IPL 2023: Nicholas Pooran plays a stunner as LSG defeat RCB in a high-scoring thriller

On a Monday evening, the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru produced a batting exhibition. In a match that saw over 425 runs being scored, Lucknow Super Giants prevailed over Royal Challengers Bangalore by just one wicket and zero balls to spare in a high-octane thriller.

Chasing a mammoth 213, Nicholas Pooran played a freakish innings, scoring 62 off 19 to put Lucknow Super Giants in the driver’s seat after they were reduced to 23/3 in 3.6 overs. In what can best be described as a carnage, the West Indies batter scored seven sixes and four fours and registered the fastest fifty of the season, putting RCB into a conundrum.

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Although it was a poor batting show from the rest of the batting line-up, Marcus Stoinis had given LSG a platform with a fine innings at a crucial stage. However, in the see-saw battle, RCB found reprieve briefly after Karn Sharma dismissed him for 65 off 30. With little help from captain KL Rahul who scored a labouring 18 off 20, Pooran then pulled off the near miracle before Mohammed Siraj dismissed him in...

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