Bengaluru: In the 15th league match of the current IPL season, Lucknow Supergiants scored a thrilling one-wicket win against Royal Challengers Bangalore by scoring a run in the last ball.
RCB bowler Harshal Patel bowled the last ball with a low full-toss. Lucknow’s Avesh Khan, who was on strike, missed the ball. The ball fails to clear the stumps. However, the Lucknow players continued to run. At the same time, RCB wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik had removed the glove he was wearing on his right hand with the aim of destroying the stumps as soon as he touched the ball to prevent it.
Yet he fumbled the ball in time to smash the stumps. Lucknow’s Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan completed a run within that time. Dinesh Karthik’s poor performance was pointed out by many fans on social media. Had he done it right, Lucknow would have lost a wicket. That one run would not have been scored. The match would have moved to a super over.
At the same time, we can see some fans saying that Dinesh Karthik is not the only reason for this defeat of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Fans are currently highlighting and trolling him as DK who lost his wicket at a crucial moment in the 2022 T20 World Cup series against Pakistan.
The Lucknow team won the toss and opted to bowl in this match held in Bengaluru. Batting first, Bengaluru scored 212 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs. Kohli, Tuplasi and Maxwell all crossed fifties. Lucknow chased down the target of 213 runs. Meyers, Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya all lost wickets in quick succession. Stoinis scored 65 runs off 30 balls. Captain Rahul also lost his wicket for 18 runs. Nicholas Pooran and Padhoni Sambar, who joined later, played superbly. Puran added 62 runs off 19 balls. Lucknow had scored 189 runs at the end of 17 overs. The team needed just 24 runs from the last three overs to win. In the 19th over, Padhoni lost his wicket in a hit out. The tail-end batsmen of the team struggled to score runs in a way.
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