IPL 2023: In their Indian Premier League match on Monday, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Super Giants by an 18-run margin.
In a low-scoring Indian Premier League encounter on Monday at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs, helped along by KL Rahul’s injury early on.
When trying to stop a limit in the second over of the RCB innings, LSG captain Rahul tore his right thigh muscle.
He only recovered in time to bat towards the end, which benefited the visitors. LSG did a good job bowling after being asked to bowl first, limiting RCB to 126, which was below average.
Despite the 62-run opening partnership between captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli, RCB’s innings never really took off.
The veteran Amit Mishra (2/21) and twist actor Ravi Bishnoi (2/21) shone beautifully with the
Later, when LSG were chasing a modest 127-run target, it turned out to be a nightmare start as they lost their first three wickets for just 21 runs in 4.1 overs.
In Rahul’s nonattendance, Kyle Mayers and Ayush Badoni opened the innings but neglected to satisfy the hopes.
Stand-in captain Krunal Pandya played an 11-ball, 14-run inning before being caught by Virat Kohli at long-off off Glenn Maxwell. Mayers left in the second delivery of the innings without causing any problems for the scorers.
Badoni took action accordingly in the following over while going for top dog, got by Kohli off Josh Hazlewood (2/15).
LSG fell to 27 for four in 5.1 overs after Deepak Hooda was stumped by Dinesh Karthik off Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva.
Leg-spinner Karn Sharma (2/20) then, at that point. Represented Nicholas Pooran (9) and Marcus Stoinis (13) in a range of four overs to exacerbate the situation for LSG.
Although the asking rate was under control, LSG continued to frequently lose wickets.
Krishnappa Gowtham was the next to leave after scoring a 23 from 13 balls.
After that, Ravi Bishnoi committed suicide, causing LSG to fall to 77 for eight in 14.4 overs.
A brave 26-run partnership between Naveen-ul-Haq and Amit Mishra for the ninth wicket was their best effort.
A harmed Rahul emerged to bat last with LSG requiring 24 off eight balls. However, he searched in distress and neglected to open his record.
Earlier, Rahul limped off the field in great pain after failing to stop the boundary. Pandya led the way when he wasn’t there.
RCB got off to a strong start with the partnership of du Plessis and Kohli. The remainder of the batters were able to propel RCB to a respectable score. Despite the fact that both of the openers failed to get going.
Kohli didn’t view at his best as he oversaw only three limits during his 30-ball 31-run knock prior to being baffled by Pooran off the bowling of Bishnoi.
Anuj Rawat, the new guy, didn’t last long as he caught Mayers in the deep off Gowtham’s bowling.
Glenn Maxwell, a dangerman, followed suit but did not significantly trouble the scorers, losing LBW to Bishnoi.
The LSG bowlers brilliantly retook the game after du Plessis and Kohli’s initial partnership.
RCB fell to 90 for four in 14.3 overs after Suyash Prabhudesai was caught by Gowtham at mid-off off the veteran Mishra’s bowling.
In the 16th over, the match came to a halt due to persistent drizzle. The game resumed without any overs being reduced after a rain delay of nearly 26 minutes.
While du Plessis batted profoundly he never got the ideal force in his thump and battled to track down limits and sixes.
In the 17th over, he was eventually dismissed by Mishra. But Pandya caught him as the South African tried to break free.
After that, Dinesh Karthik attempted to up the ante (16 out of 11), but it was insufficient.
Naveen-ul-Haq, an Afghan fast bowler. Took two wickets in two deliveries in the 20th over to finish with figures of 3 for 30 toward the end.