Mumbai and Lucknow out of IPL playoff race as RCB edge thriller and CSK stay alive

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/mumbai-indians/2eZPzJH2/"]Mumbai[/a] were left ninth ‌in the table, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lucknow-super-giants/juEriKhI/"]Lucknow[/a] rooted to the ‌bottom of the 10-team standings. Both sides have six points ‌from 11 matches. The top four teams in the ‌unified points table qualify for the playoffs.[/p][p]Reigning champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/royal-challengers-bengaluru/ObLbexsS/"]Bengaluru[/a] climbed to the top of the standings with 14 points, while five-time ‌winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chennai-super-kings/hQRNSDp4/"]Chennai[/a] are fifth with 12 ⁠after recovering from a ‌sluggish start to their campaign.[/p][embed guid="a7ad585b-841a-4ba8-8fe1-574022556862" url="https://x.com/IPL/status/2053561853591371856" social-type="twitter" /][p]Bengaluru won the toss and opted to ​bowl first in Raipur, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/mumbai-indians-2eZPzJH2/royal-challengers-bengaluru-ObLbexsS/?mid=p4w3AJkK"]where Mumbai posted 166-7[/a].[/p][p]India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah kept Mumbai in the ​contest with a superb penultimate over, conceding just three runs.[/p][p]Bengaluru, however, held their nerve, chasing down 15 ⁠in the final ​over and sealing a two-wicket victory on the last ball to snap a two-match losing streak.[/p][p]Bengaluru's top order - Jacob Bethell (27), Virat Kohli (0), Devdutt Padikkal (12) and captain Rajat Patidar (8) - failed ‌to build momentum, but all-rounder Krunal Pandya anchored the chase with a composed 73 off 46 balls.[/p][p][b]"I was cramping a lot - it started in my calf, then went to my glutes and back, so I was really struggling. I don't usually bat that long,"[/b] Pandya, who is the elder brother of Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya and a former Mumbai player, said.[/p][p][b]"I love tough ‌situations and always prepare for them. I wanted to ​finish it myself, but couldn't, though the shot Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar ‌Kumar) played was the shot of the match," [/b]he added, referring to the six in the final over by the bowler.[/p][embed guid="da9adec8-078a-4618-8ffd-9f377bdb228e" url="https://x.com/RCBTweets/status/2053548471614149071" social-type="twitter" /][p]Earlier, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/chennai-super-kings-hQRNSDp4/lucknow-super-giants-juEriKhI/?mid=IcoHnGcD"]Chennai beat Lucknow by five wickets[/a] after Lucknow posted 203-8, thanks to Urvil ⁠Patel's blistering 23-ball 65 - ⁠the joint-fastest fifty in ‌IPL history.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/ipl/"]Follow the IPL season with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]