RCB reached the top by defeating LSG by 5 wickets in the 23rd match of IPL 2026, Virat Kohli scored the most runs.

IPL 2026: The 23rd match of the Indian Premier League 2026 was played between RCB vs LSG. In this match played at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets. RCB achieved the target of 147 runs given by Lucknow Super Giants by losing 5 wickets in 15.1 overs. Virat Kohli scored 49 runs for RCB team. Jitesh Sharma scored 23 runs and captain Rajat Patidar scored 27 runs.

RCB had a bad start, Phil Salt was out early

Virat Kohli and Phil Salt started the innings of Royal Challengers Bangalore to chase the target of 147 runs given by Lucknow Super Giants. After this, in the second over, Prince Yadav gave the first blow to Royal Challengers Bangalore. He showed Phil Salt the way to the pavilion. Salt was out after scoring 7 runs on 8 balls.

Virat Kohli played an inning of 49 runs

After this, there was a partnership of 57 runs for the second wicket between Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal, but then Avesh Khan broke this partnership by dismissing Padikkal. Padikkal was out after scoring 11 runs in 10 balls. After this, Avesh Khan gave the third blow to RCB by dismissing Virat Kohli. Kohli was out after scoring 49 runs in 34 balls.

2️⃣ points bagged. 🫡
🔝 of the table secured. 📈
Dominant show through and through. 🔥

Perfect end to a Wednesday. Our boys will be back at the same place & same time in 3️⃣ days time, 12th Man Army! ❤️#PlayBold#নমমRCB#IPL2026#RCBvLSGpic.twitter.com/utFzuocNiq

— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) April 15, 2026

Romario Shepherd and Tim David played stormy innings to give victory to RCB

After this, Prince Yadav dismissed RCB captain Rajat Paditar and Jitesh Sharma in the same over. Patidar was out after scoring 27 runs in 13 balls with the help of 1 four and 3 sixes. Jitesh Sharma scored 23 runs on just 9 balls. In the end, Romario Shepherd and Tim David scored unbeaten 14-14 runs on 8-8 balls to give victory to RCB.

A brisk 2⃣7⃣(13) 🔥

Captain Rajat Patidar made sure the momentum stayed with #rcb 👊

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 15, 2026

Lucknow Super Giants’ batting was like this

In this match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, the entire team of Lucknow Super Giants, who came to bat first after losing the toss, were all out for 146 runs. For Lucknow, Mitchell Marsh played the highest innings of 40 runs in 32 balls. Mukul Chaudhary scored 39 runs on 28 balls. Whereas Ayush Badoni contributed 38 runs on 24 balls. Rasikh Salam bowled brilliantly for RCB and took a total of 4 wickets. Whereas Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets. Krunal Pandya took 2 wickets. Apart from this, Josh Hazlewood got a success.

Also read: Krunal Pandya created history in IPL 2026, became only the 6th spinner from RCB to achieve this feat.