Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runs and played Qualifier 2 against Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. RCB will play RR on Friday for a place in the title clash against Gujarat Titans, who had advanced to the final after their win over Royals in Qualifier 1.
Chasing 208, Lucknow Super Giants lost Quinton de Kock in the first over, but they were in the game thanks to skipper KL Rahul (79 off 58) and Deepak Hooda (45 off 26). But Hooda’s wicket in the 15th over shifted the momentum in Bangalore’s favor and if Lucknow had any hope, they were dashed by Josh Hazlewood, who dismissed KL Rahul and Krunal Pandya in successive deliveries in the 19th over. did.
LSG needed 24 runs in the last over but it was never going to be easy against a disciplined and determined Harshal Patel and RCB eventually ended up getting past the eliminator after losing to Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2020 and 2021. Won for. respectively.
Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl in the rainy conditions in Kolkata. He was rewarded immediately when Mohsin Khan removed RCB captain Faf du Plessis for a golden duck.
Virat Kohli hit 25 off 24 balls before Avesh Khan gave LSG another breakthrough. Glenn Maxwell and Mahipal Lomror didn’t do much but RCB were boosted by Rajat Patidar’s innings, who scored his maiden IPL century.
Rajat Patidar completed his century in just 49 balls – it is now the fastest century by an uncapped player in IPL. He is also the fifth player to score a century in the IPL playoffs.
Rajat Patidar scored an unbeaten 112 off 54 balls and added 92 off 41 balls with Dinesh Karthik, who continued his stellar form this season with an unbeaten 37 off 23 balls as RCB took 4 wickets in their 20 overs. Scored 207 runs.
lsg innings
Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul have been in fine form for Lucknow Super Giants – both the openers have scored over a thousand runs between them and their contribution was going to be significant if they retained any hope of chasing down that huge total.
However, LSG was shaken early when Mohammad Siraj removed in-form de Kock in the first over of the LSG innings.
Manan Vohra walked at No 3 and hit 19 off 11 balls including 2 sixes to give LSG some momentum as KL Rahul decided to take his time and strike to let the more aggressive batsman do his job. rotated.
Manan Vohra’s innings was cut by Josh Hazlewood – his short delivery did the trick for RCB when Vohra tried to hit over midwicket and was well caught by Shahbaz Ahmed in the fifth over.
Deepak Hooda, one of LSG’s batting heroes, joined KL Rahul at the crease and both played a key role in keeping the team in the hunt. In the halfway stage, LSG scored 89 for 2, needing 119 runs from 60 balls to make it to Qualifier 2 against Rajasthan Royals.
The chase was getting tense and Deepak Hooda, who was batting brilliantly, seemed to be losing his momentum. Shahbaz Ahmed bowled a brilliant final over of his spell, conceding just 6 runs and LSG needing 99 runs from 7 overs at that time.
Four of those overs will be bowled by Wanindu Hasranga and Harshal Patel, who strangled the LSG batsmen with some fast bowling. Hazlewood had two more left in his quota while Mohammad Siraj, who picked Quentin de Kock, also had one over left.
LSG needed something special and KL Rahul hit a six off the first ball of Hazlewood’s third over. Deepak Hooda hits him for another six and Lucknow looked like they were on their way.
That over from Hazlewood, his third and 14th over of the LSG innings, cost RCB 16 runs.
There will be more drama in the next over when Deepak Hooda smashed Hasranga for two sixes before he went ‘wrong-un’ and was dismissed for 45 off 26 balls.
The wicket put Marcus Stoinis in the middle with KL Rahul holding the key to Lucknow’s chances.
Stoinis hit a huge six off the second ball as RCB conceded 18 runs in the 15th over and the equation for Lucknow Super Giants now came down to 65 off 30 balls.
KL Rahul continued his golden run, hitting Hasaranga and a six and a four and went past 600 runs in IPL 2022. LSG now had Qualifier 2, needing 41 from the last 3 overs to give Rahul a set with Stoinis in the middle.
However, LSG faced two overs from Harshal Patel, who was miserable till that time.
Harshal started the 18th over with a wide, one of which resulted in 5 runs when he bowled it outside the tram line and Dinesh Karthik failed to collect it behind the stumps.
But Harshal brought RCB back into the game by getting Stoinis caught at deep extra cover by Rajat Patidar. Evin Lewis joined KL Rahul with LSH and needed 35 off 15 balls.
Josh Hazlewood bowled a sensational 19th over and dismissed KL Rahul and Kunal Pandya in successive deliveries and was written on the wall for LSG.
Patidar Slam Hundred
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis was dismissed for a golden duck but Rajat Patidar scored a sensational maiden IPL century to help his team reach 207 for 4 in their 20 overs against Lucknow Super Giants.
Rajat Patidar was a late addition to RCB’s playing XI but played some impressive innings. He scored a quick 52 against Gujarat Titans in his second match of the season when Virat Kohli hit a slow half-century. After this Patidar scored 21, 48 and 26 in the next few matches.
After Mumbai Indians’ victory over Delhi Capitals, Rajat Patidar reserved his best for the Eliminator and propelled RCB into the playoffs. He was dropped in the 90s, but he scored his century by hitting a six to score his fifth century in the IPL playoffs. He played an unbeaten 112 off 54 balls and hit 12 fours and 7 sixes.
Mohsin Khan, who finished with impressive figures of 1 for 25 in his 4 overs, dealt a major blow to RCB to send back du Plessis in the first over of the innings, who scored 96 runs in the previous match between these two. were made. Party.
Rajat Patidar joined Virat Kohli at the crease and the duo put on 66 runs for the second wicket to get RCB out of trouble.
However, Virat Kohli, who scored 73 in RCB’s final league match against Gujarat Titans, never really got ahead and was dismissed by Avesh Khan for 25 off 24 balls.
Glenn Maxwell came in at No 4 and scored only 10 off his 9 balls, while Mahipal Lomror dismissed Ravi Bishnoi after looking aggressive during his 9-ball 14.
The night belonged to Rajat Patidar, who was in explosive form and took Krunal Pandya to dismiss him for 20 early in the innings. While the big guns failed to deliver in a big game, Patidar played some mind-numbing shots to take RCB towards a huge total.
Dinesh Karthik returned to the Indian team on the back of his sensational run in the lower order of RCB and on Wednesday he again scored some quick runs after getting out. He was lucky to be dropped for 2 and then made the most of it to give his side a strong end.
Rajat Patidar and Dinesh Karthik played an unbroken innings of 92 runs in 41 balls as RCB made 84 runs in the last 5 overs.
While Patidar scored a brilliant century, Dinesh Karthik remained unbeaten on 37 runs in 23 balls with the help of 5 fours and 1 six.
RCB had lost the last two eliminators against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2020 and Kolkata Knight Riders in 2021 but they made a stellar impression this year against Lucknow Super Giants.