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Lucknow, 7 May. Australian opener Mitchell Marsh not only overcame the three hurdles of rain at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium here on Thursday night but also kept the playoff hopes alive for Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) with an explosive century (111 runs, 56 balls, nine sixes, nine fours), which defeated defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore in an interesting battle of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL-19). (RCB) by nine runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method.

Marsh, Puran and Pant took Lucknow to 209 runs.

LSG, which was on the verge of being eliminated in the league round due to six consecutive defeats, after getting the chance to bat first, scored 209 runs for three wickets in 19 overs with the quick innings of ‘Player of the Match’ Marsh, Nicholas Pooran (38 runs, 23 balls, one six, four fours) and captain Rishabh Pant (32 not out, 10 balls, two sixes, four fours). Did it.

RCB had a revised target of 212 runs in 19 overs.

During Lucknow’s innings, play had to be stopped thrice due to rain, which caused a delay of about an hour and after one over was cut, the match was reduced to 19 overs each. When the D/L method was applied, RCB got a revised target of 212 runs in 19 overs.

Efforts of captain Patidar and other batsmen were in vain

In response, after losing openers Jacob Bethel (four runs) and Virat Kohli (zero) in the second over, however, captain Rajat Patidar (61 runs, 31 balls, six sixes, three fours) scored a half-century. Apart from him, Tim David (40 runs, 16 balls, two sixes, two fours), Devdutt Padikkal (34 runs, 25 balls, one six, three fours), Krunal Pandya (28 not out, 16 balls, two sixes, two fours) and Romario Shepherd (23 not out, 15 balls, one six, three fours) also tried as much as possible, including other batsmen, But the visiting team reached 203 runs for six wickets in 19 overs.

RCB missed the opportunity to reach the top of the table

Overall, RCB, which also lost to Gujarat Titans in the last match, suffered its fourth defeat against six wins in 10 matches, missed the chance to reach the top of the table and is in third place with 12 points after Sunrisers Hyderabad (14 points in 11 matches) and Punjab Kings (13 points in 10 matches).

LSG got victory after 6 consecutive defeats

At the same time, LSG, which has lost in the last six matches, is lagging behind in 10th and last place with six points from its third win against seven defeats in 10 matches. However, after winning this match, Pant and Company are mathematically in the race for the playoffs.

Prince Yadav did not allow Virat to open an account

If we look at the innings of RCB, Prince Yadav (3-33) and Mohd. Shami (1-33) spoiled the start. Shami got Bethel caught by Prince in the very first over, while 24-year-old Delhi pacer Prince did not even allow Virat, who was in excellent form, to open his account and bowled him in the next over.

Patidar and Padikkal scored 95 runs on 53 balls.

However, after this, Padikkal and captain Patidar not only took charge of the innings but also batted aggressively and took the score to 104 runs in 10 overs. But Prince struck again and caught Padikkal on his own ball in the 11th over, ending the partnership of 95 runs in 53 balls.

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Jitesh Sharma (one run) also walked in the same over of Prince. RCB needed 103 runs in nine overs. But the team’s hopes were dashed as soon as Patidar was out on the bowling of Shahbaz Ahmed (2-33) in the 12th over.

Krunal’s fast partnerships with David and Romario are useless

Although Tim David hit some attractive shots and made a partnership of 46 runs in 24 balls with Krunal Pandya, he also fell victim to Shahbaz. In the end, Krunal and Romario Shepherd also showed their sharp hands and added unbroken 45 runs in 21 balls. But Digvesh Rathi, who had conceded 50 runs in four overs, bowled well in the last over and did not allow RCB to score 20 runs to win.

Marsh along with Arshin broke 95 runs in 56 balls.

Earlier, keeping Arshin Kulkarni (17, 24 balls, one four) at one end, he made a quick partnership of 95 runs in 56 balls for the first wicket, which gave the team a great start. Marsh completed his fastest half-century in IPL in just 20 balls.

Half century in 20 balls and then second century in IPL

However, at a total of 95, the game had to be stopped for half an hour for the first time due to rain. After the rain stopped, Krunal Pandya ended Kulkarni’s innings. But the new batsman Nicholas Pooran also got into the form as soon as he entered. On the other hand, Marsh completed his second century in IPL by hitting four consecutive fours.

Partnership of 70 runs on 41 balls between Puran and Marsh

Then the game had to be stopped for the third time due to rain. After this, Marsh could not take advantage of a lease of life and Josh Hazlewood dismissed him in the 17th over, putting a break on his fast partnership of 70 runs in 41 balls. After Marsh’s dismissal, Pant also showed his sharp hands in the remaining overs and hit four fours and two sixes during his unbeaten innings of 10 balls. Lucknow scored 54 runs in the last five overs.

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