00:00Asked to bat first, the Lucknow Supergiants were desperate to find some batting form.
00:05A few early scoring shots masked their issues.
00:11Only twice have any of their top five batters made half-centuries,
00:15and Aidan Markram was not going to change that as he fell on 12.
00:19Skipper Risha Pant was forced off after taking a blow from Josh Hazlewood.
00:24Nicholas Perran's wretched form is now a genuine cause for concern for the Supergiants.
00:28Mitchell Marsh top-scored with 40, but when he and Abdul Samad departed at 83 for 4, things were grim.
00:36Ayush Badoni and Mukul Chowdhury, the last two Lucknow batters to score half-centuries, were trying.
00:41But neither got beyond their 30s, as the Lucknow Supergiants' batting woes continued, dismissed for only 146.
00:49But the Royal Challenger's run chase started negatively.
00:52Virat Kohli's good batting form continued.
00:55As is that. Magnificent.
00:58He and Devidut Padikal added 57 for the second wicket before the latter departed,
01:03and Kohli just missed out on his half-century 20 runs later.
01:07With the deficit down to 59, Captain Rajat Padida and Jitis Sharma took them even closer.
01:13Even Prince Yadav's double strike removing the pair couldn't prevent the inevitable.
01:21As Romare Shepard and Tim David completed the quick execution.
01:26Getting to 149 for 5 to win by 5 wickets with 29 balls to spare.
01:32Terence Clark, TV6 Sport.
01:33And for the Royals.
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