<p><strong>Bengaluru:</strong> Quinton de Kock’s astute fifty and pace sensation Mayank Yadav’s youthful brilliance fashioned Lucknow Super Giants’ 28-run romp over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Tuesday.</p> <p>Lucknow constructed their 181 for five around Quinton De Kock’s 81 (56b) and Nicholas Pooran’s unbeaten 40 (21b).</p> <p>RCB threatened to miraculously scale 182 briefly through Mahipal Lomror, who produced a forceful 33 off 13 balls.</p> <p>However, Mayank’s scorching three-wicket haul (3/14) was not to be denied as the hosts were bundled out for 153.</p> <p>But in reality, RCB’s chase never really took off – partly by their own follies and partly by the excellence of Lucknow bowlers.</p> <p>Lucknow opened the bowling with two spinners – Manimaran Siddharth and Krunal Pandya – and it did surprise Faf du Plessis (19 off 13) and Virat Kohli (22 off 16).</p> <p>But the introduction of pacer Naveen-ul-Haq saw Kohli upping the ante, smoking him for six over the bowler's head.</p> <p>The left-arm spinner Siddharth soon fetched the massive wicket of in-form Kohli as the latter’s attempt to go inside out resulted in a simple catch to Devdutt Padikkal at backward point.</p> <p>RCB went on a slide from that point losing skipper du Plessis, to a mindless run-out, Glenn Maxwell and Cameron Green and found themselves at 58 for four in the eighth over.</p> <p>This was the period when Mayank cranked up the pace in his three-over spell (3-0-13-2).</p> <p>Maxwell tried to pull a 151 kmph laser beam from Mayank, but the high pace meant that the Aussie could not time his pull, resulting in a simple catch to Pooran at short mid-wicket.</p> <p>Green was beaten by Mayank’s raw pace as the delivery straightened a bit after pitching on the good length to rattle his off-stump.</p> <p>The right-arm quick later added Rajat Patidar (27) to his kitty to reduce RCB to 103 for six, and the home side was sinking fast then.</p> <p>Earlier, De Kock manifested his exceptional hitting skills with a fifty but Lucknow could not progress beyond a par score.</p> <p>The left-hander selected the bowlers and positions around the ground to play his shots with precision but the RCB bowlers did not allow other batsmen, except Pooran, a free run.</p> <p>The Super Giants went off the block quickly, reaching 32 for no loss in three overs and then making it 54 in the Power Play.</p> <p>Most of the runs came from the blade of De Kock, who took a particular liking for pacer Mohammed Siraj.</p> <p>The South African slammed him for three sixes – two in succession – spread across two overs – two powerful pulls and a handsome loft over mid-wicket.</p> <p>KL Rahul, who captained the side after coming in as an impact sub against Punjab Kings in the previous game, started slowly making six runs off his first 10 balls.</p> <p>But a six off left-arm pacer Yash Dayal gave his innings momentum and later he swept spinner Maxwell for a six.</p> <p>However, Rahul perished soon as an attempt to pull Maxwell’s good length delivery ended up in the palms of Mayank Dagar inside the circle.</p> <p>The second substantial alliance in LSG innings followed Devdutt Padikkal’s exit as De Kock and Marcus Stoinis (24, 15b) added 56 runs off 30 balls for the third wicket.</p> <p>De Kock, who brought his fifty in 36 balls, kept his end going during this alliance as Stoinis hammered a six each off Maxwell and Green as LSG rolled on.</p> <p>But the blooming partnership ended when Stoinis’ half-hearted swat was pouched by Dagar at point. De Kock departed soon, lofting Reece Topley to Dagar at long-on.</p> <p>The LSG were 143 for four in 16.3 overs at that stage and needed a few more runs to reach safer shores.</p> <p>Pooran, who biffed left-armer seamer Topley for three sixes in a row in the 19th over and two more maximums in the final over off Mohammed Siraj, gave them those during his final assault. </p> <p><em><strong>(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)</strong></em></p>
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