New Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) survived a late fight from Tim David (40 off 17 balls) to defeat Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) by nine runs in their IPL 2026 match at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Thursday.
Prince Yadav picked up three wickets as LSG defended their tally in a rain-hit match with 19 players in each side.
RCB were chasing 213 under the DLS method.RCB needed 20 runs in the final over, but Digvesh Rathi gave away just 10 runs to seal LSG’s win.It was a much-needed win for LSG after six straight defeats this season and eight straight home defeats. Even after the win, they remained in 10th place in the points table, but there was some relief in the camp.Meanwhile, RCB missed the chance to move to the top of the table.This was also LSG’s first win in five matches in Lucknow this season and their first win over RCB at the Ekana Stadium in three attempts.This was RCB’s first defeat while defending in five matches this season, while LSG achieved its first victory when defending in five matches.Earlier, Mitchell Marsh scored a century as frequent rain interruptions affected LSG’s innings and they scored 209/3.
Three rain breaks delayed the match for nearly an hour before the match was reduced to 19 overs per side.Marsh scored 111 off 56 balls and added 95 runs for the opening wicket with Arshin Kulkarni (17). He then made another 70 runs with Nicholas Pooran (38). Captain Rishabh Pant later scored 32 not off just 10 balls.Marsh went on the attack from the start hitting boundaries and sixes all over the ground. His innings included nine fours and sixes.With LSG desperately needing a win to stay alive in the playoff race, Marsh attacked the RCB bowlers from the start after LSG were asked to bat first.Josh Hazlewood faced most of the early attacks as Marsh hit two successive overs over his head before adding three boundaries in the same spell.LSG reached 95/0 in nine overs before the first rain interruption stopped play for about 30 minutes. After the start of the second half, Krunal dismissed Pandya Kulkarni.Nicholas Pooran then sprinted with two boundaries off Raseeq, while Marsh reached his century with four successive overs before hitting another six over cover point before rain stopped play again.Marsh was dropped by Devdutt Padikkal on 110 but couldn’t make the most of it as he was later caught at deep point off Hazlewood.After Marsh’s dismissal, Pant took over and hit four fours and a six in an unbeaten knock.Chasing the total, RCB were restricted to 203 for six with Prince Yadav (3/33) and Shahbaz Ahmed (2/33) sharing the wickets with LSG.Skipper Rajat Patidar was the highest run-scorer for RCB with 31 balls and 61.For RCB, Krunal Pandya (1/31) and Josh Hazlewood (1/49) both took a wicket.
