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IPL 2023 - Faf du Plessis reacts to RCB last ball defeat
Published - 11-APR-2023 5:54 IST | Updated - 12-APR-2024 12:4 IST

IPL 2023 - Faf du Plessis reacts to RCB last ball defeat
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis has given a big reaction to the team's defeat on the last ball in the match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). He said that the way Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran batted in the middle overs, they took the match away from us. According to Faf du Plessis, bowling in the death overs at Chinnaswamy is very difficult.
Batting first, RCB posted a mammoth score of 212 for the loss of 2 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Virat Kohli, captain Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell played blistering innings. After this, Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran played blistering innings for Lucknow Super Giants. Stoinis scored 65 runs in just 30 balls with the help of 6 fours and 5 sixes and Nicholas Pooran scored the fastest half-century of this IPL season. He did this feat in just 15 balls. He played a total of 18 balls and scored 62 runs hitting 4 fours and 7 sixes.
Faf du Plessis statement regarding the defeat
On the last ball of the last over, Lucknow needed one run to win and Avesh Khan was also beaten by Harshal Patel but Dinesh Karthik could not collect the ball properly behind the wickets and taking advantage of this, the batsmen Took one run as Bai and Lucknow team won.
“We are disappointed by this defeat. Lucknow played well in the middle overs. One run was needed off one ball and we were trying our best to get run out. Looking at the wicket, it was a bit slow till overs 7-14. In the last five overs, the ball started skidding and it became easier to play shots. Stoinis and Pooran batted well in the middle overs. It is not easy bowling here in the death overs.”
2023-04-11