Pooran and Stoinis lead LSG to last-ball thriller win

Lucknow Super Giants 213 for 9 (Stoinis 65, Pooran 62, Siraj 3-22, Parnell 3-41) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 212 for 2 (du Plessis 79*, Kohli 61, Maxwell 59) by one wicket

Bengaluru: Powerful half-centuries by Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran and Ayush Badoni's quickfire 30 guided Lucknow Super Giants to one-wicket win in last ball thriller against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Monday.

For LSG Stoinis slammed 65 off 30 while Pooran played a blistering knock of 62 in 19 balls.

 For RCB, Wayne Parnell and Mohammed Siraj bagged three-wicket respectively while Harshal Patel claimed two.

Defending a huge total of 213, Mohammed Siraj drew the first blood in the game as he dismissed Kyle Mayers for a duck in the first over of the innings.

Wayne Parnell then delivered some good balls and stuck twice, dismissing Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya in the 4th over of the game.

The duo of captain KL Rahul and Stoinis brought up their 50-run partnership stand in 30 runs in the 9th over of the game.

Stoinis slammed a much-needed half-century in 25 balls.

Karn Sharma brought RCB back into the game, dismissing Stoinis in red-hot form. Stoinis returned after scoring 65 off 30 deliveries. Siraj then gave Lucknow a big blow as he removed captain KL Rahul for 18.

Pooran and Badoni brought up their 50-run partnership stand in 20 runs. Pooran in blistering red-hot form brought up his half-century in 15 deliveries.

Siraj then gave a twist in the tale as he dismissed dangerous man Nicholas Pooran for 62 off 19 balls. Ayush Badoni was hit wicket and returned to the pavilion after scoring 30 runs.

In the last over, Harshal Patel delivered a full-toss ball to bowled out Mark Wood for one.

On the 5th ball of the last over Patel dismissed Jaydev Unadkat for 9.

Patel went through his stride and then saw non-striker Bishnoi was out of his crease, tried to run out but missed. Threw it back but the umpire said that was not allowed.

Avesh Khan swing the bat with full force and took one run to guide his team home in the last-ball thriller.

Earlier, blistering fifties from Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell guided RCB to 212/2.

For RCB, Kohli slammed 61 and Faf du Plessis played an unbeaten knock of 79 runs off 46 balls while Maxwell scored a blistering 59 in 29 deliveries.

For LSG, Mark Wood and Amit Mishra bagged one wicket each.