RCB Highlights IPL 2023: RCB took revenge against LSG

Highlights:

• The sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League T20 Cricket Tournament.
• Royal Challengers Bangalore will challenge the hosts Lucknow Supergiants.
• RCB is looking to shock the LSG team who are aiming for the top spot in the points table.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: In the sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League tournament, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team is under pressure to register at least 4 wins in the remaining matches to reach the play-off stage. Now the first challenge in this path is against Lucknow Supergiants in a low-scoring match the pressure has been lifted and they have won by 18 runs. By this, it has reached the 5th position in the points table.

Lucknow: Royal Challengers Bangalore took revenge against Lucknow Supergiants. RCB lost by 1 wicket against LSG in the high-scoring encounter in the last match, but now they have won by 18 runs in the low-scoring battle. With his 5th win in the tournament, he moved to 5th position in the points table.

Chasing a target of 127 runs for victory, LSG lost the wicket of Kyle Meyers (0) in the first over. Injured KL Rahul did not start the innings due to an injury problem. Despite being injured as the last batter, he could not reduce the margin of defeat.

Against the aggressive bowling attack of the RCB team, the wickets of Taragale fell. Karn is in the middle of the innings. Although Gautham (23) put up a short fight, the Lucknow team was all out for 108 runs in 19.5 overs. It also failed in the chase three times at home in Lucknow. Josh Hazlewood and Karan Sharma grabbed two wickets each for RCB. In the match, RCB drew attention by throwing 66 dot balls.

KL Rahul was injured while fielding, the LSG captain batted limping!

KL Rahul's Injury Update: In the 43rd match of the sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament, Lucknow Supergiants and Royal Challengers Bangalore competed. In the match, RCB won the toss and elected to bat. In the 2nd over of the innings, the captain of the Lucknow Super Giants team, KL Rahul got injured while fielding as a big shock to the Lucknow team.

Rahul inevitably batted

LSG once again struggled to hold on to a paltry goal. Tinukadi batters paraded the pavilion to bat on a slow pitch, KL Rahul had to bat inevitably despite the injury problem. Rahul entered the fray as the last batsman for LSG and batted limply to reduce the margin of defeat. Chasing a target of 127 runs, LSG were all out for 108 runs.

RCB recorded a meager total

Royal Challengers Bangalore, who struggled to bat against the spinners on a slow pitch, won the toss and elected to bat but managed to post a paltry total of 126/9. Captain Fap du Plessis (44) and Virat Kohli (31) did not get any runs from the rest of the batsmen. Finisher Dinesh Karthik failed again and contributed only 16 runs. While pacer Naveen Ul Haq took 3 wickets for LSG, leg-spinners Amit Mishra and Ravi Bishnoi took 2 wickets each to put a stop to the ruckus of the RCB batsmen.

RCB won the toss

The Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are immersed in the playoffs, will compete against the hosts Lucknow Super Giants in the 43rd match of the sixteenth edition of the Indian Premier League tournament. Last time against the same team, RCB lost 1 wicket in the last ball. Now he has calculated to take revenge and rise in the rankings. RCB choose to bat after winning the toss.

2 change RCB

RCB has brought 2 changes for the important match. As expected, Josh Hazlewood has returned to the team. With the injured David Willey ruled out, RCB has opted to field Anuj Rawat in place of Shahbaz Ahmed. LSG team has fielded all-rounder K. Gautam.

Faf returns to captaincy

Faf du Plessis, who has fully recovered from his rib injury and found fitness, has returned to the captaincy position. He had only batted as an impact player in the last 3 matches. Virat Kohli led the team in his absence.

A fight between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir, players ready to fight!

RCB vs LSG: Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir's Video Surfaces: Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Bangalore M. Gautam Gambhir, the mentor of the Lucknow Supergiants team, celebrated excessively after recording a 1-wicket victory at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Now against Lucknow Supergiants in their own yard, RCB has taken revenge by registering a victory of 18 runs. The rivalry in the match was so fierce that after the end of the game, there was a big fight between Gambhir and Kohli.

Virat-Naveen tiff

Chasing a target of 127 runs for victory, the Lucknow team was in trouble after losing consecutive wickets. However, at the end of the innings, there was a small partnership between Amit Mishra (19) and pacer Naveen Ul Haq (13). Naveen-ul-Haq, who also hit a four in the covers department, glared at RCB star Virat Kohli and ignited a big fight. After the match, there was a fight even when Naveen and Kohli were shaking hands, and Naveen came forward to shake hands. Afghanistan-based fast bowler Naveen ul Haq had a similar fight with Shahid Afridi in the Pakistan Super League tournament this year.

Playing XI details of these teams

LSG XI: KL Rahul (captain), Kyle Meyers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Krishnappa Gautham, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, and Yash Thakur.

RCB XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (keeper), Suyash Prabhudesai, Vanindu Hasranga, Karan Sharma, Mohammad Siraj, and Josh Hazlewood.

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Short score

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Innings: 126-9 from 20 overs (Faf Du Plessis 44, Virat Kohli 31, Dinesh Kartik 16; Naveen ul Haq 3 for 30, Amit Mishra 2 for 21, Ravi Bishnoi 2 for 21).

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Innings: 108-10 in 20 overs (Krishnappa Gowtham 23, Amit Mishra 19, Krunal Pandya 14; Josh Hazlewood 2 for 15, Karn Sharma 2 for 20, Glenn Maxwell 1 for 3 ). 

PLAYER OF THE MATCH

Faf du Plessis