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IPL 2026 RCB vs LSG Updates: RCB rout LSG by 5 wickets

Wed, 15 April 2026

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22:50

RCB rout LSG by 5 wickets; top IPL standings

RCB 149-5 (15.1 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

Led by a superb performance from pacer Rasikh Dar, Royal Challengers Bengaluru thrashed Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets in the IPL 2026 match in Bengaluru.

Defending champions RCB cruised to 149/5 in 15.1 overs to win with 29 balls to spare.

Kohi led the way with the bat, smashing a brilliant 49 from 34 balls, while Patidar (27) and Jitesh (23) played quickfire knocks in the middle overs.

Earlier, Rasikh Dar picked up four wickets, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar grabbed 3/27 and Josh Hazlewood took 1/20 to send LSG crashing for a lowly 146 in 20 overs.

RCB jumped to top of standings with four wins from five matches played, while LSG stayed seventh with two wins from five games.

22:44

RCB close in on easy win vs LSG

RCB 136-5 (14 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

Tim David gets going as he lofts spinner Rathi over long-off for a six. He pulls the next ball but seems to have got it off the toe end.

However, LSG's fielders fail to pull off the relay catch on the midwicket boundary.

Samad at deep midwicket runs to his left and takes the catch but as the momentum takes him over the flicks the ball back but out of reach of Markram, who runs to his right at long-on.

Another poor piece of fielding from LSG as Linde messes up the sliding stop at deep point to concede a four.

RCB just 11 runs away from another emphatic win.

22:38

Prince's double strike lifts LSG

RCB 123-5 (13 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

Patidar continues the firework as he smashes Prince's first ball for a six over long-off.

However, Prince gets revenge as Patidar miscues the heave and gets a big fat top edge to be caught by Rathi at mid-off.

Patidar walks back after an entertaining 27 from 13 balls with three sixes and a four.

Tim David gets off the mark with a single on the leg side.

Prince strikes another blow as he dismisses Jitesh, who gets an inside edge going for the big slog across the line, to walk back after a quickfire 23 from nine balls.

Romario Shepherd gets off the mark with a single and Tim David keeps out the last ball.

Excellent comeback from Prince after the first ball six, as he picked up two wickets for two runs in the next five balls.

22:32

Virat Kohli out for 49 but RCB in control

RCB 115-3 (12 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

RCB's innings finally picks up momentum after a brief lull. Jitesh hammers leggie Rathi with the spin inside out over the covers for a six.

He then shuffles across to sweep the spinner's next ball for a boundary.

Jitesh then repeats the inside out lofted shot for another six against Rathi.

The leg-spinner drops it short and Jitesh quick to rock back and cut the last ball for a boundary.

Rathi goes for 23 runs in his third over as RCB race to 115/3 in 12 overs, on course for an emphatic victory.

22:29

Virat Kohli out for 49; RCB 3 down

RCB 92-3 (11 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

LSG chip away at the wickets to keep their hopes alive. Kohli holes out the full delivery from Avesh straight into the hands of Pooran at long-on.

He misses out on a deserved fifty, as he walks back after scoring 49 from 34 balls.

Kohli took charge in the Powerplay, smashing 40 from 20 balls but slowed down after that, scoring just nine from the next 14 balls.

Jitesh Sharma keeps out the first two balls he faces from Avesh before he hits the fourth ball through the covers for one to get off the mark.

Patidar throws his bat at a short wide ball, getting it over short thirdman for a four and keeps strike with one from the last ball.

22:21

Padikkal out for 10; RCB 2 down

RCB 86-2 (10 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

Shami comes back for his second spell. He starts with a fiery bouncer as Kohli is beaten for bounce as he attempts the pull shot.

Kohli takes a single on the leg side before Patidar picks the slower and deposits it in the stands at long-on for a six.

Shami goes short but Patidar is able to play the pick up shot, helping the ball over fine leg for another six.

Left-arm spinner George Linde comes into the attack. Kohli hits the first ball to long-off for a single before Patidar cuts the next to deep extra cover for another run.

Kohli takes one before Patidar fails to get hold of the lofted shot for a single on the bounce to long-off.

Kohli keeps strike with one from the last ball as RCB cruise to 86/2 in 10 overs at the halfway mark. They need another 61 from 10 overs for victory.

Kohli has slowed down after the Powerplay, stroking 49 from 33 balls, while Patidar has made 15 from eight balls.

22:14

Padikkal out for 10; RCB 2 down

RCB 68-2 (8 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

Rathi bowls a tidy second over, conceding just five singles as Kohli and Padikkal happy to keep things simple.

Avesh boosts LSG's hopes with the wicket of Padikkal, who pulls the short ball straight to the fielder at deep square leg to be dismissed for 10.

Rajat Patidar is beaten first ball he faces as he pushes away from the body. He gets off the mark with a single on the leg side before Kohli keeps strike with one from the last ball.

22:02

Virat Kohli's attack boosts RCB

Virat Kohli

RCB 60-1 (6 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

Spinner Digvesh Rathi comes into the attack. No stopping Kohli as he takes full toll of a short ball, pulling it over midwicket for a six.

RCB in complete control as they race past 50, in 4.2 overs with Kohli leading the charge.

Four singles from the rest of the over as Rathi gives away 10 in his first over.

Pacer Avesh Khan comes into the attack. Kohli hits the first ball past the fielder at mid-off for two runs and pulls the next for a single.

Padikkal content to play second fiddle as he taps Avesh on the off-side for just a single to raise the 50-run stand for the second wicket from just 24 balls.

RCB in complete control on 60/1 in six overs, needing another 87 for victory at just above six per over.

Kohli has dominated in the Powerplay, smashing 40 from 20 balls, with six fours and a six.

21:54

Virat Kohli's attack boosts RCB

RCB 45-1 (4 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

Shami angles it down the leg side to Kohli, who misses the clip but the ball goes fine off his pads for four leg byes.

Kohli doesn't miss out next ball as he flicks Shami through square leg for his first boundary.

Shami goes outside the off-stump but Kohli again shows his class as he slaps the pacer through the covers for another four before taking one.

A single each to the two batters as Shami goes for 15 in his second over.

Prince comes under attack at the hands of Kohli in his next over. The RCB talisman skips down the track to heave the pacer's first ball over midwicket for a four.

However, he misses the pull shot next ball before Kohli punches a short wide ball through the covers for another four.

Another short ball from Prince as Kohli smashes the pull shot through square leg for the third four of the over.

Prince bowls a wide down the leg side before Kohli does well to loft the pacer clearing mid-off for another boundary.

Kohli has raced to 28 from 13 balls as RCB reach 45/1 in four overs.

21:50

Salt out for 7; RCB lose early wicket

RCB 13-1 (2 ovs) vs LSG 146 | SCORECARD

Virat Kohli comes in as the Impact Player for RCB as he walks out to open the batting with Phil Salt.

Mohammed Shami opens the bowling for LSG, who will need a few early wickets to get back in the contest.

Salt defends the first ball before he smashes the next through the off-side for a four to get off the mark.

Salt takes a single before he has a close shave next ball. Kohli taps the last ball to point and sets off for a quick run as Salt initially hesitated before he went through. He is lucky that the fielder failed to pick up the ball.

Prince Yadav strikes in his first over with the key wicket of Salt, who is bowled for seven to boost LSG's hopes.

Devdutt Padikkal off the mark in confident fashion as he clips the first ball he faces off his pads for a four.

21:22

RCB's pacers send LSG crashing for 146

Rasikh Dar celebrates

LSG 146-all out (20 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Rasikh to bowl the final over. He starts with a slower ball as Mukul manages to pick it as he sends it flying over long-on for a six.

Rasikh gets revenge next ball with a superb yorker as Mukul misses the flick and is bowled after a good hand of 39 from 28 balls.

Digvesh Rathi is foxed by the slower ball before he taps the next slower ball back to the bowler for back to back dots.

Rathi has a big swing and misses but the two batters steal a quick bye after wicketkeeper Jitesh fumbles.

Another pinpoint perfect yorker as Avesh is bowled for 1.

A disappointing effort with the bat by LSG as they are bowled out for a lowly 146 in 20 overs.

Rasikh emerges as the best pacer for RCB with excellent figures of 4/24 in four overs.

The RCB's pace trio were just too good for LSG. Bhuvneshwar (3/27), Hazlewood (1/20) and Rasikh (4/24) combined picked up eight wickets for 71 runs in 12 overs.

21:14

Bhuvneshwar leaves LSG in a mess

Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrates

LSG 139-8 (19 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Bhuvneshwar to bowl the penultimate over. Linde hits the first ball down the ground as Romario Shepherd does a superb job to dive to his right and stop the ball on the bounce after he realised he couldn't get to the catch, and concede just a single.

A terrific yorker from Bhuvneshwar as Mukul can only dig it on the leg side for one.

Linde (7) skies the next ball high on the off-side as Tim David runs back to take an excellent running catch.

Bhuvneshwar strikes again next, cleaning up Mohammed Shami with a cracking yorker to bowl him for a first-ball duck.

Bhuvneshwar on a hat-trick!

Avesh Khan denies him the hat-trick as he hits the fifth ball down to long-on for one and Mukul takes a single off the last ball to keep strike.

Bhuvneshwar finishes with excellent figures of 3/27 in four overs.

21:08

Pant dismissed for 1; LSG 6 down

LSG 135-6 (18 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Hazlewood to bowl the 18th over. He starts with a wide down the leg side to Mukul, who then mistimes the pull shot for two runs to midwicket.

Mukul takes one down to long-off before George Linde pushes the next into the covers for a dot ball.

Linde does well to back away before he reverse scoop the pacer over the wicketkeeper for a boundary.

Left-hander Linde chips the fifth ball over the bowler's head for two runs before he misses the pull shot to collect a leg bye.

Hazlewood finishes with 1/20 in four overs -- the most economical spell by a RCB bowler this season.

21:03

Rishabh Pant dismissed for 1; LSG 6 down

LSG 124-6 (17 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Bhuvneshwar back into the attack, to bowl the 17th over. Mukul mistimes the pull shot for a single on the leg side.

Pant, who is yet to score, slices the full delivery towards short thirdman where Suyash lunges to his left but fails to hold on.

Mukul pulls the third ball through the leg side for two runs before Mukul plays and misses off a high bouncer which is ruled a wide.

Bhuvneshwar worsens Pant's pain as he dismisses the LSG captain for a duck. Pant flicks the full toss off his pads but can't get it in the gap as Phil Salt, running in from deep square leg, dives forward to take a stunning catch inches from the ground.

George Linde comes in as the Impact Player with Ayush Badoni subbed out.

Pant lasted just three balls after walking back to bat, as he is dismissed after a struggling knock of 1.

Bhuvneshwar gives away just six runs in the 17th over as LSG continue to struggle.

20:57

LSG 112-4 (15 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

LSG 118-5 (16 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Rasikh, who bowled a superb spell in the Powerplay with figures of 1/12 in two overs, comes back into the attack.

Badoni starts the over with a boundary as he guides the first ball in the gap past point before he pushes the next into the off-side for one.

Mukul avoids the slower bouncer from Rasikh before he clips a full toss for just a single.

Rasikh dents LSG's hopes of a late comeback as he picks the wicket of Badoni, who is caught behind after scoring 38 from 24 balls.

Rishabh Pant walks in at No 7 having earlier walked off with an injury after getting hit on the elbow by the bouncer from Hazlewood.

He is beaten on the outside edge by a full delivery slanted across.

20:47

LSG struggle past 100; RCB in control

LSG 112-4 (15 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Suyash to bowl his fourth and final over. Mukul takes a single first ball before Badoni hits the next wide of long-on for two runs.

Badoni clashes with Suyash as he completes the single which prevents the second.

Mukul once again making an impact with the bat. He sweeps the spinner behind square on the leg side for a four.

Singles off the last two balls as LSG struggle to 112/4 in 15 overs with their run rate under eight.

Badoni has looked good on 33 from 21 balls but Mukul is key to their hopes of getting around 180. He has looked in good touch, hitting 23 from 17 balls.

20:43

LSG struggle past 100; RCB in control

LSG 102-4 (14 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Mukul Choudhary misses the sweep against Suyash and is struck on the pads but the LBW shout is turned down.

He then inside edges the next ball before he fails to read the googly and is hit on the pads.

Mukul then lap sweeps Suyash fine on the leg side for a four before keeping strike with one from the last ball.

Krunal to bowl his final over. He continues to keep things tight with four dots in a row to Mukul, who then breaks free by hitting Krunal over midwicket for a six to take LSG past 100 in the 14th over.

Krunal finishes with excellent figures of 2/38 in four overs.

20:36

Krunal Pandya leaves LSG in a mess

LSG 90-4 (12 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Badoni cuts Suyash behind point for a four before he flicks the next through midwicket for two runs.

Suyash again makes the mistake of giving width as Badoni slashes the cut past point for another boundary before he takes a single from the last ball to keep strike.

