Live Report: Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, IPL 2022 Eliminator, Kolkata
By Shashank KishoreThey were in it going into the last four, but faltered after losing Stoinis and Rahul. Royal Challengers Bangalore, who couldn't get past the Eliminator in the last two editions, are now a step further. They will play Rajasthan Royals in Q2 in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Teaser from Sidharth Monga's bulletin: The star of the show: Rajat Patidar, who came in mid-season as cover for an injury to Luvnith Sisodia and scored a sensational unbeaten 112 off 54 to propel RCB into the second Qualifier. There was an element of fate to Patidar’s innings: he had already done a grand job but since he was dropped in the 16th over, he scored 40 off 14 balls. His partner in carnage, Dinesh Karthik, too survived a close lbw before scoring and a dropped catch on two before putting together 92 in 6.5 overs.
Lucknow Super Giants will rue those dropped catches because they came close in the end. Almost throughout the innings their worm stayed ahead of RCB’s, but 84 in the last five overs was too tough an act to follow. LSG captain KL Rahul’s innings will divide opinion: he stayed conservative till the ask reached 99 off seven overs, and his jump from 48 off 42 to 79 off 58 proved to be not enough.