In a remarkable display, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) secured a convincing victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 28 runs in match 15 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.

LSG’s Mayank Yadav took three crucial wickets, pushing Bengaluru to its third straight defeat this season. Meanwhile, Lucknow star batter Quinton de Kock’s explosive 81 and Nicholas Pooran’s rapid-fire 40 off 21 balls powered LSG to a commendable total of 181/5 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Faf du Plessis led Royal Challengers Bangalore, chose to field first after winning the toss against Lucknow Super Giants. Notably, KL Rahul returned as captain for the visitors, having previously led Lucknow to their first win last Saturday, substituting for Rahul after the initial innings.

A look at both team’s innings 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru:

Virat Kohli c Padikkal b M Siddharth 22

Faf du Plessis run out (Padikkal) 19

Rajat Patidar c Padikkal b Mayank Yadav 29

Glenn Maxwell c Pooran b Mayank Yadav 0

Cameron Green b Mayank Yadav 9

Anuj Rawat c Padikkal b Stoinis 11

Mahipal Lomror c Pooran b Yash Thakur 33

Dinesh Karthik c Rahul b Naveen-ul-Haq 4

Mayank Dagar run out (Pooran) 0

Reece Topley not out 3

Mohammed Siraj c Pooran b Naveen-ul-Haq 12 

Extras: (LB-3, W-8) 11

Total: (10 wkts, 19.4 Overs) 153

Fall of Wickets: 40-1, 42-2, 43-3, 58-4, 94-5, 103-6, 136-7, 137-8, 138-9, 153-10.

Bowler: Manimaran Siddharth 3-0-21-1, Krunal Pandya 1-0-10-0, Naveen-ul-Haq 3.4-0-25-2, Mayank Yadav 4-0-14-3, Ravi Bishnoi 3-0-33-0, Yash Thakur 4-0-38-1, Marcus Stoinis 1-0-9-1.

Lucknow Super Giants Innings:

Quinton de Kock c Mayank Dagar b R Topley 81

KL Rahul c Mayank Dagar b Maxwell 20

Devdutt Padikkal c Anuj Rawat b Siraj 6

Marcus Stoinis c Mayank Dagar b Maxwell 24

Nicholas Pooran not out 40

Ayush Badoni c du Plessis b Yash Dayal 0

Krunal Pandya not out 0

Extras: (W-10) 10

Total: (5 wkts, 20 Overs) 181

Fall of Wickets: 53-1, 73-2, 129-3, 143-4, 148-5 Bowler: Reece Topley 4-0-39-1, Yash Dayal 4-0-24-1, Mohammed Siraj 4-0-47-1, Glenn Maxwell 4-0-23-2, Mayank Dagar 2-0-23-0, Cameron Green 2-0-25-0. 

(With PTI inputs)