RCB vs LSG / Bengaluru saved the smallest score of the season – beat Lucknow by 18 runs at their home

RCB vs LSG: Royal Challengers Bangalore have equalized with Lucknow Supergiants in Indian Premier League-16. The team defeated the Lucknow team by 18 runs at their home ground. In the previous encounter of the current season, Lucknow defeated Bengaluru by one wicket at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. This is Bengaluru's third win over Lucknow. There have been 4 matches between the two so far. This is Bengaluru's 5th win this season. RCB has 10 points in the table.

Batting first after winning the toss, Bengaluru scored 126 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs at the Bharat Ratna Atal Vihari Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. In reply, the Lucknow team was all out for 108 runs in 19.5 overs.

Bengaluru defended the smallest score of the season

Royal Challengers Bangalore defended a score of 126 against Lucknow Supergiants. The team set a record for defending the smallest score this season. Prior to that, Gujarat Titans had defended a score of 135 against Lucknow on 22nd April.

Chennai Super Kings hold the record for defending the lowest overall score in IPL. In 2009, while defending a score of 116 against Punjab Kings, the team allowed them to score only 92 runs. Apart from Chennai, Sunrisers Hyderabad have defended 118 and Punjab Kings have defended 119 runs.

Lucknow's wickets fell like this...

First: On the second ball of the first over, Mohammad Siraj got Kyle Meyers caught by Anuj Rawat.

Second: On the third ball of the fourth over, Glenn Maxwell got Krunal Pandya caught by Virat Kohli.

Third: Josh Hazlewood caught Badoni at the hands of Kohli on the first ball of the 5th over.

Fourth: Vanindu Hasaranga got Deepak Hooda stumped by Dinesh Karthik on the first ball of the sixth over.

Fifth: On the last ball of the 7th over, Karan Sharma got Niklas Pooran caught by Mahipal Lomror.

Sixth: On the fourth ball of the 11th over, Karan Sharma got Marcus Stoinis caught by Suyash Prabhudesai.

Seventh: Krishnappa Gautam was run out on the first ball of the 12th over.

Eighth: Ravi Bishnoi was run out on the fourth ball of the 15th over.

Ninth: On the fourth ball of the 19th over, Josh Hazlewood caught Naveen-ul-Haq at the hands of Dinesh Karthik.

Lucknow lost 4 wickets in Powerplay

Chasing a small target of 127 runs on a difficult track at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow got off to a bad start. In the very first over, Mohammad Siraj made Kyle Meyers walk. Ayush Badoni and Krunal Pandya survived a few overs, but Glenn Maxwell sent Pandya to the pavilion in the fourth over.

Ayush Badoni was also dismissed in the fifth over and Deepak Hooda in the sixth over. The team lost 4 wickets for 34 runs in 6 overs.

Bangalore innings from here

Faf du Plessis scored 44 and Kohli scored 31; Naveen-ul-Haq took 3 wickets

Batting first after winning the toss, Bengaluru scored 126 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Captain Faf du Plessis scored 44 and Virat Kohli scored 31 runs. Naveen-ul-Haq took three wickets for Lucknow, while Ravi Bishnoi and Amit Mishra got two successes each.

This is how the wickets of Bengaluru fell.

First: The last ball of the 9th over, Ravi Bishnoi bowled a googly on good length. Kohli went ahead and tried to play a big shot, but got stumped. He scored 31 runs off 30 balls.

Second: The fourth ball of the 12th over, Krishnappa Gautam bowled a short pitch on the off stump. Anuj Rawat plays the shot but is caught at deep mid-wicket. He scored 9 runs off 11 balls.

Third: The fourth ball of the 13th over, Ravi Bishnoi bowled leg spin on the middle stump. Glenn Maxwell is lbw. He scored 4 runs.

Fourth: On the third ball of the 15th over, Amit Mishra got Suyash Prabhudesai caught by Krishnappa Gautam. Suyyash played a big shot on Gautam's backoff length ball, caught by Gautam at long off.

Fifth: On the 5th ball of the 17th over, Amit Mishra got du Plessis caught by Krunal Pandya.

Sixth: On the 5th ball of the 18th over, Naveen-ul-Haq lbw Mahipal Lomror.

Seventh: Dinesh Karthik was run out on the fourth ball of the 19th over.

Eighth: On the second ball of the 20th over, Naveen-ul-Haq got Karan Sharma caught by Krishnappa Gautam.

Ninth: On the third ball of the 20th over, Naveen-ul-Haq got Mohammad Siraj caught by Nicholas Pooran.

Half-century partnership between Kohli-Plessis

Captain Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli got Bangalore off to a good start. Both shared a 62-run partnership on 54 balls. This partnership was broken by Ravi Bishnoi. He made Kohli walk.

Slow start from Bengaluru

In the first powerplay of the match, both the openers of Bengaluru got life. Faf and Kohli's catches were dropped in Stoinis's first and second over of the innings. Even after that, the team could only score 42 runs in 6 overs, although the team did not even lose a wicket.

Faf will captain Bengaluru after 3 matches, Avesh is not playing

The team's regular captain Faf du Plessis has returned after 3 matches. Earlier, Virat Kohli was captaining in place of Faf. Lucknow has made a difference. Fast bowler Avesh Khan did not get a place in the playing. Krishnappa Gautam has returned in his place.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Suyash Prabhudesai, Vanindu Hasaranga, Karan Sharma, Mohammed Siraj and Josh Hazlewood.

Impact Players: Harshal Patel, Shehbaz, Vaishak, Bracewell and Sonu Yadav.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (Captain), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (Wicketkeeper), Krishnappa Gautam, Naveen Ul Haq, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi and Amit Mishra.

Impact Players: Ayush Badoni, Daniel Symes, Avesh Khan, Dickock and Prerak Mankad.