Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]April 11 (ANI): Despite scoring 212 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost a last-ball thriller against Lucknow Super Giants at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.
Quick fifties from Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran and Ayush Badoni powered LSG to a one-wicket win against RCB in their IPL 2023 match.
While this heartbreaking defeat dampened the festive mood of RCB fanatics, several social media users flooded the online platform with hilarious posts and memes.
Social media went into a laugh riot with memes poking fun at the cost of the Bengaluru franchise over their history of losing matches from winning positions.
Asked to bat first by LSG, RCB posted a mammoth 212/2 in their 20 overs. Virat Kohli (61 off 45 balls, 4 fours and 4 sixes) put the hosts on a flight and shared a 96 off just 69 balls with skipper Faf du Plessis.
After struggling initially, the skipper displayed brilliant strokeplay and power-hitting during a blistering partnership of 115 runs from just 50 balls with Glenn Maxwell. Faf scored an unbeaten 79 in 46 balls with the help of five fours and five sixes. Maxwell scored 59 runs in 29 balls with the help of three fours and six sixes. Dinesh Karthik was unbeaten on 1 run till the end of RCB’s innings.
Mark Wood (1/32) and Amit Mishra (1/18) took wickets for LSG.
Chasing 213, LSG got off to a poor start and were reduced to 23/3 in four overs.
However, KL Rahul (18) and Marcus Stoinis were involved in a game-changing partnership of 76 runs for the fourth wicket. Stoinis played a flamboyant inning of 65 off 30 balls with the help of six fours and five sixes.
Nicholas Pooran smashed 62 off 19 balls with the help of four fours and seven sixes for the visitors after the dismissals of KL and Stoinis. He shared a brilliant 84-run partnership with Ayush Badoni, who scored 30 off 24 balls.
The equation came down to five runs in the final over bowled by Harshal Patel, who conceded one run and took a wicket in the second ball. A double and a single were taken off balls three and four. Unadkat was dismissed on the last ball, bringing the equation down to just one run off the last ball. Harshal tries to run out Ravi Bishnoi at the non-striker’s end but fails. The LSG duo sealed a memorable 1-wicket win with a bye off the last ball. (ANI)
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