Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis played a captain’s knock on Tuesday against Lucknow Super Giants at DY Patil Stadium. The veteran opener led his team from the front in the crucial contest and revived the innings from a tricky stage where RCB lost Anuj Rawat and Virat Kohli early in the first over. His 96-run knock guided Bangalore to a formidable 181/6 in 20 overs.
Du Plessis missed his maiden IPL century by just four runs but his incredible ins was laced with 2 sixes and 11 fours. It was also his joint highest score in IPL.
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The Proteas batter paced his innings quite well after a rusty start and as he took the charge of the bowlers after completing his fifty. It was a marathon 64-ball stay in the middle for the RCB captain as he converted several singles into doubles to put pressure on the opposition fielders.
The fans on Twitter were highly impressed with Du Plessis’s captain’s knock which helped RCB recover from a horror start.
The KNOCK full of character n resilience captain fantastic @faf1307 #ನRCB
— Dattu (@Virat18ns) April 19, 2022
Terrific effort from #FafduPlessis to guide #RCB to 181.#faf took on the mantle of batting through and just missed out on his 100 – the 2nd time he has got out for 96 in the #IPL,#TATAIPL2022 #IPL2022 #RoyalsFamily #RCBvsLSG #royalchallengersbangalore #ViratKohli #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/C0UyzaUUM2
— CricBook (@CricBook518) April 19, 2022
Great knock under pressure comes to an end for #FafduPlessis, He missed a well deserved century by just 4 runs. This is the third time in his #IPL career that he failed to convert a 90+ score to 100. #RCBvLSG #TATAIPL #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/ZUpKeSHGKG
— Tejan Shrivastava (@RealBeingTeJan) April 19, 2022
Asked to bat first, RCB lost their opener Anuj Rawat early on four courtesy of a stunning low catch from Dushmantha Chameera. While Kohli’s struggle in the IPL 2022 also continued as he departed on a golden duck in the quest to steer his first ball on the point but was caught there by Deepak Hooda. It was his fourth golden duck in IPL history. After a couple of crucial blows from Chameera, Glenn Maxwell counter-attacked the Lucknow bowlers to shift the momentum in their favor but he soon became the victim of Krunal Pandya 23.
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Captain knock Faf du Plesis @faf1307 #RCBvsLSG pic.twitter.com/7HPl5ZR2Uz
— Akilan1718 (@Akilan_R_E) April 19, 2022
Faf Du Plessis missed out from his maiden IPL century – 96 (64). What a knock man! started slowly and unleashed later. From the very first over to the very last, he kept the hopes alive for RCB fans. Faf du plessis the lone warrior tonight.♥️ #RCBvsLSG #FafDuPlessis pic.twitter.com/DS1SAa45wm
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The wickets kept falling from one end but Du Plessis stood his ground strong and grind hard to take his team forward
The skipper shared a 70-run stand with Shahbaz Ahmed for the fifth wicket and followed it with a quickfire 49-run stand alongside Dinesh Karthik.
The two teams have the same amount of points on the table but their batting performances have been contrasting. LSG have produced collective performances so far, while RCB have been heavily relied on the individual brilliance of Dinesh Karthik to win the matches for them.
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