With lack of spark, LSG fails to chase easy RCB total on Ekana turf
Lucknow: The 43rd match of IPL 2023 took place between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore. This match was played at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Talking about the match, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and decided to bat first. RCB won this match by 18 runs. The visiting team scored 126 runs in the first innings. At the same time, the Lucknow batsmen came out to chase this easy target, but the hosts lost the match by 18 runs.
RCB innings
Virat Kohli and Faf Du Plessis came to open the batting for Bangalore. Both made a great partnership of 50 runs in 44 balls.
Lucknow captain KL Rahul got injured during the fielding. He had to walk off the field. Krunal Pandya captained the team in his place.
Ravi Bishnoi came to bowl in the 9th over. Virat Kohli was stumped on the last ball of this over. He scored 31 runs off 30 balls. Krishnappa Gautam came to bowl in the 12th over. On the fourth ball of this over, Anuj Rawat scored 9 runs in 11 balls.
Amit Mishra came to bowl in the 15th over. Suyash Prabhudesai was caught out on the third ball of this over. Only 3 runs were scored in this over. After 15 overs, Bangalore scored 93 runs losing four wickets. Amit Mishra came to bowl in the 17th over. Dinesh Karthik hit a six on the first ball of the over. Faf Du Plessis was caught out trying to play a big shot on the fifth ball of this over. He scored 44 off 40 balls.
Yash Thakur came to bowl in the 19th over. Dinesh Karthik was run out on the fourth ball of this over. He was on non-strike and came out of the crease to take the strike, but Wanindu Hasaranga, who was batting, hit a straight shot into the hands of Yash and Yash made no mistake in getting the wicket. After this over, Bangalore scored 128 runs losing 8 wickets.
Naveen-ul-Haq came to bowl in the last over of this innings. Karn Sharma got out after scoring 2 runs on the first ball of the over. At the same time, Mohammad Siraj was caught out on the next ball. Wanindu Hasaranga hit a four on the last ball of this over. Bangalore scored 126 runs after the end of 20 overs.
The LSG story
Kyle Myers and Ayush Badoni came to bat for Lucknow. Kyle Myers was caught out on the second ball of this over. He got out without opening an account. Only 1 run was scored in the first over.
Glenn Maxwell came to bowl in the fourth over. Krunal Pandya was caught out on the third ball of this over. He handed over the catch to Virat Kohli. He scored 14 runs off 11 balls.
Wanindu Hasaranga came to bowl in the sixth over. Deepak Hooda was stumped on the first ball of this over. Excellent keeping by Dinesh Karthik. He scored 1 run in 2 balls.
After this, Lucknow’s batting got scattered like a pack of cards. RCB won this match by 18 runs. Significantly, during the fielding in the first innings, injured KL Rahul came to bat at number 11 but he could not do anything amazing.
Chasing the target, none of the Lucknow batsmen could do anything special. Number seven batsman K Gautam played the biggest innings of 23 runs for Lucknow, while in the end Amit Mishra played the second highest innings of 19 runs. No other batsman from Lucknow could even touch the figure of 15.
For Bangalore, Virat Kohli scored 31 runs in 30 balls and captain Faf du Plessis scored 44 runs in 40 balls. Apart from these two batsmen, no other batsman could do anything special. Dinesh Karthik played the third highest innings of 16 runs for the team, while none of the other batsmen could even touch the figure of 10. Naveen-ul-Haq took the best 3 wickets from Lucknow. Ravi Bishnoi and Amit Mishra got 2-2 wickets, while K Gautam took 1 wicket.
Player lineup
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, K Gautam, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Vanindu Hasaranga, Suyash Prabhudesai, Vijaykumar Vaishakh, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel
