RR vs LSG, IPL 2022 Highlights: RR survive Stoinis's late fightback, beat LSG by 3 runs

It looked like it might be a one-sided contest a number of times throughout the LSG innings but somehow, it did come down to the last three balls. That brings LSG's winning run to an end at three matches, RR jump to the top of the table with three wins from four matches. SunRisers Hyderabad will be facing Gujarat Titans tomorrow at the DY Patil stadium so do tune it for that. Goodbye!

Boult says he is being careful not to give Neesham too much credit but it was his New Zealand team mate who suggested to bowl the spear that he directed at Rahul. "It was a late call in the morning. It was Neesham's idea. Rahul is a great player, he has had my number a few times but nice for a plan like that to come off," Boult tells the host broadcaster.

"I didn't see it, otherwise would've put bat on it. Was a good ball, got to give it to Boult," Rahul tells the broadcasters about the ball from Boult that got him out for a golden duck. He says that bringing Stoinis in at No.8 was always the plan. "We know how dangerous he is, so we wanted him after the 15th over. But we have options and we will try to be unpredictable and shuffle the batting order sometimes," he said.

Stoinis hits a four and a six off the last two balls but that won't count for much. The Australian ends with an unbeaten 38 off 17 balls. This match went this way and Stoinis has done a herculean job to take this match into the last three balls considering how relentless RR were throughout this innings. LSG might just consider taking the Australian all-rounder up the order after this game, No.8 is just too low for someone as talented as him.  

And that could be the game. What an over Kuldeep Sen is bowling. LSG need 14 to win off 2 which means Kuldeep has to make sure there are no no balls or wides after this.

Avesh Khan gets off strike off the first ball after which Stoinis is unable to get the next two deliveries away for boundaries. LSG now need 14 to win off the last three balls!

LSG NEED 15 RUNS TO WIN OFF THE LAST SIX BALLS. Debutant Kuldeep Sen is bowling the last over. How about this, Marcus Stoinis has made a match out of a hopeless situation for LSG. 

Trent Boult, Jos Buttler, R Ashwin have all come from different corners of the ground to talk to Prasidh Krishna at different points of this over, that seems to go on forever.

Marcus Stoinis is in the house. Low full toss from Prasidh Krishna and Stoinis sends it straight back over the boundary rope. LSG need 21 to win off 9 balls.

Avesh Khan hits a six to end the 18th over and Prasidh Krishna starts the 19th with a wide. This could be the decisive over, Marcus Stoinis is LSG's only hope and he is on strike.

And that's 150 IPL wickets for Yuzvendra Chahal. He is the fourth Indian after Amit Mishra, Piyush Chawla and Harbhajan Singh to get to the mark. Big shout for LBW and the umpire, for some reason, shakes his head. Samson takes the review immediately and Chameera is plumb out. 

Chameera LBW b Chahal 13 (7), LSG 126/8 in 17.5 overs

Is there life in this chase yet? Quicker delivery from Chahal, Stoinis gets the front foot out of the way and sends the ball into the stands. LSG need 43 to win off 17.

He started this slow carnage in the first over and now he has been brought back for the 17th. This will be his third over of the match but he may not be swinging the ball as much as he did in that opening salvo considering it is much older than it was then.

Chahal bowls Pandya around his legs and that might just be the game. Pandya goes across but misses his sweep shot entirely. The ball crashes onto the stumps and Pandya has to walk. That's wicket No.3 for Chahal and remember, he is one wicket away from reaching 150 IPL wickets. 

Krunal Pandya b Chahal 22 (15), LSG 102/7

There is the big one. De Kock simply had to go after Chahal but he cannot quite time this shot properly. Parag does well to run towards his left and take the catch. 

De Kock c Parag b Chahal 39 (32), LSG 101/6 in 15.3 overs

Too full from Prasidh Krishna and Krunal Pandya manages to just pick it up towards the empty leg side.

It is to be noted that RR were in a similar position in their innings at this point. In fact, one may argue that Krunal Pandya is a far more accomplished big hitter than R Ashwin and he has the experienced Quinton de Kock at the other end. One of these two batters has to to do what Hetmyer did for RR.

Badoni hits it straight into the hands of Parag at long-off and that is the fifth wicket down for LSG. It is safe to say that they are crumbling now. De Kock sees a fifth team mate perish at the other end. 

Badoni c Parag b Chahal 5 (7), LSG 74/5 in 12 overs

They currently have De Kock and Ayush Badoni in the middle and still have Krunal Pandya and Marcus Stoinis. LSG are not an easy team dismiss for cheap so, despite those brilliant first 10 overs RR have a real task in their hands.

Kuldeep Sen gets his 1st IPL wicket. Ugly dismissal this for Hooda. He goes for the big heave across the line first ball after the break and misses it completely. The ball crashes onto the stumps and Sen points to the RR batch in celebration. 

Hooda b Sen 25 (24), LSG 52/4 off 9.1 overs

The first time-out of the game has been taken. Well what a passage of play this has been. It looked RR didn't have enough on the board, despite the great finish from Hetmyer, and then Trent Boult just ground that notion to dust with that peach of a first over. LSG then lost Holder as well and now De Kock and Hooda are trying to get this chase on track.

Hooda with a four off Chahal who bowls the 8th over. Samson has turned to his spinners now with both Chahal and Ashwin bowling an over each. Meanwhile, the required run rate has crept up above 10.

Good length from Kuldeep Sen and De Kock swivels around to send it over deep backward square. The first big hit for LSG and De Kock has to play a mammoth knock here for them to pull off a win now.

Ashwin bowls the fifth over and five singles come off it. Deepak Hooda and de Kock in the middle now, trying to pick up the pieces with that asking rate just constantly going up.

Prasidh Krishna getting into the party, LSG are being taken apart. Another miscued pull from Holder and it just floats nicely into the hands of Ashwin at mid-on. 

Holder c Ashwin b Prasidh 8 (14), RR 14/3 off 3.3 overs