IPL 2023, During the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants game, three records were broken
In IPL 2023 on Monday night, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Lucknow Super Giants by one wicket. Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi of LSG maintained composure to assist their team win a tense match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium by stealing a bye on the decisive ball.
In Bengaluru, the Super Giants won the toss and chose to bat first. Although Royal Challengers Bangalore got off to a strong start, the choice worked against LSG. The completion of both Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis’ half-centuries provided the foundation for a significant score.
Glenn Maxwell contributed to the Royal Challengers’ innings-ending score of 212-2 with a thunderous 59 off 29. The Super Giants lost Deepak Hooda and Kyle Mayers in the powerplay overs while attempting to chase down a huge target in order to win their third game of IPL 2023.
KL Rahul also failed to score immediately, and it appeared that LSG would lose to RCB severely. Yet the game was won by LSG thanks to the quick-fire innings of Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis. Pooran scored 62 in 19 balls, while Stoinis added 65 in 29.
IPL 2023, During the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants game, three records were broken
By picking up several wickets in the slog overs, RCB attempted to recover. The final solution was five off of six balls. Even though Harshal Patel gave it his all to help RCB win the match, LSG prevailed by one wicket on the final ball.
In Bengaluru, it was a night to remember. The three records that were broken during the IPL 2023 match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants are listed below.
#1 AB de Villiers’ record was broken by Faf du Plessis
Fastest to 3500 IPL runs
(Inngs wise)
91 – KL Rahul
95 – Chris Gayle
103 – David Warner
112 – Faf Duplessis*
119 – AB Devilliers
119 – Suresh Raina
120 – Virat Kohli
On Monday night at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Faf du Plessis, the skipper of Royal Challengers Bangalore, played a superb innings of 79 off 46 deliveries. Du Plessis completed 3,500 runs in the IPL during his 79-run innings.
He broke AB de Villiers’ record for the fewest innings needed by a South African batter to attain the milestone by accomplishing it in his 112th IPL game. KL Rahul is the record holder overall (91 innings).
#2 Chennai Super Kings’ record was broken by Lucknow Super Giants
At 23-3, Lucknow Super Giants were trailing but scored with the final ball to make it 213-9. With their comeback victory, LSG broke the previous record for the most runs scored by a side (190) in an IPL match following the loss of the third wicket.
The previous record-holder was Chennai Super Kings. After CSK lost their third wicket against Punjab Kings in 2008, they scored 178 runs to go from 57-3 to 240-5.
#3 In an IPL 2023 game, Harshal Patel broke Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s record
After Lasith Malinga, Harshal Patel is now the second-fastest player overall to reach 100 IPL wickets.
Indians to reach 100 IPL wickets (innings) most quickly:
- 79 – Harshal*
- 81 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- 83 = Amit Mishra, Ashish Nehra, Yuzvendra Chahal
In IPL 2023 on Monday night, Harshal Patel took two wickets for RCB. He set a new record for the fewest innings needed by an Indian to complete 100 wickets in the IPL. In his 79th innings, Patel achieved the milestone.
The record was previously held by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who finished 81 innings with his 100th wicket. Lasith Malinga holds the overall record after taking his 100th wicket in his 70th innings.