The new entrants, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are locking horns with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the eliminator of the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. A hilarious incident took place in the second innings when Mahipal Lomror made a hilarious attempt to save a boundary and it left the fans in splits.
Earlier, LSG skipper, KL Rahul decided to bowl first. While RCB made one change as Mohammed Siraj replaced Siddharth Kaul, LSG made a couple of changes as K Gowtham and Jason Holder made way for Krunal Pandya and Dushmantha Chameera, Rajat Patidar was in sublime touch as he remained unbeaten on 112 off 54 balls to help RCB pile up 207/4.
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Patidar was ably supported by Dinesh Karthik, who remained unbeaten on 37 off 23 balls. During the 16th over, Rajat Patidar hit Ravi Bishnoi with three superb sixes. Rajat Patidar laced his innings with 12 fours and seven sixes in his stupendous knock, while Karthik had hit five fours and one six. They helped RCB to reach a huge score of 208 in their quota of 20 overs.
The LSG openers came out to chase the score but they were an early jolted as Quinton de Kock was dismissed for 6 from 5 balls. However, during the innings, an incident that happened on the ground left the commentators on air in splits.
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Josh Hazelwood was bowling the third ball of the second over when KL Rahul flicked it off the pads and the ball was racing towards the square leg boundary and Mahipal Lomror and Harshal Patel tried to save it. However, initially, the two fielders crashed into each other which hurt Harshal Patel then in a comedy of errors saw the ball roll towards the boundary and Mahipal Lomror needed three attempts to save the ball from going to the fence.
Here is the video the incident involving Mahipal Lomror: