LUCKNOW: Royal Challengers Bangalore eked out an 18-run victory over Lucknow Super Giants in a low-scoring match at Ekana Stadium on Monday.
It was not a favourable day for LSG as their skipper KL Rahul limped out of the field in the second over of the match after he pulled his right thigh muscle.
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LSG bowlers put up a fine display to restrict RCB to a low score of 126/9. Even as the opening pair of Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli had a 62-run partnership, RCB failed to gain momentum as spinners Ravi Bishnoi (2/21) and Amit Mishra (2/21) bowled superbly to keep the batters under check.
Kohli hit three boundaries in his 31-run innings off 30 balls before being stumped by Nicholas Pooran on Bishnoi's delivery. Soon after, Anuj Rawat was also caught by Kyle Mayers on Krishnappa Gowtham's ball. Glenn Maxwell was also dismissed (LBW) without much ado. Suyash Prabhudesai was also caught by Gowtham off Amit Mishra's delivery, as RCB tottered at 90 for four in 14.3 overs.
The match had to be halted for 26 minutes in the 16th over due to light but steady showers. While du Plessis continued to bat but struggled to find the boundary, and was removed by Mishra when he was caught by Pandya in the 17th over. Dinesh Karthik made 16 off 11 deliveries. In the fag end of the innings, Naveen-ul-Haq claimed two successive wickets.
Chasing the target, LSG had a nightmarish start as they lost the first three wickets for just 21 runs in 4.1 overs. Kyle Mayers and Ayush Badoni opened the innings but could not give their team a great start.
1/10:IPL 2023: RCB defend 126 against LSG
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2/10:18-run victory
<p>Royal Challengers Bangalore's bowlers starred to secure an 18-run victory against Lucknow Super Giants in a low-scoring match on Monday. </p>AFP
3/10:Faf du Plessis
<p>Skipper Faf du Plessis top-scored with 44 to guide RCB to 126/9, a total their bowlers defended by bowling out Lucknow for 108 on a tough batting pitch. </p>IANS
4/10:RCB victory
<p>Du Plessis set up the RCB victory with a knock that stood out in an otherwise disappointing show by the star-studded line-up. </p>IANS
5/10:Shaky start
<p>Du Plessis and Kohli put on 62 runs for the first wicket despite a shaky start but none of the other batsmen could survive the test of Lucknow bowlers. </p>AFP
6/10:Naveen-ul-Haq
<p>Spinners Ravi Bishnoi and Amit Mishra took two wickets each and Afghanistan fast bowler Naveen-ul-Haq returned figures of 3/30. </p>ANI
7/10:Ravi Bishnoi
<p>Ravi Bishnoi took down Kohli, stumped for 31, and Glenn Maxwell, lbw for 4, with his leg-spin. </p>AFP
8/10:Amit Mishra
<p>Du Plessis attempted to hold the innings but fell to Amit Mishra. </p>ANI
9/10:Virat Kohli
<p>Mohammed Siraj dismissed Kyle Mayers for a duck on the second ball of the chase and LSG soon slipped to 38/5 with Virat Kohli taking two good catches. </p>AFP
10/10:Karn Sharma
<p>Nicholas Pooran (9) and Marcus Stoinis (13), fell to Karn Sharma's leg-spin and the innings witnessed two run outs. </p>IANSMayers was sent packing in the second ball of the innings, stand-in captain Krunal Pandya scored 14 off 11 balls. Badoni was also dismissed in the next over when he was caught by Kohli off Josh Hazlewood (2/15).
Deepak Hooda was stumped by Dinesh Karthik off Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva. Leg-spinner Karn Sharma (2/20) too pitched in claiming the wickets of Nicholas Pooran (9) and Marcus Stoinis (13) giving further troubles to LSG.
Krishnappa Gowtham was the next to depart for 23, then Ravi Bishnoi was given run out. Naveen-ul-Haq and Amit Mishra tried their best for the ninth wicket to save the day. Rahul came out to bat last with but failed to open his account due to pain and discomfort.
