So, RCB lose their second game at home. They will have to get back to drawing board quickly. The IPL caravan moves back to Visakhapatnam tomorrow where the Delhi Capitals will face the Kolkata Knight Riders. Do join us for that clash.
For now, this is Akshay Bhide, signing off, on behalf of my co-commentators AkshayaKrishna Polya and Sidharth Gulati and scorer Paras Yadav. Until next time, cheers and good bye.
Mayank Yadav (POTM): "Thank you so much, sir. I got two Player of the Match awards in two matches. But I am really happy to see my team winning both matches.
My aim is to play for my country for as many years as possible. This is just the beginning. The work to achieve the bigger goal of playing for the country will continue.
The wicket to get rid of Cameron Green is my favourite one out of three.
There are a lot of things you need to make a habit of to bowl fast. You need to take care of your diet, sleep cycle, your recovery, training, and a few more stuff. I take diet as one of the most important factor and also focus on recovery."
PLAYER OF THE MATCH: MAYANK YADAV
KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants Skipper):"Overall, a really good performance. It was obvious that the wicket was a bit tricky. Help for the fast bowlers and it was a bit sticky. By the time the opposition's bowlers got what length to bowl here, we had already scored a good amount of runs. We decided to use the wicket. Not go for the yorkers straightaway. Here in Chinnaswamy, the pressure can get to you and we did well to bowl the right lengths.
(On keeping to Mayank Yadav) One ball hit me really hard. But it was nice to see Mayank bowl. He has waited patiently for two years. He missed out due to an injury. He spent some time in Bombay and it was great to see him. It was nice to see him bowl from 20 yards behind the stumps.
(On impressive record while defending) Every time we come to the ground, we have meetings. The coach or the analyst ask what I want to do on winning the toss. I get tempted to say bowl first because that's the trend in T20 cricket. But our record speaks differently. The good thing I'm doing is losing the tosses and I'm getting to bat first (laughs).
We won't call it a setback. How we view our games is crucial. The way we stay in the game. If the opposition blasts us out, there may be time to speak. But it's okay do things wrong because the opposition also comes to the ground and try to win. In the first game, we tried hard but they bowled. It was their home ground. But since then, we have been doing well. Powerplay bowling is a big question mark for us in two seasons. Trying to fix those things. We gone with spin in this game and there is an obvious match-up against spin. We also got wickets and we will try picking up wickets in the powerplays."
Most Fours in the Match: Quinton de Kock (8 boundaries)
Super Sixes of the Match: Quinton de Kock (5 maximums)
Fantasy Player of the Match: Quinton de Kock (113 points)
Electric Striker of the Match: Mahipal Lomror (33 off 13 at a SR of 253)
Time for the post-match presentation...
RCB becomes the first team to get knocked over in IPL 2024.