RCB vs LSG, IPL 2023: All the DRAMA and Lucknow Super Giants win by 1 wicket

Fifth time RCB have lost after scoring 200+ batting first - the most by a team in IPL!

Surely a thriller of a match!! Went till the end and looked like anyone game, especially after the wickets kept falling.

The ball was banged in short on off and Unadkat could have hit it anywhere but slap it towards an onrushing Faf du Plessis from long-on. 

Unadkat c du Plessis b Harshal Patel 9(7) [4s-1]

100th IPL wicket for Harshal Patel!

The crowd erupts as Mark Wood is bowled. 

This was an attempted yorker which ends as a low full toss and Wood swung his bat and missed it. 

Mark Wood b Harshal Patel 1(2)

While all looked at the ball sailing for a SIX, Ayush Badoni went on to hit the stumps with his bat.

Badoni shuffled in and got a ramp on it to take the ball over fine leg. The ball did go over the ropes but then Badoni dragged his bat back onto his stumps. 

Ayush Badoni hit wkt b Parnell 30(24) [4s-4]

Big relief for Bangalore!

RCB strike with probably their poorest ball of the evening. Pooran flicked the ball trying to go for six, but holes out to deep backward square leg. 

Pooran c Shahbaz Ahmed b Siraj 62(19) [4s-4 6s-7]

Pooran has faced 57 balls in this IPL of which he has hit 12 sixes and seven fours.

He took just 15 balls to reach his 50. Would he change the game just like Rinku did for KKR?

First time since IPL 2018 KL Rahul has failed to reach 40 in four successive innings!

Siraj strikes again as he got Mayers in his first over and now got his opening partner. 

Rahul gave the ball a flick but did not time it right. The ball went down the throat of deep square leg where Kohli takes the catch.

His wife Anushka Sharma, who is in the stands, was seen smiling and clapping after the catch was taken.

Rahul c Kohli b Siraj 18(20) [4s-1]

RCB get the wicket they wanted!

The ball was tossed up but went wider and Stoinis went chasing for the big slog.

But he slices it slightly and does not get the timing and holes out to Shahbaz at deep extra cover. 

Stoinis c Shahbaz Ahmed b Karn Sharma 65(30) [4s-6 6s-5]

Stoinis gets under it and hoists his drive over long-off as the ball sails a long way into the stands for SIX. 

That's 50 for Marcus Stoinis

Wayne Parnell gets two wickets in an over!

1st he sent back Deepak Hooda. It was a length delivery, nipped away and Hooda looked to push it away on the off-side but instead got an edge on it. The third umpire clarified that it carried easily as DK dived forward to take it. 

Hooda c Karthik b Parnell 9(10) [4s-1]

His second wicket was Krunal Pandya. The LSG batter was the Man of the Match in the last game. However, today, he didn't get a wicket and also dropped a catch and now is out for a duck. It was a length delivery, nipped away ever so slightly and Krunal Pandya pushed at it to edge it to the keeper. 

Krunal Pandya c Karthik b Parnell 0(2)

Miyaan Magic works as always!

The delivery was slanted away and Mayers was hanging back sans much feet. 

The lazy poke only managed to drag the ball on to the sticks and rattle the stumps. 

Mayers b Siraj 0(3)

RCB end with 212 - the last 7 overs went for 108.

RCB started well on the back of Kohli's aggressive batting while Faf failed to time it well. 

However, after the dismissal of Kohli to Mishra for 61 and in walked Maxwell. 

He just changed the pace of the game post that and Faf too got going.

The crowd witnessed some dazzling strokeplay as they continued to chant RCB! RCB! 

Mark Wood sees the stumps rattle everywhere!

It was full and quick and Maxwell looked to slog but missed it. End of a superb innings from Maxi. 

Maxwell b Mark Wood 59(29) [4s-3 6s-6]

Fifty off 24 balls for Maxwell!

After being dropped on 38 by Krunal Pandya, this is surely salt to the wound.

Badoni comes in as the impact player. 

Amit Mishra has done enough - taking the wicket of Virat Kohli.

With a SIX, du Plessis also smashes a fifty.

One of his longest sixes ever in IPL!

du Plessis hung back and slammed the ball for a 115 metres sixer. 

1st RCB wicket falls and it is Virat Kohli who departs!

Kohli went for the pull but couldn't get the execution right and he had to depart after a good knock.

Kohli c Stoinis b Mishra 61(44) [4s-4 6s-4]

Virat Kohli smashes fifty - his second in three matches!

Lucknow Super Giants have won the toss and have opted to field.

Teams:

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj