Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore could only score only 126 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs.

After winning the toss, Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Faf du Plessis opted to bat first.

RCB innings:

Knowing that there chance of rains in Lucknow, openers Virat Kohli and skipper Faf du Plessis gave a solid start to RCB.

Before being dismissed by Ravi Bishnoi in the 9th over, Kohli scored 31 runs in 30 balls. Following this, other RCB batters seems to struggle as wickets tumbled one after the other. However, Plessis (44) kept his cool and was scoring from one end.

But then, batters could score only 93 runs in 15.2 overs as rains played a stopped the play.

Following this when match resumed at 9:15 pm, reliable Dinesh Kartik entered the field and tried building a partnership with Plessis, who was departed by Amit Mishra in the 17th over.

But Kartik too couldn’t remain on the pitch and was run out by Yash Thakur in the 19th over. Later, the wickets started falling like pack of cards. And by the end of 20 over, RCB could only score only 126 runs after losing 9 wickets.

For LSG, Naveen-ul-Haq took three wickets, Ravi Bishnoi and Amit Mishra took 2 wickets, while Krishnappa Gowtham picked one.

LSG innings:

Despite chasing a comparatively lesser target, the LSG batting line-up tumbled from the very beginning.

Opener Kyle Mayers (0), Ayush Badoni (4), Krunal Pandya (14) and Deepak Hooda (1) walked to pavilion in the powerplay only.

Though Marcus Stonis (13) did try to stablise the LSG innings, he too was shown the way to bench by Karn Sharma in the 11th over.

Following this Krishnappa Gowtham (23) was run out by Sonu Yadav in the 12th over. He was the only player who crossed the mark of 20 runs.

By the end of 19.5 overs, LSG lost all its wickets and could score only 108 runs.

For RCB, Karn Sharma and Josh Hazlewood picked 2 wickets each, while Mohammed Siraj, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel and Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva took one wicket each.

In the current IPL points table, LSG is at the second spot with 10 points, while RCB is at the sixth spot with 8 points. LSG in its 8 matches played, won 5, while RCB won 4 out of 8 played.

In the current IPL points table, LSG is at the third spot with 10 points, while RCB climbed to the fifth spot with 10 points. LSG in its 9 matches played, won 5, while RCB too won 5 out of 9 played. The difference in the ranking is due net run rate.