IPL 2026: LSG’s first win after losing five matches, Prince and Shahbaz shine after Mitchell Marsh

Lucknow. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by nine runs in the IPL match played on Thursday. The match was played in 19-19 overs due to rain at Ekana Stadium. Under the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) rule, RCB got a revised target of 213 runs, but the team could only score 203 runs for six wickets in 19 overs. This was LSG’s third win in the current season, while RCB had to face its fourth defeat.

Bad start for RCB, Patidar took charge of the innings

RCB had a very poor start while chasing the target. Jacob Bethel became the victim of Mohammed Shami after scoring only four runs. After this, Prince Yadav sent Virat Kohli to the pavilion without opening the account with a brilliant ball. Kohli was out for zero in IPL after 46 innings.

Captain Rajat Patidar and Devdutt Padikkal took charge of the team after two wickets fell for just nine runs. Both the batsmen made an important partnership of 95 runs in 53 balls for the third wicket. Padikkal scored 34 runs in 25 balls, while Patidar, batting aggressively, played a brilliant inning of 61 runs in 31 balls. He hit three fours and six sixes in his innings. However, after this RCB kept losing wickets at frequent intervals. Jitesh Sharma once again failed to make an impact and could score just one run.

Tim David and Krunal raised hopes, but did not win

Tim David batted brilliantly in the lower order and scored 40 runs in 17 balls, which included four fours and three sixes. Krunal Pandya scored unbeaten 28 runs in 16 balls, while Romario Shepherd returned unbeaten after scoring 23 runs in 15 balls. Despite this, RCB remained nine runs away from the target. Prince Yadav bowled brilliantly for LSG and took three wickets for 33 runs in four overs. Shahbaz Ahmed took two wickets, while Mohammed Shami got one wicket.

Mitchell Marsh’s stormy century

Earlier, after winning the toss and batting, LSG scored 209 runs losing three wickets in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh batted explosively and played a brilliant inning of 111 runs in 56 balls. He hit nine fours and nine sixes in his innings. Marsh added 95 runs for the first wicket with young batsman Arshin Kulkarni. Arshin was out after scoring 17 runs. After this, Nicholas Pooran played a quick inning of 38 runs in 23 balls and made a partnership of 70 runs with Marsh for the second wicket. In the last overs, captain Rishabh Pant scored unbeaten 32 runs in 10 balls and took the team beyond 200. Pant hit four fours and two sixes in his innings. For RCB, Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya and Rasikh Salam got one wicket each.