By Admin 
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Lucknow Super Giants by 9 runs in the match held on Thursday. In this rain-affected match, Lucknow, batting first, scored 209 runs in 19 overs. Under the Duckworth-Lewis rule, RCB had a target of 213 runs to win, but the team remained 10 runs away from victory. Although even after losing, they broke a big record of Chennai Super Kings.
In this match held in Ekana, Rajat Patidar won the toss and chose to bowl first. Lucknow Super Giants were able to reach 209 runs due to Mitchell Marsh’s stormy cross. Marsh completed his century in 49 balls, he scored a total of 111 runs. RCB did not have a good start while chasing the target, Jacob Bethal (4) was dismissed by Mohammed Shami in the first over. In the very next over, Prince Yadav bowled Virat Kohli (0).
After this, RCB made a great comeback with the partnership of 95 runs between Devdutt Padikkal and captain Rajat Patidar. Padikkal scored 34 runs in 25 balls and Patidar scored 61 runs in 31 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 3 fours. When Padikkal was out, Bengaluru’s score was 104 runs in 10 overs, the team was in a good position but the new batsman Jitesh Sharma was out after playing only 3 balls and scoring 1 run. This created pressure on the team.
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However, Tim David, who came as an impact player after Jitesh’s dismissal, did not let the pressure last long, he played a brilliant inning of 40 runs in 17 balls. Krunal Pandya scored 28 runs in 16 balls and Romario Shepherd scored 23 runs in 15 balls. 20 runs were needed to win in the last over, Digvesh Singh Rathi gave only 10 runs in the last over and Lucknow won the match by 9 runs.
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RCB broke CSK’s record
However, despite losing, Royal Challengers Bangalore broke a record of Chennai Super Kings. RCB became the team scoring the most 200 plus runs in IPL history. Bengaluru has scored 200 or more runs for the 40th time. CSK has scored 200 plus runs 39 times. In this matter, Punjab Kings is in third place, which has done this 38 times.