IPL 2023 Match 15: LSG ambush RCB in thrilling 1 wicket win

Lucknow Super Giants beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 1 wicket, in a thrilling last ball finish, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, today.

Match Summary

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants, Match 15, Indian Premier League

Royal Challengers Bangalore 212/2 (20 ov)

Lucknow Super Giants 213/9 (20 ov)

Result - Lucknow Super Giants won by 1 wicket

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Match Analysis

Nicholas Pooran smashed the fastest fifty of the IPL season in 15 balls as Lucknow Super Giants pulled off a stunning chase of 213 to edge out Royal Challengers Bangalore in a last-ball thriller on Monday.

West Indies' Pooran smashed 62 off 19 balls before he departed but Lucknow crept over the line to win by one wicket in a dramatic final over in Bengaluru.

Lucknow needed five off the last six balls after Ayush Badoni was out hit-wicket for 30 in the penultimate over, hitting his stumps while hammering what would have been a six.

Mark Wood and Jaydev Unadkat were dismissed in the final over and Ravi Bishnoi was nearly 'mankaded' from the last ball.

With the scores level and a super over beckoning, number 11 Avesh Khan scampered a bye and threw his helmet in celebration.

Australia's Marcus Stoinis had earlier clobbered a 30-ball 65, but it was Pooran's blitz including seven sixes that blew away RCB.

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell notched up 15 sixes between them in Bangalore's 212-2, with 27 hit in the match in total.

Bangalore struck with three early wickets before Stoinis dominated a fourth-wicket stand of 76 with skipper KL Rahul.

Impact player Karn Sharma broke the partnership as he sent back Stoinis but Bangalore had a new nemesis in Pooran.

The efforts of Pooran and Stoinis eclipsed the power-hitting from Kohli (61), Du Plessis (79 not out) and Maxwell (59) after Bangalore were put in to bat first.

Kohli set the tone for Bangalore's big total with his second fifty of the season in a 96-run opening stand with Du Plessis.

Maxwell kept up the charge after Kohli's departure and Du Plessis delivered a flurry of sixes, including a hit of 115 metres, as he also registered his second half-century of the campaign.

 

Match Summary

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 212-2 (20)

Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Virat Kohli-11.3 ov), 2-211 (Glenn Maxwell-19.5 ov)

Lucknow Super Giants: 213-9 (20)

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kyle Mayers-0.3 ov), 2-23 (Deepak Hooda-3.4 ov), 3-23 (Krunal Pandya-3.6 ov), 4-99 (Marcus Stoinis-10.4 ov), 5-105 (KL Rahul-11.1 ov), 6-189 (Nicholas Pooran-16.6 ov), 7-206 (Ayush Badoni-18.4 ov), 8-209 (Mark Wood-19.2 ov), 9-212 (Jaydev Unadkat-19.5 ov)

Playing XIs

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Nicholas Pooran (wicket-keeper), Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi

Impact player: Ayush Badoni for Amit Mishra (1st innings, 15.6 ov)

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Anuj Rawat, David Wille, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj; Subs: Karn Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Akash Deep, Michael Bracewell, Sonu Yadav

Impact player: Karn Sharma for Anuj Rawat (1st innings, 19.6 ov)

Match Details

Toss: Lucknow Super Giants, electd to field
Venue: M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Start time: 1400 hrs GMT
Match officials: Anil Chaudhary, Nand Kishore (On-field Umpires); Chris Gaffaney (TV Umpire); Madanagopal Kuppuraj (Reserve Umpire); Daniel Manohar (Match-referee)