Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) achieved their second successive win within the 2024 version of the IPL as they beat the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 28 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday, April 2. Lucknow principally confirmed a solution to the opposite groups put a sizeable whole on the two-paced surfaces of Bengaluru with a set batter batting until fifteenth over and a finisher giving the momentum on the demise earlier than the bowlers run riot within the center overs to finish an all-round efficiency as RCB have now a couple of questions to look solutions for within the remaining video games.
On the midway mark, contemplating how RCB pulled it again with the ball regardless of Nicholas Pooran hitting 5 sixes within the ultimate two overs, 182 felt like a chasable whole, particularly with the best way Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli started. Lucknow Tremendous Giants deployed their sluggish left-arm orthodox match-up with M Siddharth and Krunal Pandya opening the bowling. Each Kohli and du Plessis have been affected person sufficient earlier than getting these boundaries and going hell for leather-based in opposition to Naveen ul Haq within the fourth over.
Nevertheless, what adopted within the final two overs was a automobile crash of monumental proportions. Kohli received a boundary in opposition to Siddharth on the primary ball of his third over earlier than lofting it straight to the backward level fielder. Within the very subsequent over, bowled by Mayank Yadav, Faf received run out and Glenn Maxwell attempting to struggle hearth with hearth mistimed straight to quick mid-off.
RCB have been all of a sudden three down. If that wasn’t sufficient, Cameron Inexperienced was dismissed within the subsequent over too as Mayank was principally taking RCB for a trip, on which he took Punjab Kings a few nights in the past.
Anuj Rawat struggled to get going earlier than Rajat Patidar lastly confirmed indicators of why he’s such a promising expertise by hitting a couple of lusty blows. However wickets of each of them in fast succession did not assist and Mayank accounted for Patidar as properly to cap off an excellent three-wicket spell.
Mahipal Lomror, out of nowhere smashed 32 off 10 to maintain RCB’s hopes alive, nevertheless, Naveen ul Haq and Yash Thakur closed out the innings and completed what started with Mayank’s spell within the powerplay as Lucknow continued to be the strongest defending workforce within the IPL.
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