The Royal Challengers Bangalore became the second franchise to score 10 points in IPL 2022 last night as they registered their fifth win of the season while playing against the Lucknow Super Giants at the Brabourne Stadium. Interestingly, two former Chennai Super Kings players, Josh Hazlewood and Faf du Plessis helped the Bangalore-based franchise win the match.
Speaking about the match between the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Lucknow Super Giants, LSG won the match and invited RCB to bat first. Although the Bangalore-based franchise lost two quick wickets, a 96-run innings from captain Faf du Plessis ensured that RCB finished with a competitive score of 181/6 in their 20 overs.
Chasing 182 runs to win, the Lucknow Super Giants lost wickets at regular intervals. Krunal Pandya played a good innings of 42 runs, but he did not receive support from other players and eventually, LSG lost by 18 runs. Josh Hazlewood stole the show for RCB with a four-wicket haul.
He picked up the wickets of Quinton de Kock, Manish Pandey, Ayush Badoni and Marcus Stoinis. Speaking with the host broadcasters after the match, Hazlewood said:
“I’m really enjoying it particularly at the start and at this ground. Wankhede’s got some good bounce but here at DY, it’s unreal with the new ball. You can go for runs if you get it wrong but if you get it right you can create a couple of wicket opportunities.”
Fans on Twitter feel that CSK made a big mistake by releasing Faf du Plessis and Josh Hazlewood
Both Faf du Plessis and Josh Hazlewood played an integral role in the Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2021 championship win last year. However, both weren’t retained by the franchise. Also, the Super Kings allowed RCB to sign the two overseas stars.
This year, RCB has performed better than CSK, and here’s how fans on Twitter reacted to it:
Hazlewood and Faf du Plessis winning match for RCB.
#RCBvsLSG* CSK Fans : pic.twitter.com/y4RxzovLZV
Advertisement— Manoj Pareek (@mrpareekji) April 19, 2022
Faf and Hazlewood were the standout players today
CSK blood💛💔 pic.twitter.com/WxaXCft4fKAdvertisement— Varun 🦁 (@cskianvarun07) April 19, 2022
Faf du Plessis : 96 runs
Hazlewood : 4 WicketsAdvertisementCSK Fans : pic.twitter.com/1ONSPcvsqb
— Dr. Cric Point (@drcricpoint) April 19, 2022
Hazlewood 4 wickets
Faf Du plessis 96 runsMan my csk heart is crying 😭
Really csk management fails to buy these guys at auction badly …
Why leo whyy 😤 @ChennaiIPL#RCBvsLSG— 𝓕𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓪 𝓢𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓴z 🎀 (@Iamfatimashaikz) April 19, 2022
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RCB winning this season on the back of Ex-CSK players like Hazlewood and Faf. They will forever remain indebted to CSK.
— ` (@FourOverthrows) April 19, 2022
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Thank you CSK for Hazlewood and Faf du Plessis : RCB#RCBvsLSG pic.twitter.com/ACb4u0YewL
— Manoj Pareek (@mrpareekji) April 19, 2022
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Faf scoring majority of runs , Hazlewood taking care of death bowling – as a CSK fan , watching all these pic.twitter.com/FewU4kLCG4
— 🎰 (@unmaivilambbi) April 19, 2022
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No wonder CSK are woeful this season! That's what happens when you let players like Faf and Hazlewood go!
— Anirudh (@OffDrive_) April 19, 2022
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Faf & Hazlewood putting up a show.
So happy for our boys💛#IPL #CSK #Yellove pic.twitter.com/NgvLLoXEFV— Jake Peralta (@Jakeyp718) April 19, 2022
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Chennai’s loss is Bangalore’s gain. Faf and Hazlewood. #RCB has been superb thus far…finding ways to win when a lot seems lost. 👏👏 #IPL2022
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) April 19, 2022
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