In the 15th match of the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore faced Lucknow Super Giants on Monday. After the fifty of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis, based on Glenn Maxwell's fiery half-century, the team scored 212 runs at the loss of 2 wickets. Nicholas Pooran set the record for the fastest fifty in the season for the Lucknow Super Giants chasing the target and the team won by losing 9 wickets.
KL Rahul flop, Stoinis, and Pooran blast
Chasing a big score, the team of Lucknow Super Giants got off to a very poor start. Mohammad Siraj bowled and sent back Kyle Mayer, who is running in top form. After this, Deepak Hooda and then Krunal Pandya returned after getting out. Nicholas Pooran stepped on the field in trouble and exploded as soon as he arrived. Scored fifty runs in just 15 balls, scoring 3 fours and 6 sixes.
Breath-taking last over
The last over was thrilling and everything was in sight. 5 runs were needed off 6 balls and 2 wickets fell in this over. While bowling, there was also an attempt at Mankading from Harshal Patel but in the end, Lucknow won. The team's eighth wicket fell on the second when 4 runs were needed. 3 runs were scored and then the wicket fell on the fifth ball. On the last ball, Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi got the win by running fast.
Hit pair of Virat and Du Plessis
The pair of Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis once again made a bang against Lucknow Super Giants. Together they shared a 96-run partnership for the first wicket. Kohli completed Fifty off 35 balls, hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes. Amit Sharma broke this pair. The former captain was dismissed after playing an inning of 61 runs and after that Faf started the blast. Fifty was completed by hitting 3 fours and as many sixes in 35 balls. After this, The Big Show was seen when Glenn Maxwell came and scored a half-century on 24 balls. Together with the captain, he took the score to 200.