Royal Challengers Bangalore end the Eliminator jinx. They are through to the Qualifier 2 of IPL 2022. The Faf du Plessis-led team beat Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Eliminator by 14 runs to set up a clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR). It was a tense defence for RCB as Luckow stayed in the hunt till the very end.
However, some top-class death bowling from Harshal Patel and Josh Hazlewood saved the day for Bangalore. The duo defended 41 runs in the last three overs to seal the deal for RCB. While Hazlewood took the important wicket of KL Rahul, Patel only conceded 10 runs in the 20th over to help RCB progress to the next round.
Earlier, Rajat Patidar did the job with the bat for RCB. The young batter scored 112* off 54 balls to help his team post a healthy total (207/4). With RCB making it to the semifinals, Twitter erupted in joy. While some praised Hazlewood and Harshal for their disciplined bowling, some reserved high praise for Rajat Patidar. Check out the top reactions from the game here:
Gambhir bhai waiting for Krunal Pandya in dressing room after powerplay…..
#LSGvRCB pic.twitter.com/MnlMKmHZQX
— Ash (@SavageClown666) May 25, 2022
RCB fans after watching Rajat Patidar's batting till now! #RCBvLSG #LSGvRCB pic.twitter.com/BH0yWLHFml
— Abhishek Tripathi (@abhithecomic) May 25, 2022
RCB 😂😂😂😂 Kohli 😂😂#LSGvRCB #RCBVSLSG
Big players of RCB in payoffs: pic.twitter.com/Eem7DLY8bo
— Rohit.Bishnoi (@The_kafir_boy_2) May 25, 2022
#LSGvRCB
Every RCB fans to virat kohli: pic.twitter.com/yeaONllJzg— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) May 25, 2022
#RCBVSLSG #LSGvRCB
After the dismissial of the kohli,fans expecting great knock from maxwell
*Le maxwell to fans: pic.twitter.com/9azt7Sg7K0— न्यूटन (@eye_shark_nutan) May 25, 2022
#LSGvRCB #RCBVSLSG
Avesh Khan taken the wicket of Virat kohli pic.twitter.com/0R47bV7Rja— 마륵 타망😷😷 (@_Marktamang) May 25, 2022
#LSGvRCB
Rajat patidar in todays match: pic.twitter.com/tSGHEGadCa— Prayag (@theprayagtiwari) May 25, 2022
Rajat Patidar to #Rcb management and fans: #IPL2022 #RCBvLSG #LSGvRCB pic.twitter.com/hepj2tcyd1
— Sury Bhan Yadav। सूर्य भान यादव (@ImSury09) May 25, 2022
DK Bro Just Grab That Trophy and Run As Fast As You Can 🏃♂️ #LSGvRCB #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/yxeCPL4Vxa
— Dr Khushboo 🇮🇳 (@khushbookadri) May 25, 2022
Out of syllabous #IPLplayoffs #LSGvRCB #rajatpatidar pic.twitter.com/GbvUTXwzq8
— Ritesh Chandra (@rittesh_chandra) May 25, 2022
RCB fans:#RCBvLSG #LSGvRCB pic.twitter.com/EGYVzPKuMX
— J I G A R (@thatfilmymonk) May 25, 2022
#LSGvRCB #RCBvsLSG #Eliminator
Harshal Patel gave 6 extra runs,
RCB fans : pic.twitter.com/W7NACH05Vd
— g0v!ñD $#@®mA (@rishu_1809) May 25, 2022
Following RCB not for the faint hearted #LSGvRCB #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/rkOSjsg8na
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) May 25, 2022
One RCB fan after winning#LSGvRCB #RCBVSLSG pic.twitter.com/HMBCMRQ5jV
— भाई साहब (@Bhai_saheb) May 25, 2022
-Players Enjoying because they entered in Eliminator because of luck
-Rajat patidar who is focused on performance #LSGvRCB pic.twitter.com/13LFw6LRAY— sankastics (@runwal_sanket) May 25, 2022
#LSG team owner to @klrahul: #LSGvRCB #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/hddosgJU44
— Krunal Dodiya KD (@krunalofficial) May 25, 2022
RCB finally into the Playoffs #LSGvRCB pic.twitter.com/5oD6wyJpVr
— Anuj🌈🦄 (@awwwwwnuj) May 25, 2022