Krunal leaves LSG in shamble as he dismisses Abdul Samad for a duck. The right-hander get a leading edge trying to flick and is caught by Patidar on the off-side as the visitors slip to 83/4 in the 12th over.

That completes 100 wickets in the IPL for Krunal Pandya.

Mukul Choudhary, LSG's hero with the bat in the previous match, gets off the mark as he glances the first ball he faces for a four through fine leg.

He takes a single to midwicket before Badoni hits the fifth ball off his pads for two runs.

20:30

Marsh out for 40; LSG stumble further

LSG 71-3 (10 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Krunal continues as LSG look to get their innings back on track. Krunal's bouncer backfires this time as Badoni rocks back to pull it over fine leg for a six.

Krunal leaves LSG in further strife with the wicket of Marsh, who ends up dragging the ball back on to the stumps to be bowled after a good hand of 40 from 32 balls.

LSG slip to 71/3 in the 10th over with captain Pant walking off with injury and looking doubtful to bat again.

Abdul Samad defends the last ball straight to the fielder at midwicket to end another good over from Krunal.

20:30

Marsh out for 40; LSG stumble further

LSG 71-3 (10 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Krunal continues as LSG look to get their innings back on track. Krunal's bouncer backfires this time as Badoni rocks back to pull it over fine leg for a six.

Krunal leaves LSG in further strife with the wicket of Marsh, who ends up dragging the ball back on to the stumps to be bowled after a good hand of 40 from 32 balls.

LSG slip to 71/3 in the 10th over with captain Pant walking off with injury and looking doubtful to bat again.

Abdul Samad defends the last ball straight to the fielder at midwicket to end another good over from Krunal.

20:20

Marsh rallies LSG after early wickets

LSG 63-2 (9 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya comes into the attack. Singles off the first three balls before Pandya bowls his trademark bouncer but this sails quite and is ruled a wide for height.

Marsh then slog sweeps the fourth ball over midwicket for a four followed by a wide.

Marsh looking to break free as he lofts the last ball down the ground for a six over long-on as Pandya goes for 15 in his opening over.

Spin from both ends as leggie Suyash Sharma comes into the attack. Badoni clips the first ball through midwicket for one before Marsh inside edges the googly which narrowly misses the stumps and goes fine on the leg side for a four.

Marsh misses the slog sweep off spinner Suyash as the leg before shout is turned down. RCB take the review but the ball skids on straight and is clipping the outside of leg stump as the umpire's decisions stays.

A narrow escape for Marsh who then swats the fourth ball for a single on the leg side before Badoni picks one through square leg for another run.

Marsh keeps strike with a single from the last ball of the over.

20:12

Pooran flops again; LSG in trouble

LSG 40-2 (7 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Hazlewood leaves LSG in further strife with the big wicket of Pooran. The West Indian's horror showing in IPL continues as he inside edges the pull back on to his stumps to be bowled for one.

Pooran walks back for 1 as LSG slip to 35/2 in the seventh over.

Ayush Badoni gets off the mark with a four as he guides the short wide ball from Hazlewood through thirdman.

Badoni misses the flick for a leg bye and Marsh is hit on the box as he misses the pull shot and plays and misses again off the last ball looking to hit it through the off-side.

20:07

Blow for LSG! Rishabh Pant goes off with injury

LSG 35-1 (6 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Rasikh continues to build the pressure as he sends down another tight over in the Powerplay.

He gives away just two singles in the sixth over including three dots in a row to Pooran, who then takes a single off the last ball.

LSG struggle to 35/1 in six overs, with Marsh unbeaten on 22 from 19 balls. This is LSG's lowest total in the Powerplay in IPL 2026.

20:00

Blow for LSG! Pant goes off with injury

LSG 33-1 (5 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Hazlewood back into the attack in place of Bhuvneshwar, who gave away 17 runs in his first two overs.

Marsh is unable to control the pull shot for a single off the first ball before Rishabh Pant goes for the wild swing across the line and is beaten all ends up.

Some extra bounce for Hazlewood as Pant misses the swat and is struck on the body before he under edges the next ball trying to pull it.

Pant has called for the physio after getting struck on the helmet off the previous delivery. Pant is walking off with injury as he clearly looks in a lot of pain.

Nicholas Pooran, who has struggled for runs this season, has his task cut as he defends the first ball he faces and leaves the next.

