Krunal Pandya turned the game on its head with a crucial double strike, dismissing Mitchell Marsh and Abdul Samad soon after Rishabh Pant retired hurt, leaving LSG in deep trouble.

His decent four-over spell with two wickets has put LSG stuttering, reducing their run flow.

After being invited to bat first, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram opened the innings while Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened the bowling attack.

Rasik Salam Dar bagged the first wicket for RCB, dismissing Aiden Markram for 12 runs. Rishabh Pant, who came to bat at No.3, got hurt in his left elbow during the 5th over delivered by Josh Hazlewood.

He was retired hurt and went back to dug out. With Pooran and Mitchell Marsh at crease, Lucknow Super Giants scored 35 runs in the powerplay.

With Josh Hazlewood bagged the wicket of Nicholas Pooran for 1 run, Krunal Pandya further inflicted damage to LSG’s batting line up dismissing Mitchell Marsh and Abdul Samad for 40 and duck respectively.

He completed his 4 over spell conceding 38 runs for two wickets at an economy of 9.50. He also completed his 100th wicket in the IPL in 147 games he played and has an economy of 7.52. He has also entered into purple cap race with a total of 7 wickets in 5 games.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing 11: Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar

Imp Sub: Virat Kohli, Venkatesh Iyer, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chouhan, Mangesh Yadav

Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

Imp Sub: Manimaran Siddharth, George Linde, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav