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In the 31st match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) defeatedﷺ Lucknow Super♉ Giants (LSG) by 18 runs at Dr DY Patil Sports A🍨cademy in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Chasing the massive target of 182, Lucknow never really got the momentum and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Krunal Pandya, with 42 off 28 balls, was their highest scorer as the KL Rahul-led side could only manage to reach 163/8, losing th🎀e contest by 18 runs.
Speedster Josh Hazlewood was at his b🎃est with the ball, not allowing LSG batters to find the rhythm at all. The right-armer picked up a brilliant 4-wicket haul while conceding only 25 runs in his quota of 4 overs.
Earlier, Faf du Plessis led RCB from the front, smashing ཧan incredible knock to push his side breach the 180-run mark after the Challengers were four down for just 62 runs in 7.2 overs.
Du Plessis stayed until the second last ball of RCB’s innings to ensure his team reached a big total. The South African star scored 96 runs off just 64 balls, including 11 fours and a couple of sixes, as RCB posted 181/6 on the board in 20 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Back-to-back wins. ✅
A comprehe🐈nsive performanceꦍ with the bat and ball. ✅Let’s take this momentum into theও next challenge. 💪🏻
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets)
Wi𒀰nning the game from Losing two wickets in the fir♓st over of the game, well done RCB 👏
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan)
Josh’s stellar spell of 4/25 is an outstanding performance which helped ꧑to pull th🗹is one.
— Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R)
Br🌜illiant Josh! A rare display of taking plenty of wickets and also being economical.
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9)
RCB have been tactically excellent and have given importance to ROLE Clarity which in my view is vital in the IPL. They ⛦have already been put in tough situations on many occasions and have come out well. If RCB can finish in the top 2 they have a great 📖chance to go all the way.
— Gaurav Sundararaman (@gaurav_sundar)
That's that from Match 31. win by 18 runs against .
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL)
Chennai’s loss is Bangalore’s gain. Faf and Hazlewood. has be𝓀en superb thus far…finding ways to win when a lot seems lost. 👏👏
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
defended 189 runs against Delhi and 181 r▨uns against Lucknow in .
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
Reckon there are few batters as clinical in their approach to a T20 innings than Fa൩f du Plessis. Reckon his ton for Saint Lucia Kings at last year’s CPL was the best put together T20 innings I have watched.
— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek)
❤️🏏 VICTORY FOR RCB! An all-around displ❀ay of dominance from Bangalore tonight as they pick up a solid victory over LSG!
💪 They're now placed second in the points table with 1️⃣0️⃣ points
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— The Bharat Army (@thebharatarmy)
— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
