Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) A exciting run chase was pulled against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Ekna Stadium in Lucknow. With this win, RCB Indian Premier League (IPL) moved to second place on the 2025 -point table and will now face Punjab Kings (PBK) in Qualifier 1 in Mulanpur.
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Marsh and Pant Power LSG Staller Partnership
LSG started his innings with Matthew Bretzke and Mitchell Marsh opening. Bretzke went early for 14 runs, but Marsh found a reliable partner in captain Rishabh Pant. He put a brilliant 152-rorn partnership together off just 78 balls. Marsh scored 67 runs in 37 balls, while Marsh knocked a fluent.
All-round dominance delays of pants Lucknow crowd
Rishabh Pant came into the match after several poor performances. The LSG captain gave a memorable performance and thrilled the house crowd with a brilliant unbeaten century, remaining unbeaten on 118 off 61 balls. His innings consisted of 11 borders and eight sixes who gave a total of 22/37 to LSG.
Kohli, salt sets tone
In response, RCB began his chase with a fierce inauguration partnership between Virat Kohli and Phil Salat. Both added 61 runs in just 34 balls. Salt scored 30 runs in 19 delivery, while Kohli scored 54 with 30 balls.
Jitesh, Mayank win with seal match winning stand
After Kohli's dismissal, Mayank Agarwal and RCB captain Jitesh Sharma chased. He held a sensational unbeaten 107 run stand for the fifth wicket with just 45 balls. Mayank remained unbeaten on 41 runs in 23 balls, while Jitesh played a captain's knock, scoring an unbeaten 85 off only 33 balls to knock an unbeaten 85 balls as RCB won six wickets with eight balls.
who said what?
Rishabh Pant, LSG (losing captain)
Eventually you got to play 40 over good cricket. Twenty overs are not going to save you. I was feeling good with each match. But sometimes it never stops. Whenever you get a beginning, try to make it as big as possible. I was trying to play the field – how they were going to bowl just to play through the line. Just kept playing with the same intensity in the innings. There will be many areas where we will talk. But the weather is just ending. Just want to switch for a few days. The way our batting unit has come, there have been some special bowling performances. We are getting opportunities, but we are not making it. This is the cost of the match to us.
Jitesh Sharma, RCB (match captain and player win)
I will not be able to express my views! I can't believe that I played that knock. When Virat Bhai was out, I was thinking about taking it deeply. As my Guru and Guru Dinesh [Karthik] Anna says, just take it deeply. I was getting cramps because the whole load was on me! I are accompanied by Virat Bhai, Krunal Bhai and Bhuvi Bhai. I feel excited that I am playing with them. We want to enjoy the moment. But we will try to recover well. We will see the speed to take the next match. The credit goes to the silver. I had the responsibility to maintain his record. Hazelwood will probably play in knockout. We have a strong belief system. We have match winners. Look at our player XI, and we have match winners.
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