IPL 2022, Day 25 Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs

In a fantastic thriller, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Tuesday defeated Lucknow Super Giants  (LSG) by 18 runs. RCB skipper Faf du Plessis missed his century just by four runs. It was RCB's fifth win in the ongoing IPL season.

In a fantastic thriller, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Tuesday defeated Lucknow Super Giants  (LSG) by 18 runs. RCB skipper Faf du Plessis missed his century just by four runs. It was RCB's fifth win in the ongoing IPL season. Here are the key highlights of the game:

1. LSG won the toss and elected to bowl first against RCB

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2. RCB lost the wickets of Virat Kohli and Anuj Rawat in the very first over. Dhushmantha Chameera was the bowler. Virat Kohli was out on a golden duck after 5 years in the IPL.
 

 

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗔. 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 Dushmantha Chameera strikes twice in the first over of the match! First gets Anuj Rawat and then Virat...

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3. After the fall of their wickets, Glenn Maxwell started dominating and made 23 runs off 11. After the fall of his wicket, Prabhudessai also lost his wicket early. 

4. After the fall of his wicket, Shehbaz Ahmed stayed with skipper Faf du Plessis and made 70 runs partnership.

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5. After the fall of Shehbaz's wicket, Faf continued dominating with Dinesh Karthik. Faf lost his wicket on the slower one in the last over. Du Plessis played a terrific knock (96 runs off 64).
 

 

𝗙𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘆👏🏾 This has been an excellent 50 from Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper as he brings up his half-century in 40...

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6. RCB managed to score 181/6 in their 20 overs. 

7. Replying to RCB total, LSG lost the early wickets of Quinton de Kock and Manish Pandey in the powerplay and lost KL Rahul's wicket in the very next over after the powerplay.

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8. LSG were struggling, but they have depth in their batting line-up. However, they lost wickets at the regular interval, only Krunal Pandya stayed there and made 42 runs off 28.

9. After the fall of his wicket Marcus Stoinis and Jason Holder tried counter attack but failed.

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10. LSG managed to score 163/8 in their 20 overs and lost by 18 runs.

11. For RCB, Josh Hazlewood took 4/25 in his 4 overs. He was the star bowler of the match. 
 

 

4-0-25-4 Josh Hazlewood's fantastic spell comes to and end and he has put Royal Challengers Bangalore within touching distance of a win. Details - bit.ly/TataIPL-2022-31 #LSGvRCB #TATAIPL #IPL2022

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12. Faf Du Plessis was declared player of the match.

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13. Brief scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 181/6 in 20 overs (Faf du Plessis 96, Shahbaz Ahmed 26; Jason Holder 2/25) beat Lucknow Super Giants 163/8 in 20 overs (Krunal Pandya 42, K.L. Rahul 30; Josh Hazlewood 4/25) by 18 runs

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RCB overcome LSG in Match 31

A fine batting recovery followed by an excellent performance with the ball helps Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 18-run win over Lucknow Super Giants #LSGvRCB #TATAIPL #IPL2022

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Posted by IPL - Indian Premier League on Tuesday, April 19, 2022

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