IPL 2023: LSG vs RCB: Bangalore beats Lucknow by 18 runs in low-scoring encounter
The Hindu
Indian Premier League 2023: Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Lucknow on May 1, 2023
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs in their Indian Premier League match in Lucknow on May 1.
LSG restricted Royal Challengers Bangalore to 126 for nine. In reply, the hosts were tottering at 27 for four and then 65 for six in the 11th over. Eventually, LSG were all out for 108 in 19.5 overs.
Skipper Faf du Plessis scored 44 off 40 balls after RCB won the toss and opted to bat first, while Virat Kohli consumed 30 deliveries in making 31 at the top of the order.
Naveen-ul-Haq was the most successful bowler for LSG, taking three wickets for 30 runs in four overs.
Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi finished with impressive figures of 2/21 in his full quota of four overs. Amit Mishra also picked up two wickets for LSG, while Krunal Pandya bowled economically to end with figures of 0/21 in four overs.
Amit Mishra surpassed Sri Lankan legend Lasith Malinga to become the third-highest wicket-taker in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on May 1. The 40-year-old achieved this record during his side Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)‘s IPL 2023 match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Lucknow.
Amit took advantage of spin-friendly conditions to the fullest. He ended with figures of 2/21 in his four overs. He took the wickets of Suyash Prabhudessai and skipper Faf Du Plessis.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.