Mayank Yadav also showed havoc against RCB, Bengaluru team got its third defeat in IPL 2024.

 

In the 15th match of IPL 2024 (RCB vs LSG) played in Bengaluru, Lucknow Super Giants defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 28 runs and registered their second consecutive win of the season. Playing first, Lucknow Super Giants team scored 181/5 in 20 overs, in reply Royal Challengers Bangalore team could only score 153 in 19.4 overs after losing all their wickets. No batsman from RCB could play consistently. At the same time, Mayank Yadav of LSG once again bowled brilliantly and took wickets of opposition batsmen with his fast balls.

Losing the toss and electing to bat first, Quinton de Kock along with captain KL Rahul gave a brilliant start to Lucknow Super Giants with a score of 53 runs. Rahul failed to play a big innings and became the victim of Glenn Maxwell in the sixth over after scoring 20 runs in 14 balls. Devdutt Padikkal, who came at number 3, could not show anything special and was out in the ninth over after scoring 6 runs. De Kock scored his half-century in 36 balls and Lucknow team completed 100 runs in 12 overs.

Quinton de Kock and Marcus Stoinis added 56 runs for the third wicket, taking the score to 129. Stoinis scored 24 runs in 15 balls and was out in the 14th over. At the same time, De Kock played an inning of 81 runs in 56 balls with the help of eight fours and five sixes. Ayush Badoni could not open his account but Nicholas Puran hit sixes in the last overs, with the help of which the team scored 180. Puran scored unbeaten 40 runs in 21 balls, hitting one four and five sixes. Glenn Maxwell took the maximum of two wickets for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

While chasing the target, Royal Challengers Bangalore were given a start of 40 runs by the pair of captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli. Kohli scored 22 runs in 16 balls and was out in the fifth over. Du Plessis, who scored 19 runs, was also run out in the next over. At the same time, Glenn Maxwell could not even open his account. Cameron Green also flopped and scored 9 runs and was out as the fourth wicket at the score of 58 in the eighth over.

From here, there was a partnership of 36 runs for the fifth wicket between Rajat Patidar and Mahipal Lomror, taking the score to 94 but Anuj was out in the 13th over after scoring 11 runs. Patidar also returned to the pavilion at the score of 103 in the 15th over after playing an inning of 29 runs. Mahipal Lomror, who came as an impact player, tried to win by playing a quick inning of 33 runs with the help of three fours and three sixes in 13 balls, but other batsmen did not support him and RCB had to face defeat. Mayank Yadav took maximum three wickets for Lucknow Super Giants.