Why did Lucknow team lose the Eliminator match, Captain KL Rahul gave the reason

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KL Rahul

Kolkata: The Eliminator match of IPL 2022 was played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday. In this match held in Kolkata, Lucknow had to face defeat by 14 runs. After the defeat against RCB, the team of Lucknow was knocked out of the tournament. Batting first, the Bangalore team scored 207 runs for 4 wickets. RCB batsman Rajat Patidar played an unbeaten inning of 112 runs. Chasing the target of 208 runs for victory, the team of Lucknow Super Giants could score 193 runs for 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. After the match, Lucknow captain KL Rahul gave the reason for the defeat.

During the post-match presentation ceremony, Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul said, “The reasons are obvious, due to which we could not win this match. We let ourselves down on the field. The margin of defeat in the match was Rajat Patidar’s innings. When a player plays a good inning, the team wins the match. Apart from this, we also dropped catches. This is a new franchise. We made a lot of mistakes. But you have to learn from it and come back strong. KL Rahul further said, “Our youth team performed well. Mohsin Khan showed what a good bowler he is and what ability he has.

KL Rahul

Heavy on catching
The fielding of Lucknow Super Giants was very poor during the innings of Royal Challengers Bangalore. The team had to bear the brunt of this. In the match, the players of Lucknow left three catches of Rajat Patidar and one of Dinesh Karthik. Patidar’s catch was dropped when he had completed his half-century. Later, Patidar, taking advantage of the lifeline, completed a century in 49 balls. During this, he played a blistering inning of 112 runs in 54 balls. In this innings, he hit 12 fours and 7 sixes. While Dinesh Karthik scored a brilliant 37 runs.

Rajasthan Royals will compete
After registering a victory in the Eliminator match against Lucknow Super Giants, RCB has taken another step towards the final. But before reaching the final, he has to cross another hurdle. On May 27, the RCB team will play against Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier. If Faf du Plessis’s team is successful in winning this match, then it will face Gujarat Titans in the final. The title match of IPL 2022 will be played on May 29.

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