Lucknow Super Giants registered their second win of the IPL 2024 season with a 28-run triumph over the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
LSG put up a total of 181/5 thanks to Quinton de Kock’s 81 and Nicholas Pooran’s unbeaten 40-run blitzkrieg, before youngster Mayank Yadav’s three-wicket haul helped bundle RCB out for 153 in 19.4 overs.
RCB skipper Faf du Plessis chose to field first as LSG openers Quinton de Kock and captain KL Rahul made a quick start to the game with their 53-run stand for the first wicket.
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Rahul fell prey to Glenn Maxwell after making 20 runs off 14 deliveries. Devdutt Padikkal came in to replace his fallen captain, but could only manage to put up 6 runs in 11 deliveries before he was sent back to the hut by RCB pacer Mohammed Siraj.
Marcus Stoinis accompanied de Kock at the crease for a while as the Aussie put up 24 runs off 15 balls before compatriot Maxwell picked up his second wicket of the day.
Nicholas Pooran came out to bat and played second fiddle to the set South African, up until his dismissal by Reece Topley for 81 off just 52 deliveries.
Ayush Badoni walked back to the dugout after his brief stay in the middle as he was dismissed by Yash Dayal for a duck.
Pooran, lit up the stadium with his late fireworks as he marched on to an unbeaten 40-run knock off just 21 deliveries as LSG put up a total of 181 runs.
RCB opened the chase with Virat Kohli and du Plessis stormed to 40 runs in four overs before the star Indian batter was removed by M Siddharth for 22 runs off 16 balls.
Skipper du Plessis did not last much longer as he was caught short of the crease by Padikkal. Maxwell fell victim to young sensation Mayank Yadav for a duck in just the second ball he faced, before the seamer castled Cameroon Green for a run-a-ball 9.
Anuj Rawat and Rajat Patidar shared a 36-run stand before the former fell to Stoinis after chipping in with 11 runs off 21 balls.
Yadav completed his three-wicket haul with the scalp of Patidar after the batter had made 29 runs off 21 deliveries. Dinesh Karthik was next to go as he edged one straight into the hands of keeper Rahul for four runs of 8 balls.
Pooran pulled off an incredible direct hit at the keeper-side stumps all the way from long on to get rid of Mayank Dagar for a duck. Mahipal Lomror, who added 33 runs off 13 balls was scalped by Yash Thakur.
Siraj was the last to go as Pooran picked up a brilliant catch in the deep off Naveen ul-Haq’s over to close out the game with a dominant win at Bengaluru.
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