Aided by KL Rahul’s damage early in the match, Royal (*18*) Bangalore did simply sufficient to eke out an 18-run win over Lucknow Super Giants in a low-scoring Indian Premier League recreation in Lucknow on May 1.
LSG skipper Rahul pulled his proper thigh muscle in the second over of RCB innings whereas making an attempt to cease a boundary and got here out to bat solely in direction of the tip, which acted in favour of the guests.
LSG dished out a high quality bowling show to limit RCB to a below-par 126 after being requested to bowl first.
RCB by no means had momentum in their innings regardless of the opening pair of skipper Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli sharing a 62-run partnership.
The spin duo of Ravi Bishnoi (2/21) and veteran Amit Mishra (2/21) shone brilliant with the ball in the center overs to maintain a verify on RCB’s scoring fee.
Later, it turned out to be a nightmarish begin for LSG whereas chasing a modest 127-run goal, as they misplaced their first three wickets for simply 21 runs in 4.1 overs.
In Rahul’s absence, Kyle Mayers and Ayush Badoni opened the innings however did not stay as much as the expectations.
While Mayers departed in the second supply of the innings with out troubling the scorers, stand-in captain Krunal Pandya performed an 11-ball 14-run knock earlier than being caught by Virat Kohli at long-off off Glenn Maxwell.
Badoni adopted swimsuit in the subsequent over whereas going for giant shot, caught by Kohli off Josh Hazlewood (2/15).
If that was not sufficient, Deepak Hooda was stumped by Dinesh Karthik off Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva, as LSG slumped to 27 for 4 in 5.1 overs.
Leg-spinner Karn Sharma (2/20) then accounted for Nicholas Pooran (9) and Marcus Stoinis (13) in a span of 4 overs to make issues worse for LSG.
The asking fee was underneath management, however LSG saved shedding wickets at common intervals.
Krishnappa Gowtham was the subsequent to depart, run out after a 13-ball 23.
Ravi Bishnoi then ran himself out as LSG collapsed to 77 for eight in 14.4 overs.
Naveen-ul-Haq and Amit Mishra tried their greatest with a gutsy 26-run stand for the ninth wicket.
An injured Rahul got here out to bat final with LSG needing 24 off eight balls, however he appeared in discomfort and did not open his account.
Earlier, Rahul did not cease the boundary, appeared in appreciable ache, and limped off the sector. In his absence, Pandya led the aspect.
The duo of du Plessis and Kohli gave RCB one other good begin. Both the openers did not get going however gave a platform for the remainder of the batters to take RCB to a good rating.
Kohli didn’t have a look at his greatest as he managed simply three boundaries throughout his 30-ball 31-run knock earlier than being stumped by Pooran off the bowling of Bishnoi.
New man in Anuj Rawat didn’t final lengthy as he gave a catch to Mayers in the deep off the bowling of Gowtham.
Dangerman Glenn Maxwell adopted swimsuit, with out troubling the scorers a lot, LBW to Bishnoi.
After the preliminary partnership between du Plessis and Kohli, the LSG bowlers pulled again the sport brilliantly.
Suyash Prabhudesai didn’t final lengthy, caught by Gowtham at mid-off off the bowling of veteran Mishra, as RCB slumped to 90 for 4 in 14.3 overs.
The match got here to halt in the sixteenth over as a result of a gradual drizzle.
After a delay of almost 26 minutes as a result of rain, the match restarted with no overs being decreased.
While du Plessis batted deep he by no means obtained the specified momentum in his knock and struggled to search out boundaries and sixes. He was ultimately dismissed by Mishra in the seventeenth over, caught by Pandya because the South African tried to interrupt the shackles.
Thereafter, Dinesh Karthik (16 off 11) tried his greatest to up the ante but it surely wasn’t sufficient.
Towards the tip, Afghan quick bowler Naveen-ul-Haq picked up two wickets in two deliveries in the twentieth overs, to complete with figures of three for 30.
Amit Mishra turns into third-highest wicket-taker in IPL historical past
Amit Mishra surpassed Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga to turn into the third-highest wicket-taker in the historical past of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on May 1. The 40-year-old achieved this report throughout his aspect Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)‘s IPL 2023 match towards Royal (*18*) Bangalore (RCB) in Lucknow.
Lucknow Super Giants’ Amit Mishra celebrates a wicket in the course of the Indian Premier League 2023 match towards Royal (*18*) Bangalore in Lucknow on May 1, 2023
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Amit took benefit of spin-friendly situations to the fullest. He ended with figures of two/21 in his 4 overs. He took the wickets of Suyash Prabhudessai and skipper Faf Du Plessis.
In 160 matches to date, he has taken 172 wickets at a median of 23.75 and an economic system fee of seven.34. His greatest bowling figures are 5/17 in IPL.Amit has been performing nicely in IPL 2023. He has taken six wickets in six matches at a median of 18.16 and an economic system fee of seven.26. His greatest bowling figures are 2/21.
The top-five wicket-takers in IPL historical past are: Dwayne Bravo (183 wickets), Yuzvendra Chahal (178 wickets), Mishra, Lasith Malinga (170 wickets) and Piyush Chawla (170 wickets).
Scoreboard
Royal (*18*) Bangalore: Virat Kohli st Pooran b Ravi Bishnoi 31 Faf du Plessis c Pandya b Mishra 44 Anuj Rawat c Mayers b Gowtham 9 Glenn Maxwell lbw b Ravi Bishnoi 4 Suyash Prabhudessai c Gowtham b Mishra 6 Dinesh Karthik run out (Yash Thakur) 16 Mahipal Lomror lbw b Naveen-ul-Haq 3 Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva not out 8 Karn Sharma c Gowtham b Naveen-ul-Haq 2 Mohammed Siraj c Pooran b Naveen-ul-Haq 0 Josh Hazlewood not out 1 Extras: (W-2) 2
Total: (For 9 wickets in 20 overs) 126
Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-75, 3-80, 4-90, 5-109, 6-114, 7-117, 8-121, 9-121
Lucknow Super Giants bowling: Krunal Pandya 4-0-21-0, Marcus Stoinis 1-0 -11-0, Naveen-ul-Haq 4-0-30-3, Ravi Bishnoi 4-0-21-2, Amit Mishra 3-0 -21-2, Yash Thakur 2-0-12-0, Krishnappa Gowtham 2-0-10-1.
Lucknow Super Giants: Kyle Mayers c Anuj Rawat b Siraj 0 Ayush Badoni c Kohli b Hazlewood 4 Krunal Pandya c Kohli b Maxwell 14 Deepak Hooda st Karthik b W Hasaranga 1 Marcus Stoinis c Prabhudessai b Karn Sharma 13 Nicholas Pooran c Lomror b Karn Sharma 9 Krishnappa Gowtham run out 23 Ravi Bishnoi run out 5 Amit Mishra c Karthik b Harshal Patel 19 Naveen-ul-Haq c Karthik b Hazlewood 13 KL Rahul not out 0 Extras: (b-1, lb-1, w-3, nb-2) 7
Total: 108 all out in 19.5 overs
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-19, 3-21, 4-27, 5-38, 6-65, 7-66, 8-77, 9-103
Royal (*18*) Bangalore bowling: Mohammed Siraj 3-0-24-1, Josh Hazlewood 3-0-15-2, Glenn Maxwell 1-0-3-1, Wanindu Hasaranga 4-0-20-1, Karn Sharma 4-0-20-2, Harshal Patel 3.5-0-20-1, Mahipal Lomror 1-0-4-0.
(With inputs from ANI)
