‌IPL 2024 | Twitter lauds as de Kock-Mayank pepper RCB to earn LSG back-to-back wins  

Brief Scores: LSG: 181/2 [de Kock: 81, Pooran: 40*; Maxwell: 4-0-23-2] beat RCB: 153 [Lomror: 33, Patidar: 29; Mayank: 4-0-14-3] by 28 runs.

Playing their third straight home game, Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to field first. Openers Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul gave a flying start before the latter was outdone by Glenn Maxwell to end a 53-run first wicket stand in the sixth over. RCB bowlers slowed down the run rate for the next four overs with Devdutt Padikkal struggling to get going, eventually falling to Siraj. Subsequently, Marcus Stoinis entered the fray and joined de Kock in the assault, adding 56 runs for the third wicket before Maxwell outfoxed his Melbourne Stars’ partner in the 14th over. 17 balls later, de Kock’s 56-ball 81 blitzkrieg came to an end with Ayush Badoni following him back to the pavilion. Just when RCB was in a position to pull things back, Nicholas Pooran’s 21-ball 40 including five sixes propelled the visitors to 181/5. 

Unlike their counterparts, RCB got a brisk start of 40 runs before Manimaran Sidharth induced a leading edge catch off Virat Kohli in the fifth over. Devdutt Padikkal enforced a brilliant direct hit in the following over to remove Faf du Plessis with Glenn Maxwell departing in the same over, summing up a 48-run powerplay. Soon after, Cameron Green fell prey to a Mayank Yadav jaffa, leaving RCB languishing at 58/4 in eight overs. Anuj Rawat and Rajat Patidar tried to stabilize the ship by consolidating 36 runs in the next 31 balls before the former fell cheaply in the 13th over. Patidar followed suit in a space of nine balls before Mahipal Lomror smashed a couple of fours and sixes to help RCB reach 123/6 in 16 overs. However, the attack did not last long as Dinesh Karthik, Lomror, and Mayank Dagar fell in a span of two overs. Although Mohammed Siraj and Reece Topley took the chase till the last over with the former hitting couple of sixes, LSG bowlers bundled them 28 runs short in the end.

Siraj >>> RCB whole batting line-up

— Vishal (@Vishal5813) April 2, 2024

Let's forget this day from life!

One more defeat for RCB on home pitch.

Good win for Lucknow Super Giants.#RCBvLSG

— Nitin Godbole 🇮🇳 (@nitingodbole) April 2, 2024

LOL!

RCB shayad Pichle janam ki श्रापित है !!

— Gaurav Taneja (@flyingbeast320) April 2, 2024

Miya bhai bolteeee!

Tujhe kya laga me sirf Bowling hi janta hu 😎#IPL2024 #mdsiraj #rcb pic.twitter.com/PCPlontpzt

— Mr_Panchal_1998 (@sanjusayyz) April 2, 2024

Sad reality!

Not going to happen, RCB will pick up late in the tournament but won't be enough to qualify

— Lalit Talele (@LalitTalele1) April 2, 2024

That hurts bruh!

Why all ways RCB ......😂#RCBvLSG #ViratKohli𓃵 pic.twitter.com/eiN038zkW7

— Fever (@FeverCricc) April 2, 2024

Wait what? Who are you?

BOYCOTT RCB

— aravind (@aravind07515247) April 2, 2024

Moye moye!!

rcb fandompic.twitter.com/lMXlSKx6yO

— Ashwin Raman (@AshwinRaman_) April 2, 2024

Killing it day by day and match by match!

Endhuk ayya ee brathuku RCB ninnu mosam chesindi pic.twitter.com/YzFyVsN8aF

— 🏴‍☠️ (@NoOne_418) April 2, 2024

:o

Can anyone make an ideal playing xi for RCB please ?

— 1 down 🥸😈🥸😈 (@m37507625) April 2, 2024