Lucknow Tremendous Giants did the correct matter by opting to bowl initially in damp and clammy circumstances as chasing would be simpler. But very little did they anticipate Rajat Patidar to blow them absent with his maiden IPL century.
IPL 2022 Eliminator: LSG vs RCB
The day evidently belonged to Rajat Patidar (112* off 54 balls) as he was in elegant kind with the ball racing off his bat producing the sweet sound of the perfect make contact with. The drives, flicks and swiveling sixes were a treat to view. On a working day wherever batsmen like Virat Kohli (25 off 24 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (37* off 23 balls) struggled with timing, Patidar’s knock gets to be more outstanding.
RCB plundered 85 runs off the past 30 balls to out a large whole of 207/4. LSG fielding also ended up not upto the mark with a couple of dropped catches – a person of Dinesh Karthik which the captain couldn’t hold on at mid-off and the other was of Patidar’s capture in deep mid-wicket when he was on 79.
For Lucknow Tremendous Giants, KL Rahul (79 off 58 balls) put a good combat with assist from Deepak Hooda (45 off 26 balls) but none of the other LSG batters could match upto the scoring fee.
In the conclude Josh Hazelwood’s (3 wks for 45 operates) bowling turned out to the coronary heart-breaker for Lucknow.