RCB vs LSG: In the 23rd match of IPL 2026, defending champion Royal Challengers Bangalore registered a spectacular victory. In this match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, RCB defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets. Batting first, Lucknow team collapsed for 146 runs in 20 overs. In reply, RCB achieved the target of 147 runs by losing 5 wickets in the 16th over. With this, RCB team registered its fourth win of the season and captured the top of the points table by pushing Rajasthan Royals. RCB now has 8 points after 4 wins in 5 matches. Rajasthan also has 8 points, but RCB has a better net run rate.

Earlier, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, the team of Lucknow Super Giants did not have a special start and the team lost two wickets for 35 runs. After this, Lucknow’s batsmen tried to control the innings and took the team’s score beyond 100 runs. However, half the team returned to the pavilion on the score of 118 runs. After this there was a flurry of wickets. The entire team collapsed till 146 runs. Mitchell Marsh played the highest innings of 40 runs. Rasikh Salam Dar took 4 wickets in his name. Bhuvi took 3 wickets, while Krunal Pandya took 2 wickets.

In response to Lucknow’s score, the beginning of the innings of Royal Challengers Bangalore was also not special. In the very second over, the team got its first blow in the form of Phil Salt. However, there was a brilliant half-century partnership between Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal for the second wicket. Padikkal was out after scoring 10 runs. After this, Virat Kohli also returned to the pavilion on a personal score of 49 runs. In the middle overs, captain Rajat Patidar and Jitesh Sharma together took the innings forward and took the team’s score beyond 100 runs. By the time the score was 122 runs, half of the RCB team had returned to the pavilion, but then the match went out of Lucknow’s hands. In the end, Tim David hit big shots and gave RCB victory in the 16th over. Virat Kohli scored the maximum 49 runs for RCB.

Playing 11 of both teams
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (wk/captain), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Sub: Manimaran Siddharth, George Linde, Matthew Britzke, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Impact Sub: Virat Kohli, Venkatesh Iyer, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chauhan, Mangesh Yadav.