Mitchell Marsh is looking unstoppable today as he is taking every other bowler to cleaners. Rajat Patidar sent Rasikh Salam Dar to bowl but he faced the similar fate. Marsh hit two sixes and a boundary as the pacer conceded 17 runs. Marsh is not batting at 46 off just 18 balls. 

LSG 56/0 (5 overs)

Mitchell Marsh is playing a terrific and fearless game. He is brilliantly dealing in boundaries and this time, Krunal Pandya faced the wrath. In his previous over, Marsh hit a boundary and a six as the all-rounder conceded 12 runs. 

LSG 39/0 (4 overs)

SIX!!! Mitchell Marsh hits another six and this time, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was at the receiving end. Marsh leans across and then carves it high over cover, plenty of power behind the shot and the ball sails over the ropes for a maximum. Bhuvi leaked nine runs in this over. 

LSG 27/0 (3 overs)

Match resumes after the short rain break. As soon as the match resumes, Mitchell Marsh hit a massive six on Josh Hazlewood's delivery. In total, Hazlewood leaked 13 runs. LSG are slowly gaining the momentum. 

LSG 18/0 (2 overs)

Great news from Lucknow that it was just a small shower. The rain has stopped now and the covers have been removed. The stumps have been placed back and the players are also returning on the field. The match should resume soon. 

Uh Ho!!! A big update coming from Lucknow is that it has started raining and the match between LSG and RCB has been halted. The covers have been brought on the field and the players have gone to their respective dugouts. 

LSG 12/0 (1.3 overs)

Lucknow Super Giants are off to a steady start against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. In the first over by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the duo if Mitchell Marsh and Arshin Kulkarni scored five runs. The duo will be aiming for boundaries in the upcoming overs. 

LSG 5/0 (1 over)

The IPL 2026 match between LSG and RCB finally begins. For LSG, Mitchell Marsh and Arshin Kulkarni open the proceedings. A strange call for LSG as Kulkarni is playing his first match of the season and has been sent directly to open the innings. On the other hand, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be bowling the first over for RCB. 

"It is indeed special—any milestone is, really—and playing 200 matches is, in itself, a massive achievement. So, naturally, I am feeling very happy. Furthermore, I think the best part is that I am achieving this with a team that won the trophy last year and is playing exceptionally well this season; that makes it even better. It is very difficult to pick just one, but if I absolutely had to name something special, I would choose my debut wicket. My journey began so many years ago, and that very first wicket is always something special," said RCB pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact subs: Jordan Cox, Tim David, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Venkatesh Iyer

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Mayank Yadav, Mukul Choudhary, Abdul Samad, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Josh Hazlewood.

"Few changes in our team. Some injuries - Inglis and Mohsin Khan miss out. The only thing is to move with clarity. We know we're a top team, but the main thing is clarity. We have a few changes in the batting order. Having a stable environment is needed, but we need to make changes at times. Looks like a 180-190 wicket, a better wicket than most of the other games," said LSG skipper Rishabh Pant. 

"Few changes in our team. Some injuries - Inglis and Mohsin Khan miss out. The only thing is to move with clarity. We know we're a top team, but the main thing is clarity. We have a few changes in the batting order. Having a stable environment is needed, but we need to make changes at times. Looks like a 180-190 wicket, a better wicket than most of the other games," said LSG skipper Rishabh Pant. 

"We will bowl first. It's not as loud as Chinnaswamy, but it's still loud. The surface looks good and we'll look to restrict them to a, low score. The break was good; everyone is doing well and we had some hard practice. We are playing with the same team," said RCB skipper Rajat Patidar. 

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar wins the toss, opts to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2026. 

This match will mark RCB pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar's 200th IPL game. He has been a key player in RCB's bowling lineup and will be very crucial in today's match as well. 

For LSG, Prince Yadav and Mohsin Khan have been the standout bowlers with 13 and 10 wickets respectively. Mohammed Shami started the season strongly but has struggled for consistency and leaked runs in recent matches. LSG's pace attack has repeatedly lost control in the death overs, allowing opponents to accelerate sharply and will face a tough task when they face RCB batters.

"It's a very pleasant evening here in Lucknow and a little bit of overcast conditions as well. One of the very few venues this season where the returns for the bowlers are much better than the batters. One of the reason is the size of the playing field here. Now if you look at my right side, it's 69 and on my left, it's 64. Straight down it's 73. It's quite big, this venue. Now I've got Aaron Finch here with me. Now, Finchy, this is on an average, 155 runs scored here. So what do you make of this pitch this evening? Yeah hi Deep, I think it's a beautiful playing arena. But when you first come down and have a look at this wicket, the one thing that you do notice straight away, there is a little bit of cracking, which is not uncommon at this time of the season. But when you come down and you feel the wicket, it's quite abrasive," reckon Deep Dasgupta and Aaron Finch. 

LSG's batting line-up now faces a formidable RCB bowling attack spearheaded by veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood. Krunal Pandya too has enjoyed an impressive campaign, claiming nine wickets and troubling batters with an effective bouncer variation. Suyash Sharma and Romario Shepherd also impressed in the previous game, although RCB's batting collapse proved decisive in the defeat to GT.

Lucknow Super Giants' campaign has unravelled due to inconsistent performances, tactical instability and repeated failures to close out matches. Key batters such as Mitchell Marsh, skipper Rishabh Pant, Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran have struggled for consistency, while frequent reshuffling of the batting order has further compounded their problems. Pant, in particular, finds himself under scrutiny over his white-ball form.

Despite the collapse, RCB's batting this season has largely revolved around aggressive intent. Virat Kohli has been in sublime form with 379 runs, while Devdutt Padikkal and skipper Rajat Patidar have also made important contributions. With regular opener Phil Salt ruled out due to a finger injury, the responsibility of providing explosive starts alongside Kohli will rest on Jacob Bethell.

In today's IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants, Royal Challengers Bengaluru star Virat Kohli will be eyeing a huge feat. If he hits eight sixes in today's match, he will become second batter to hit 200 sixes as an opener in the IPL. So far, only KL Rahul has got the feat with 201 sixes as an opener. 

Lucknow Super Giants are languishing at the bottom of the standings after losing five of their last six matches. Their lone success in that period came against Kolkata Knight Riders via a Super Over in a tied game, but it failed to arrest their slide as they were comprehensively beaten by Mumbai Indians by six wickets in their previous outing.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru will look to rediscover their batting rhythm after a rare collapse in their previous outing as they aim to strengthen their play-off push against bottom-placed Lucknow Super Giants. RCB are currently placed second on the table but remain tied on 12 points with four other teams. They will need to regroup quickly after suffering a four-wicket defeat against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the IPL 2026 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, straight from the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow. Stay tuned for all the live updates.