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West Indian all-rounder Romario Shepherd did not make an impact, but RCB beat Nicholas Pooran's LSG to set up a qualifier with leaders Punjab Kings.

LSG made 227 for 3, with captain Rishabh Pant scoring 118 not out in vain.

In reply, RCB reached 230 for 4, with eight balls to spare.
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00:00Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and two Lucknow Supergiants to take first strike
00:04in Tuesday's IPL match.
00:07Nguyen Tashara struck in the third over to make it 25 for one.
00:16Captain Rishabh Pant joined Mitch Marsh and the two put on a solid partnership.
00:23The stand was worth 152 for the second wicket.
00:31Marsh made 67 but Pant achieved triple figures and the LSG captain was cock-a-hooped after
00:37getting there.
00:45Both hit an unbeaten 118 of 61 balls to take LSG to a healthy 227 for three.
00:55In reply, RCB got an opening partnership of 61 from Phil Salt and Virat Kohli in under six
01:01overs.
01:04Salt made Teteh but Kohli went on to get 54.
01:09It reached a stage where RCB were 123 for four following the dismissal of Kohli.
01:16But Mayank Agarwal and captain Jitesh Sharma put on an unbroken stand of 107.
01:22Sharma was the aggressor during the chase, smashing eight fours and six sixes.
01:29Sharma made 85 not out while Agarwal hit an unbeaten 41.
01:34RCB reached 234 from 18.4 overs to finish in second position.
01:40They will face tabletopper's Punjab Kings in Thursday's qualifier.
01:43Venod Nawani, Chiefs Export.
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