Chasing a modest 147, RCB got home with nearly five overs to spare to go top of the table. Virat Kohli (49, 34b, 6×4, 1×6), who came in as an Impact Player, scored the most, but it was captain Rajat Patidar\u2019s two breath-taking sixes off Mohammed Shami \u2013 over long-on and above fine-leg \u2013 that will remain long in memory.<\/p>\n
By T20 standards, much of the contest was slow-burn. The hitting was not manic, the atmosphere not so frenzied, and the 29,000 odd fans did not have as many moments as they usually would to let out the gasps and whoops.<\/p>\n
But even that will not help LSG from feeling tarred and feathered, as it came up with another abject batting effort. It will also feel knackered, for Rishabh Pant, hit on his left elbow by Josh Hazlewood while batting, did not come out to keep.<\/p>\n
After Patidar asked the visitors to bat, LSG started gingerly, scoring just 16 runs from the first 17 balls. When Mitchell Marsh hit the last delivery of the third over \u2013 from Bhuvneshwar Kumar \u2013 onto the roof over square-leg, it was expected to have an unshackling effect.<\/p>\n
What followed was the exact opposite. Aiden Markram\u00a0was out in bizarre fashion, caught at cover off a full toss down the leg-side by Rasikh Salam. Pant retired hurt off the third ball he faced, and Nicholas Pooran\u2019s wretched run continued (1, 7b) as the excellent Hazlewood (4-0-20-1) forced him to play on.<\/p>\n