Top over from Hazlewood as he concedes just a single in his second over.

19:51

Markram out for 12; LSG lose early wicket

LSG 32-1 (4 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Good bowling from Bhuvneshwar as he starts his second over with two dot balls before the two batters pick a single.

Marsh breaks the shackles as he heaves the last ball, the slower short ball, powerfully over midwicket to end the over with a six.

Medium pacer Rasikh Salam Dar comes into the attack in place of Hazlewood.

Singles off the first two balls before Markram lofts the pacer over long-on for a six followed by two more singles.

Rasikh strikes in his first over with the wicket of Markram, who gets a leading edge off the full toss bowled much slower and is caught by Padikkal for 12.

A key wicket for RCB in the Powerplay as they also manage to keep the boundaries in check.

19:48

LSG off to a steady start vs RCB

LSG 14-0 (2 ovs) vs RCB | SCORECARD

Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram are the two openers for LSG, while veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar will open the bowling for RCB.

Marsh defends the first ball on the off-side before he gets a thick outside edge trying to drive as the ball flies past the slip fielder for a four.

Marsh hits the third ball into the off-side for two runs followed by singles off the last three balls to end the opening over.

Josh Hazlewood from the other end. He starts with a cracking delivery to beat Marsh on the outside edge with some extra bounce and movement.

Marsh clips the next ball off his pads for one and Markram guides the third ball past gully for one.

The two batters pick a single each off the next two balls before Marsh gets another outside edge which goes along the ground to short thirdman for another single.

19:47

RCB elect to bowl against LSG; Hazlewood back

Rajat Patidar and Rishabh Pant at the toss.

Interestingly, Virat Kohli has been named among the Impact Sub with RCB bowling first. He went off the field with a niggle in his ankle in the last match and RCB want to protect him and use him just as a batter.

RCB have scored 200-plus total in all their four matches, while LSG are the only team not to have 200 plus in any of their four matches.

All eyes will be on the young Mukul Choudhary, who played a stunning match-winning knock against KKR, to help LSG snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

For LSG, they will need their top batters in Rishabh Pant and Nicholas Pooran to rediscover their form. Pooran, in particular, has struggled with poor returns of 41 runs from four matches at a strike rate of 85.41.

Check out the playing XIs:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (Captain), Jitesh Sharma (w/k), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar.

Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (Captain, w/k), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

19:04

RCB elect to bowl against LSG; Hazlewood back

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar has won the toss and elected to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2026 match in Bengaluru.

RCB have made one change as Josh Hazlewood replaces Jacob Duffy.

Meanwhile, LSG are unchanged as confirmed by their captain Rishabh Pant.

RCB are third in the standings with six points from four games, while LSG are seventh with four points from as many games.

18:41

RCB ready to unleash batting prowess vs LSG

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

Welcome to the coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

Champions RCB will rely on their fearsome batting unit to fire again as they look to dismantle an inconsistent LSG and pull clear of the mid-table logjam.

RCB are currently third on the table with six points and four other teams are chasing the reigning champions with four points each.

RCB's batters have fired in unison. They have resembled a battering ram and it reflects in the strike-rates of their top five.

Virat Kohli (162), Phil Salt (178), Rajat Patidar (214), Tim David (221) and Devdutt Padikkal (201), have put all comers through the wringer in IPL 2026.

These five batters have combined to smash an astonishing 52 sixes across four matches, the most by any team in this IPL season, taking range-hitting to another level.

As a result, they have scored 200-plus total in all their four games in IPL 2026 -- an apt reflection of their marauding batting ideology.

Kohli had gone out of the field with an ankle niggle during the previous game against Mumbai Indians, raising some concerns about his availability for Wednesday's match.

But the star batter batted at nets for sometime with a strap around his leg to allay the worries for now.

The LSG attack comprising veteran India pacer Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav and Digvesh Rathi has been impressive so far, finding a way to keep the opposition largely under check.

Shami's economy of 6.2 is best in the league among regular bowlers so far, but the trio will need to be on the money every ball against RCB batters on a placid Bengaluru pitch.

Despite bowlers coming up with some lion-hearted efforts, LSG find themselves seventh on the table, and that is largely because of the uninspired outings of their batters.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants have met 6 times in the IPL, with RCB leading the rivalry 4–2.

IPL 2026 RCB vs LSG Updates: RCB rout LSG by 5 wickets

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