Mumbai: The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) returned to winning ways in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after defeating the Delhi Capitals (DC) by 16 runs on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Dinesh Karthik once again came to the rescue for RCB with an unbeaten 66* before Josh Hazlewood’s impressive 3-28 ensured a 16-run victory.
Chasing 190, DC openers – David Warner and Prithvi Shaw got off to a flying start. Warner got off with a six against Glenn Maxwell. The fifty partnership was up for the opening wicket before Shaw was dismissed by Siraj. At the end of 6 overs, DC were 57-1. Warner brought up his half-century and DC were 79-1 at the 10-over mark. Hasaranga brought an end to Warner’s batting domination. DC required 90 off 42 deliveries as skipper Rishabh Pant arrived at the crease. Pant creamed two fours in the 13th over. Hazlewood scalped two wickets in the 15th over. Pant smoked some six before a sensational one-hand catch from Virat Kohli at covers brought an end to the DC skipper’s innings. Shadul Thakur hit two sixes but was dismissed in the penultimate over as DC required 27 off the final over.
RCB lost the early wickets of Anuj Rawat and Faf du Plessis. Anuj Rawat was trapped LBW on by Shardul Thakur, RCB skipper du Plessis was caught in the deep off Khaleel Ahmed. Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell added 5 fours as RCB were 40-2 at the end of the powerplay. Right after the powerplay, RCB lost Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell took on Kuldeep Yadav to smack two fours and a six. Glenn Maxwell reached his half-century in style with a four against Thakur. The all-rounder was caught by Lalit Yadav. Dinesh Karthik dispatched a maximum over the deep square leg as RCB were 115-5 with five overs to go. Dinesh Karthik accelerated further and scored 28 runs from the 18th over. Karthik notched his half-century and RCB finished the innings with 189-5.
Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 189-5 (Dinesh Karthik 66*, Glenn Maxwell; Shardul Thakur 1-27) beat Delhi Capitals 173-7 (David Warner 66, Rishabh Pant 34; Josh Hazlewood 3-28) by 16 runs.
Earlier, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) were back to winning ways in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after defeating the Mumbai Indians (MI) by 18 runs on Saturday at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
KL Rahul rose to the occasion in his 100th IPL match with an unbeaten century to help LSG post a commanding total of 199/4 before LSG won the game by 18 runs in the end.
LSG openers were off to a great start as skipper KL Rahul, played his 100th IPL game. Quinton de Kock supported the skipper in his shower of boundaries with some aggressive shots at the top. Fabian Allen trapped the left-hander in the final over of the powerplay and LSG were 57-1. Manish Pandey creamed three fours to put LSG at 94-1 at the end of ten overs. Rahul reached his half-century but Murugan Ashwin provided the breakthrough for the Mumbai Indians. 22 runs came off the penultimate over as LSG posted a massive total of 199/4 in the first innings.
Chasing a challenging total of 200, MI lost an early wicket of skipper Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis smacked some lip-licking shots over the fence but was caught inside the circle as Avesh Khan scalped his second wicket of the innings. Stoinis joined the wicket-takers tally after rattling the stumps of Ishan Kishan. At the end of 10 overs, MI were 86-3 with Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma at the crease. The fifty partnership was up for the fourth wicket between Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma. Jason Holder dismissed Tilak Varma with a brilliantly executed yorker and Ravi Bishnoi dismissed the dangerous Suryakumar Yadav. Kieron Pollard hammered two consecutive sixes against Chameera. Jaydev Unadkat smacked two fours and a six in the penultimate over as LSG won the game by 18 runs in the end.
Brief Scores: Lucknow Super Giants 199-4 (KL Rahul 103*, Manish Pandey 38; Jaydev Unadkat 2-32) beat Mumbai Indians 181-9 (Suryakumar Yadav 37, Dewald Brevis 31; Avesh Khan 3-30) by 18 runs.
