RCB vs LSG IPL Yesterday Match Result: Who won yesterday’s match between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants, know the full result of the match, scorecard and important moments of this match which took place under the shadow of rain. Complete details of Mitchell Marsh’s stormy century and the rain of runs at Ekana Stadium…
RCB Vs LSG Result: IPL 2026 Thursday was in the name of Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow kept its playoff hopes alive by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 runs in a high-voltage match played at the Ekana Stadium. This victory after 6 consecutive defeats has brought smiles back on the faces of Lucknow fans. In this rain-affected match, Mitchell Marsh’s stormy century and Digvesh Rathi’s brilliant bowling in the last over became the biggest turning point of the match. Virat Kohli was out without opening the account, but despite this RCB continued to fight till the end.
Shadow of rain and changed target
The weather repeatedly disrupted the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, due to which the umpires had to reduce the match to 19-19 overs. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Lucknow scored 209 runs thanks to a stormy century by Mitchell Marsh. When Bengaluru’s innings started due to rain, they got a revised target of 213 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis (DLS) rule. Despite a brilliant fight, the Bengaluru team could score only 203 runs. Captain Rajat Patidar scored the maximum 60 runs for Bengaluru.
Mitchell Marsh’s storm
The biggest hero of Lucknow’s victory was Mitchell Marsh. While opening, he destroyed the Bengaluru bowlers. Marsh played an explosive inning of 111 runs in just a few balls, which included 9 skyscraper sixes and 9 brilliant fours. Apart from them, Nicholas Puran added 38 runs and captain Rishabh Pant added 32 unbeaten runs, taking the score beyond 200. Mitchell Marsh was chosen man of the match.
Prince Yadav uprooted Virat Kohli’s wicket
Bengaluru had a very bad start. Fans were hopeful that Virat Kohli would do wonders while chasing the target, but young bowler Prince Yadav did not even allow him to open his account. Kohli returned to the pavilion after being bowled on zero. Prince’s ball with a speed of 140 km per hour uprooted Kohli’s off stump. Prince later revealed that the ball that dismissed Kohli was given to him by Kohli himself in the last match. Prince Yadav took 3 wickets in this match.
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Digvesh Rathi’s wonder in the last over
The match dragged on till the last over and Bengaluru needed 20 runs to win. Big hitters like Romario Shepherd and Krunal Pandya were present at the crease. Captain Rishabh Pant took the risk and handed the ball to Digvesh Rathi. Digvesh maintained his composure and gave only 10 runs in this pressure over. The efforts of Romario Shepherd (16 runs) and Krunal Pandya (22 runs) failed and Lucknow won by 9 runs.
IPL 2026: What was the impact on the points table?
With this win, Lucknow Super Giants still remains in the race for the playoffs. At the same time, Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar said after the defeat that the team showed spirit but they could have been a little better in the powerplay. Bengaluru would now like to show a more clinical performance in their next matches.
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