Lucknow Super Giants have defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 28 runs in the 15th match of IPL 2024. Batting first, Lucknow scored 181 runs after losing five wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Bengaluru team was reduced to 153 runs in 19.4 overs. Mayank Yadav once again wreaked havoc and took three wickets. In the last match, he also won the match against Punjab Kings by taking three wickets. He was given the Player of the Match award for the second consecutive match.

This is Bengaluru's third defeat in four matches. At the same time, this is Lucknow's second consecutive win in three matches. With this victory, Lucknow team has come to fourth place in the points table with four points. At the same time, Bengaluru team is at ninth position, one place above Mumbai. An unwanted record has also been added to the name of RCB. They have become the first team to be all out this season.

Lucknow's innings

Lucknow had a steady start after losing the toss and batting first. There was a partnership of 53 runs for the first wicket between Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul. Rahul was out after scoring 20 runs. After this, Devdutt Padikkal also left the pavilion after scoring six runs. Maxwell then got Marcus Stoinis caught by Mayank Dagar. He could score 24 runs.

Meanwhile, De Kock completed the 22nd half-century of his IPL career. He was out after scoring 81 runs in 56 balls with the help of eight fours and five sixes. Ayush Badoni could not open account. At the same time, Nicholas Puran played an unbeaten inning of 40 runs in 21 balls with the help of one four and five sixes. Maxwell took two wickets for Bengaluru. Whereas, Topli, Yash Dayal and Siraj got one wicket each.

Bengaluru's innings

The Bengaluru team, which came to chase the target of 182 runs, had a good start. Virat Kohli and Faf Duplessis had added 40 runs in 25 balls. After this, in the fifth over, spinner M Siddharth got Kohli caught by Padikkal. Kohli was out after scoring 22 runs in 16 balls. After this there was a flurry of wickets. Faf Duplessis was out after scoring 19 runs. At the same time, Mayank Yadav pushed Bengaluru on the backfoot by sending Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green and Rajat Patidar to the pavilion.

No Bengaluru batsman could play Mayank's fast ball. He took three wickets for 14 runs in four overs. Anuj Rawat was out after scoring 11 runs, Dinesh Karthik was out after scoring four runs. Mahipal Lomror played an inning of 33 runs in 13 balls with the help of three fours and three sixes, but could not lead his team to victory. Mayank Dagar could not open the account. Reece Topley could score three runs. Apart from Mayank, Naveen Ul Haq took two wickets from Lucknow. Whereas, M Siddharth, Yash Thakur and Marcus Stoinis took one wicket each.