Faf du Plessis‘ fiery knock of 96 and Josh Hazelwood’s four-wicket haul power RCB to register a 18 runs victory against the Lucknow SuperGaints.
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Match Overview
Ist Inning
LSG won the toss and elected to bowl. RCB openers Anuj Rawat and Faf du Plessis made their way to the crease. LSG got their first breakthrough in the first over itself as Dusmantha Chameera dismissed Rawat for 4. Next ball and King Kohli goes for a golden duck. Chameera gave back to back blows to RCB. Then on, Plessis and Maxwell stabilised Bangalore’s innings in the powerplay. Krunal Pandya broke this partnership as he took the wicket of the dangerous Maxwell who had already made 23 in 11 balls. But Faf on the other hand played a captain’s knock, he made 96 runs in 64 balls, hitting 11 fours and a pair of sixes. With the late cameo of Shahbaz Ahmed, RCB made 181/6 in their inning.
IInd Inning
Quinton de kock and KL Rahul opened LSG’s inning. But Josh Hazelwood gave RCB their first blow, dismissing De Kock for 3 in the third over. Wickets then, for RCB fell every consecutive and sometimes alternative overs. Rahul played a steady inning of 30 runs in 24 balls. Another notable knock was of Krunal Pandya who scored 42 runs in 28 balls, firing 5 fours and 2 sixes. Josh Hazelwood breathed fire in the ground today as he picked up 4/25 in his quota of four overs. Harshal Patel grabbed 2. As LSG bundled out at 163/8.
Who won the Man of the Match?
Faf du Plessis won the man of the match award for his match-defining knock of 96 runs in 64 balls. Faf fired 11 boundaries and a pair of sixes.
Playing Squad
Lucknow SuperGaints: KL Rahul (c), Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudesai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Rajat Patidar, Siddharth Kaul.
