Lucknow win last-ball IPL thriller after Pooran blitz

Thriller? It can be said. 5 runs are needed in the last over to win. 3 wickets in hand. It is not that difficult to win the match from here. But Lucknow Super Giants won this match with difficulty.

4 runs in the first 5 balls, 2 wickets fell! Fortunately, Abesh Khan managed to get 1 run off the last ball of Harshal Patel's bye. And in that last ball, Lucknow took a thrilling victory by 1 wicket. Thinking that Royal Challengers Bangalore may suffer, how much should be raised if they do not win by scoring 212 runs for 2 wickets!

A tournament where exactly how many runs are safe is very difficult to say. Marcus Stoinis started the job for Lucknow in big run chase today. After falling for 3 wickets for 23 runs, this Australian scored 65 runs from 30 balls with 5 sixes and 6 fours.

Nicholas the Elder stormed under Stoinis. Played a monster innings of 62 runs off 19 balls with 7 sixes and 4 fours. This is the fastest fifty in the IPL this season. Ayush Badoni's 30-run innings from 24 balls came from the bat of Ayush Badoni, who came down as an 'Impact Player'. Mohammad Siraj and Wayne Parnell took 3 wickets each for Bengaluru.

Earlier, Virat Kohli had never scored so many runs (42) in the IPL Powerplay when he came down to open for Bengaluru. After 56 runs in the powerplay, the run rate started to decrease, only 48 runs were made in the next 7 overs, Kohli who scored 61 runs with 4 fours and sixes returned from 44 balls. Glenn Maxwell, joined by Faf du Plessis, then stormed. Bengaluru scored 212 runs for 2 wickets after scoring 108 runs in the last 7 overs.

Du Plessis and Maxwell made a partnership of 115 runs from 50 balls after Kohli's return. Maxwell, who was dismissed with 1 ball to spare, hit 6 sixes with 3 fours in a 29-ball 59-run innings, reaching his fifty off 24 balls.

Du Plessis, who ended up unbeaten on 79, hit 5 fours and a six in a 46-ball innings, including one off Ravi Bishnoi.

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