Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) achieved their second successive win within the 2024 version of the IPL as they beat the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by 28 runs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday, April 2. Lucknow mainly confirmed a method to the opposite groups how to put a sizeable complete on the two-paced surfaces of Bengaluru with a set batter batting until fifteenth over and a finisher giving the momentum on the dying earlier than the bowlers run riot within the center overs to full an all-round efficiency as RCB have now just a few questions to search solutions for within the remaining video games.

At the midway mark, contemplating how RCB pulled it again with the ball regardless of Nicholas Pooran hitting 5 sixes within the ultimate two overs, 182 felt like a chasable complete, particularly with the best way Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli started. Lucknow Super Giants deployed their sluggish left-arm orthodox match-up with M Siddharth and Krunal Pandya opening the bowling. Both Kohli and du Plessis have been affected person sufficient earlier than getting these boundaries and going hell for leather-based in opposition to Naveen ul Haq within the fourth over.

However, what adopted within the final two overs was a automotive crash of monumental proportions. Kohli bought a boundary in opposition to Siddharth on the primary ball of his third over earlier than lofting it straight to the backward level fielder. In the very subsequent over, bowled by Mayank Yadav, Faf bought run out and Glenn Maxwell attempting to combat hearth with hearth mistimed straight to quick mid-off.

RCB have been abruptly three down. If that wasn’t sufficient, Cameron Green was dismissed within the subsequent over too as Mayank was mainly taking RCB for a trip, on which he took Punjab Kings a few nights in the past.

Anuj Rawat struggled to get going earlier than Rajat Patidar lastly confirmed indicators of why he’s such a promising expertise by hitting just a few lusty blows. But wickets of each of them in fast succession did not assist and Mayank accounted for Patidar as properly to cap off a superb three-wicket spell.

Mahipal Lomror, out of nowhere smashed 32 off 10 to hold RCB’s hopes alive, nevertheless, Naveen ul Haq and Yash Thakur closed out the innings and completed what started with Mayank’s spell within the powerplay as Lucknow continued to be the strongest defending group within the IPL.

Earlier, it was the pair of southpaws, Quinton de Kock and Nicholas Pooran who took Lucknow to a par-plus complete on that wicket, which was gripping and holding up a bit with the bounce as properly. De Kock began like Ferrari within the powerplay however slowed down later within the center overs. However, Nicholas Pooran with 33 runs within the final two overs helped LSG get the end they wished when Topley and Yash Dayal led RCB’s comeback with a wicket every and a couple of and 5 runs respectively in seventeenth and 18th overs.