The 15th match of the 2023 Indian Premier League was played on April 10 between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants. There were many ups and downs in this match held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Until the last ball it was not decided who would win the match. But in the end the team from Lucknow won. RCB scored 212 runs for 2 wickets while playing first. Lucknow completed the target of 213 for the win at the last ball with the loss of 9 wickets. Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis looked very disappointed after the loss against Lucknow. After the game, he said that in order to win it will be necessary to do the best performance.
After the unexpected loss against Lucknow Super Giants, the face of RCB captain Faf Du Plessis was clearly disappointed. He said after the game: ‘I’m disappointed with the loss. He obviously played well in the intermissions. But I thought we made a great comeback. I expected a run on the last ball. Initially the scoring was slow from 7 to 14 overs. But in the last five overs the ball was coming well at bat, which continued in the second innings as well. Faf du Plessis further said: ‘I tried all my weapons. Unfortunately, he attacked our main caster a lot. Harshal Patel’s first 2 overs were expensive. But he then he came back. It’s hard to bowl in death overs. You have to give your best to win.
This is the second straight loss for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023. RCB is looking for a second win since the resounding victory against Mumbai Indians on April 2. On April 6, Bangalore had to face loss against Kolkata Knight Riders by 81 runs. And on April 10, Lucknow defeated him by 1 wicket. After 2 consecutive defeats, the RCB team has fallen to number seven in the points table. In 2023, Bangalore has 2 points from 3 matches.
