Bangalore beat Lucknow
Royal Challengers Bangalore rode on skipper Faf du Plessis' breezy 96 and Josh Hazlewood's brilliant bowling to inflict an 18-run defeat on Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL on Tuesday. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
Faf du Plessis
Du Plessis roared back to form after a string of low scores with a 64-ball knock to help RCB post 181/6 after being sent into bat. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
Josh Hazlewood
Hazlewood (4/25) then picked two wickets upfront and two at the fag end as RCB restricted LSG to 163/8 to register their fifth win of the season. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
Virat Kohli
Dushmantha Chameer (2/31 off 3) bowled a fruitful first over for LSG, snaring the wickets of opener Anuj Rawat (4) and Virat Kohli for a first-ball duck. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell (23) slammed Chameera for two fours and a six in the third over before falling to Krunal Pandya (1/29) as RCB slipped to 44/3. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
Solid stand
Du Plessis switched gears in the slog overs with Dinesh Karthik and they took RCB beyond the 180-run mark. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
Last ball dismissal
Du plessis came close to scoring his maiden IPL century but was dismissed by Holder with one ball left in the innings. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
LSG's chase rocked
Hazlewood rocked LSG's chase early using the bounce and movement on offer, he accounted for Quinton de Kock (3) and Manish Pandey (6) in quick time. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
KL Rahul
LSG skipper KL Rahul made his way back to the dug out soon after Pandey as a delivery down the leg-side kissed his bat and RCB successfully reviewed it. (BCCI/IPL/PTI Photo)
Marcus Stoinis
Krunal Pandya (42) fell to Glenn Maxwell, while Deepak Hooda (13), Marcus Stoinis (24) and Ayush Badoni (13) were guilty of wasting their starts. (BCCI/IPL Photo)
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