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Xtra Time Web Desk: Rajat Patidar played the innings of his life, scoring a magnificent 112* off 54 balls as Royal Challengers Bangalore knocked out Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runs in the IPL 2022 Eliminator 1 on Wednesday. RCB will now face Rajasthan Royals in the second Qualifier on Friday, which will decide Gujarat Titans’ opposition for Sunday’s final

Riding on Patidar’s innings, RCB scored an imposing 207 for 4 in 20 overs. For LSG, the only saving grace was Mohsin Khan’s superb figures of 1 for 25. In reply, KL Rahul’s 78 off 59 balls didn’t make much of an impact save beefing his individual run-tally as LSG finished on 193 for 6 after 20 overs.

Harshal Patel (4-0-25-1) was outstanding with the ball. Once Josh Hazlewood removed Rahul in the 19th over, it was more or less confirmed that RCB is going through to Eliminator 2. While Rahul helped himself to three fours and five sixes but his 96-run stand with Deepak Hooda (45) did keep LSG in the fight a total of six boundaries compared to 14 sixes told a different story. Especially when RCB hit 21 fours apart from the nine maximums they had in their innings.

Royal Challengers Bangalore will now travel to Ahmedabad to play the Eliminator 2 against Rajasthan Royals on Friday, May 27 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.