De Kock fifty, Mayank Yadav's fiery pace give LSG 28-run win over RCB

Quinton de Kock's astute fifty and pace sensation Mayank Yadav's youthful brilliance fashioned Lucknow Super Giants' Super Giants' Super Giants' 28-run romp over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match on Tuesday. Lucknow constructed their 181 for five around Quinton De Kock's 81 (56b) and Nicholas Pooran's unbeaten 40 (21b). RCB threatened to miraculously scale 182 briefly through Mahipal Lomror, who produced a forceful 33 off 13 balls. However, Mayank's scorching three-wicket haul (3/14) was not to be denied as the hosts were bundled out for 153.

But in reality, RCB's chase never really took off - partly by their own follies and partly by the excellence of Lucknow bowlers.

Lucknow opened the bowling with two spinners - Manimaran Siddharth and Krunal Pandya - and it did surprise Faf du Plessis (19 off 13) and Virat Kohli (22 off 16).