for nine while chasing 170 in Mumbai. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Holder, playing his first game for Lucknow, took three wickets including two in the 20th over when Hyderabad needed 16 for victory. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Earlier, skipper KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda hit half-centuries to guide Lucknow to 169/7. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Rahul, who made 68, and Hooda, who smashed 51 off 33 deliveries, put on 87 runs to lift Lucknow from 27/3 after being put into bat first. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Rahul and Hooda survived an express spell of pace bowling from Umran Malik, who bowled the fastest ball of the match at over 152 km/h (94 mph), before they took the attack to the opposition. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Hooda hit 3 fours and 3 sixes as he reached his fifty in 31 balls, but soon fell to Romario Shepherd. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Rahul kept up the attack with Ayush Badoni, who got useful runs in the final two overs with his 19 off 12 balls, before being trapped lbw to T Natarajan. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Lucknow then pegged Hyderabad back with Avesh removing the openers including Kane Williamson for 16. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Rahul Tripathi (44) helped put the chase back on track before Nicholas Pooran (34) and Sundar (18) raised hopes of a win, but Lucknow’s bowlers kept coming back with wickets. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
<p>Krunal Pandya took the wickets of Tripathi and Aiden Markram with his left-arm spin as Hyderabad suffered a second loss in as many games. (BCCI/IPL Photo)</p>
Avesh said as a bowler his main job is to pick up wickets for his side.
“I am very happy to contribute to the winning cause. In the first match I got an opportunity to save 11 runs in one over which I couldn’t. Today I was focused on taking wickets,” he said.
Avesh’s performance helped LSG defend 169 for seven, limiting SRH to 157 for nine, and register their second win out of three games in debut IPL season.
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