A brilliant spell from Prince Yadav shone in the IPL 2026 game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, securing a 9-run victory for LSG at Lucknow.
His three-wicket spell has played a crucial role in Wednesday’s clash. Despite their win, LSG remains in the 10th position in the IPL 2026 points table.
After being invited to bat, Mitchell Marsh and Arshin Kulkarni opened the innings while Bhuvneshwar Kumar opened the bowling attack.
The drizzle stopped the match, but it did not last long as the game resumed after a few minutes.
With Arshin Kulkarni putting in a slow start, Mitchell Marsh went on to deal with fours and sixes as he put 20 ball fifty and continued to bat as he scored 58 runs in the powerplay.
Added with Arshin Kulkarni’s runs, Lucknow Super Giants posted 68 runs in the powerply. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood bowled two overs each while Krunal Pandya and Rasik Salam deliveried one over each in the powerplay.
in the 9th over, Rain started to pour heavily as the game halted at Lucknow with LSG scoring 95 runs by the end of 9th over.
Resuming the game, RCB came back into game with Krunal Pandya bagged the wicket of Arshin Kulkarni for 17 runs.
Nicholas Pooran who came to bat at No.3, joined Mitchell Marsh troubling RCB bowlers. In the meantime, Mitchell Marsh smashed his first century this season. His knock came from 49 deliveries before the rain stopped the game once again.
With resuming the game, the umpires called for a 19-over game. Josh Hazlewood brought the crucial breakthrough dismissing in form Mitchell Marsh for 111 runs.
His knock included 9 fours and 9 sixes. Rishabh Pant who came to bat at No.4, joined Pooran aiming to post a 200+ total against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Nicholas Pooran got dismissed for 38 runs by Rasikh Salam. With Rishabh Pant and Aiden Markram at crease, LSG posted 209 runs in their innings.
Rishabh Pant remained unbeaten with 32 runs. His knock came from 10 deliveries which included four fours and 2 sixes. Josh Hazlewood, Krunal Pandya and Rasikh Salam bagged one wicket each.
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Chasing 213 (DLS target) runs, Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli opened the innings while, Mohammed Shami opened the bowling attack.
Shami bagged the wicket of Jacob Bethell for 4 runs. He got dismissed on a catch from Prince Yadav from Deep backward point.
Prince Yadav bagged the crucial wicket of Virat Kohli for duck as the side lost two wickets for 9 runs.
However, Devdutt Padikkal and Rajat Patidar slowly build the partnership as RCB scored 40 runs in the powerplay. However, Patidar smashed his fifty off 26 deliveries and accerelated the innings.
On this occasion, Prince Yadav bagged the wicket of Padikkal for 34 runs and soon bagged the wicket of Jitesh Sharma for 1 runs as RCB lost four wickets for 106 runs.
However, Tim David made a cameo posting 40 runs off 17 deliveries before being dismissed by Shahbaz Ahmed.
Despite Krunal Pandya and Romario Shepherd’s cameo, RCB posted only 203 runs as they suffered narrow 9 run victory in the clash.
Prince Yadav picked three wickets while, Shabaz Ahmeda bagged two wickets for LSG. Lucknow Super Giants will play their next match against Chennai Super Kings on May 10 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
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