Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2023 Match Highlights: Lucknow Super Giants defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by one wicket in a last-ball thriller, thanks to the match-winning performances of Nicholas Pooran, who smashed a 19-ball 62, and Marcus Stoinis, who made 65. Pooran recorded the fastest fifty of the season, achieving the landmark in only 15 balls. Earlier, RCB posted an imposing total of 212 for two, with half-centuries from Faf Du Plessis, Virat Kohli, and Glenn Maxwell. Despite a poor start, LSG rode on Stoinis’ brilliance to keep the chase alive before Pooran singlehandedly changed the course of the match with his big-hitting prowess, taking LSG to within sniffing distance of a spectacular win.
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Indian Premier League, 2023
Royal Challengers Bangalore
212/2 (20.0)
Lucknow Super Giants
213/9 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 15 )
Lucknow Super Giants beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 1 wicket
Lucknow Super Giants won the match by 1 wicket in a thrilling last-ball chase.
Nicholas Pooran goes back to pavilion after an explosive inning of 62 runs off just 19 balls. Leaves team in a comfortable chase position. LSG 189/6 (17)
Nicholas Pooran's explosive inning leads the team in the chase against RCB. Pooran also scored the fastest 50 of the season so far. LSG 171/5 (15)
Pooran keeps up the pace as he takes LSG's scoreboard forward and nears half century. 154/5 (14)
Nicholas Pooran has started his inning with a bang. Maximums and boundaries has taken LSG's chase forward. 136/5 (13)
Marcus Stoinis departs at 65 runs off 30 balls, followed by skipper KL Rahul. LSG 105/5 (11.1)
Another maximum comes from Marcus Stoinis' bat followed by a boundary in the 8th over. LSG 76/3 (9)
Marcus Stoinis hits a maximum sending the ball into the stands followed by two back-to-back 4s in Harshal Patel's 7th over. LSG 60/3 (8)
RCB fielders have begun with determination, aiming to hit the stumps every time they retrieve the ball. LSG players have been rushing between the wickets, indicating a certain level of pressure on the batters. Parnell took his first two wickets in the form of Deepak Hooda (9) and Krunal Pandya (0) in single over. LSG 37/3 (5)
Parnell takes on Deepak Hooda (9) and Krunal Pandya (0) in his first over. LSG 23/3 (4)
Maxwell's reaction to Faf du Plessis' long sixer
Lucknow Super Giants off to slow start after losing its first wicket early on in the chase. LSG 10/1 (2)
Mohammed Siraj takes the first wicket by sending Kyle Mayers back to stands for duck. LSG 1/1 (0.3)
Explosive innings from the RCB camp took the team's total to 212. Starting from Kohli, the hitting went on throughout the match by Maxwell and du Plessis. All three players scored their half century in their innings.
Glenn Maxwell send the ball in the stands once more. Total 15 sixes have been hit in the match so far.
Glenn Maxwell scores 52 runs off 24 balls. The innings by both Maxwell and du Plessis has resulted in a 100-run partnership off just 44 balls. RCB 203/1 (19)
There is no stopping RCB skipper Faf du Plessis. Hits back-to-back maximums in the 17th over. RCB 183/1 (18)
Maxwell and Faf du Plessis rain boundaries at Chinnaswamy Stadium. RCB 160/1 (17)
Faf du Plessis hits back-to-back sixers and sends the ball flying almost out of the stadium. Maxwell follows the lead. RCB 137/1 (15)
Maxwell hits a 4 followed by a 83-metre-long maximum! Skipper supports from the other end. RCB 117/1 (14)
Amit Mishra bagged his first success in the form of Virat Kohli wicket. RCB 96/1 (11.3)
du Plessis and Kohli playing some electrifying shots across the ground. Big over from Krunal Pandya. RCB 87/0 (10)
Virat Kohli inches near to scoring half century. He is currently playing at 45 runs. RCB 62/0 (7)
Kohli sets the game running with the second maximum of the innings. Kohli has scored 30 off 21 balls. RCB 42/0 (5)
Virat Kohli is playing the ball across the ground and taking the scoreboard forward for RCB. 33/0 (4)
Virat Kohli hits the fist maximum of the innings followed by a boundary in Avesh Khan's over. RCB 17/0 (2)
RCB skipper du Plessis and Kohli open. RCB off to a slow start. 4/0 (1)
It is going to be an exciting match-up between Glenn Maxwell and Amit Mishra. Maxwell, the Australian batsman, has a record of hitting 66 runs in 35 balls in all T20 matches. However, Mishra has managed to dismiss him five times during these matches. Additionally, Maxwell has struggled against left-arm spin in the IPL, having an average of only 22.9.
KL Rahul (C), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi
Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj