IPL 2022 Playoffs: RCB move closer to the final after beating LSG in the Eliminator due to a superlative effort by Rajat Patidar
Lucknow Super Giants did the appropriate factor by opting to bowl initially in damp and clammy circumstances as chasing would be less complicated. But very little did they hope Rajat Patidar to blow them absent with his maiden IPL century.
IPL 2022 Eliminator: LSG vs RCB
The day obviously belonged to Rajat Patidar (112* off 54 balls) as he was in chic variety with the ball racing off his bat creating the sweet audio of the ideal make contact with. The drives, flicks and swiveling sixes were being a address to watch. On a working day in which batsmen like Virat Kohli (25 off 24 balls) and Dinesh Karthik (37* off 23 balls) struggled with timing, Patidar’s knock turns into additional amazing.
RCB plundered 85 operates off the past 30 balls to out a large full of 207/4. LSG fielding also were being not upto the mark with a few of dropped catches – one of Dinesh Karthik which the captain could not keep on at mid-off and the other was of Patidar’s catch in deep mid-wicket when he was on 79.
For Lucknow Super Giants, KL Rahul (79 off 58 balls) place a fantastic combat with assistance from Deepak Hooda (45 off 26 balls) but none of the other LSG batters could match upto the scoring level.
In the conclude Josh Hazelwood’s (3 wks for 45 runs) bowling turned out to the coronary heart-breaker for Lucknow.
