Stoinis, Mayers star in LSG's performance for the ages
They ended six runs short of the highest-ever IPL total, with Pooran and Badoni also contributing to the run-fest
Mayers gets the party started
The entertainment began when Mayers clubbed Arshdeep Singh for four fours in the second over. Next over, he deposited a free hit from debutant Gurnoor Brar for six over midwicket. When PBKS introduced spin, Mayers went 6, 4, 6 off Sikandar Raza in the fifth over. He was dismissed with one ball left in the powerplay, but by then he'd already scored 54 - the most by a batter in the first six overs this season. LSG ended that phase at 72 for 2.Unstoppable Stoinis
In seven previous innings this season, Stoinis had been dismissed for 21 or less five times, including a duck in his last game against Chennai Super Kings. But when he's got into his groove, LSG have prospered. He'd slammed 65 off 30 in a successful chase of 213 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, and here in Mohali Stoinis was similarly brutal.
Badoni and Pooran keep the fireworks going
The bowlers had no respite when Stoinis was off strike. Badoni put on 89 for the third wicket with Stoinisk and struck three fours and three sixes while rushing along at a strike rate close to 180. His dismissal in the 14th over brought Pooran to the crease, and he immediately hit Liam Livingstone for three successive fours.
Taide fights, but PBKS fall well short
Sent in at No. 3 after Shikhar Dhawan departed in the first over, Taide kept ticking along as his partners came and went. Taide made 31 of the 47 runs PBKS scored in the first five overs, including five boundaries, including a leg-side hoick, a drive past mid-off, and a slap through point off one Avesh Khan over, and he followed up with a big six off Amit Mishra soon after the powerplay.
Himanshu Agrawal is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo