Indian Premier League: Faf Du Plessis, Josh Hazlewood Directing Royal Bangalore challengers to 18-match win over Lucknow Super Giants

Royal Challengers Bangalore rode Captain Faf du Plessis’ 96 and Josh Hazlewood’s excellent pitch to beat Lucknow Super Giants in Tuesday’s IPL match. The 37-year-old du Plessis roared back to form after a string of poor points with a 64-ball hit to help RCB win 181 goals after being hit in the net. Pace spearhead Hazlewood (4/25) then picked two shots first and two late in the game as RCB limited LSG to 163 for eight to register a fifth win of the season.

However, the stellar individual performances by both Hazlewood and du Plessis could be slightly overshadowed by the chatter around two sequences leading up to Marcus Stoinis’ hit, in which a wide wide shot missed. called after he shuffled too much in the next delivery and continued playing.

However, RCB is currently second in the scoreboard while LSG drops to fourth.

Opening the half, du Plessis, who had not scored a major score since his sensational 88 score in the first game of the season against RCB, kept the innings perfect and just eliminated at the penultimate ball of the final final.

Hazlewood rocked the LSG chase from the start when he delivered a superb opening strike. Using the suggested bounce and move, he tackled the dangerous Quinton de Kock (3) and Manish Pandey (6) in quick time.

The agile Australian tennis player, who is right for his line and length, played a savings spell, giving away just 25 times.

LSG captain KL Rahul returned to the dugout shortly after Pandey’s foot-kissed serve and RCB chose to take a look at it. UltraEdge showed a huge spike and RCB got their big break, thanks to great reviews.

While Krunal Pandya (42 years old) was scoring at good pace, he was upset against Glenn Maxwell, and eventually fell to the Australian.

LSG was unable to tie significant partnerships together. Deepak Hooda (13), Stoinis (24) and Ayush Badoni (13) were fouled at the start of the waste.

Harshal Patel (2/47) picked up two batting while Mohammed Siraj (1/31) and Maxwell (1/11) took one ball each.

Before that, du Plessis had 11 touchlines and 2 touchlines, playing shots around the DY Patil Stadium.

The Super Giants invited RCB to hit the bat and the pitchers tried to strike steadily but there was no response for the former South Africa captain.

Sri Lankan right-hander Dushmantha Chameer (2/31 to 3) successfully headed home the first goal for LSG, knocking out openers Anuj Rawat (4) and Virat Kohli (0), who continued on. continued to wrestle with the cane as he went out for a first duck.

Maxwell (23) looks forward to continuing his explosive run in the IPL. The Australian played a counter-attack as he knocked Chameera out in the fourth and sixth innings.

The all-rounder, however, fell short after a quick appearance while playing his favorite shot – a switch on target – as LSG took control of the game once again.

Maxwell made Krunal Pandya’s reverse serve (1/29) but failed in the middle, with diving Jason Holder completing the catch as RCB slid to 44/3.

Younger Suyash Prabhudessai (10) made a few hits later, even as du Plessis ensured RCB continued to score at a healthy pace.

Along with Shahbaz Ahmed (26), du Plessis added 70 runs for the fifth shot, with the former playing a perfect second.

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The veteran hitter shifted gears in the overs tagline with Dinesh Karthik (13 not out), who himself is in serious form, at his side. Together, they brought RCB past the 180-run mark. Du plessis was close to scoring in his first IPL century but was knocked out by Holder with one ball left in the half.

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