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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