Lucknow Tremendous Giants did the proper factor by opting to bowl very first in moist and clammy conditions as chasing would be less difficult. But minimal did they assume Rajat Patidar to blow them away with his maiden IPL century.
IPL 2022 Eliminator: LSG vs RCB
The day clearly belonged to Rajat Patidar (112* off 54 balls) as he was in sublime variety with the ball racing off his bat creating the sweet sound of the ideal get in touch with. The drives, flicks and swiveling sixes were a handle to enjoy. On a day where by batsmen like Virat Kohli (25 off 24 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (37* off 23 balls) struggled with timing, Patidar’s knock becomes much more spectacular.
RCB plundered 85 operates off the last 30 balls to out a significant overall of 207/4. LSG fielding also have been not upto the mark with a pair of dropped catches – 1 of Dinesh Karthik which the captain could not hold on at mid-off and the other was of Patidar’s catch in deep mid-wicket when he was on 79.
For Lucknow Tremendous Giants, KL Rahul (79 off 58 balls) put a very good fight with guidance from Deepak Hooda (45 off 26 balls) but none of the other LSG batters could match upto the scoring amount.
In the close Josh Hazelwood’s (3 wks for 45 runs) bowling turned out to the heart-breaker for Lucknow.