IPL 2024 Live Score: LSG win!!!
Naveen-ul-Haq gets the wicket of Mohammed Siraj. A brilliant catch from Nicholas Pooran at long-on puts an end to this contest. LSG have won the game by 28 runs.

RCB 153 (19.4)

RCB vs LSG Live: Wow stuff from Siraj!
Mohammed Siraj has slammed two sixes to Ravi Bishnoi. 14 runs came off the over. The first six went to wide of long-off while the second one went over the bowler's head. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 30 runs in 6 balls.

RCB 152/9 (19)

IPL 2024 Live Score: WICKET!

Mayank Dagar is run out! That is a terrific throw from Nicholas Pooran that sensa the batter back to the hut. The ball was hit towards deep extra cover where Pooran came running forward and hit the bull's eye with a bullet throw at the striker's end. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 45 runs in 17 balls.

RCB vs LSG Live: OUT!
Dinesh Karthik is gone! Naveen-ul-Haq has got the wicket and LSG can once again stay on top despite Mahipal Lomror's splendid counterattack. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are seven down. They need 46 runs in 19 balls.

RCB 136/7 (16.5)

IPL 2024 Live: RCB need 59 in 24!

19 runs came off Yash Thakur's third over and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are back in the game. They need 59 in 24 balls, 14.75 runs per over from here. The asking rate is high but Mahipal Lomror is looking in good touch and Dinesh Karthik is also there at the other end. 

RCB vs LSG Live: Mayank gets 3rd WICKET!
Mayank Yadav is having a dream debut IPL season! He has now removed Rajat Patidar, Royal Challengers Bengaluru's main man. Patidar hit the ball high in the air before the deep square leg  settled under and grabbed it. RCB need 79 runs in 34 balls.

RCB 103/6 (14.2)

RCB vs LSG Live: OUT!
Anuj Rawat's struggle ends here. He stepped out of his crease to hit a big shot but Marcus Stoinis smartly bowled it short and trapped him. Mahipal Lomror comes in to bat as an impact substitute and he starts with a dot ball. That is the end of Stoinis' over. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 88 runs in 42 balls.

RCB 94/5 (13)

IPL 2024 Live Score: Patidar keeps RCB in hunt

Rajat Patidar slammed Ravi Bishnoi for a six and a four in the last two balls of the over. That happened only after Krunal Pandya dropped the catch of Ajun Rawat at deep mid-wicket. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 97 runs in 48 balls. 

RCB vs LSG Live: SIX!
A short ball from Yash Thakur and Rajat Patidar slammed it for a six over fine leg fence. This was a poor ball from Thakur and it got the right treatment. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 112 runs in 56 balls. 

RCB 70/4 (10.4)

IPL 2024 Live Score: RCB need 119 in 60

Another impressive over from Mayank Yadav. Only three runs came off it. In this over too, he comfortably crossed the 150kmph mark. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 119 runs in 60 balls.

RCB vs LSG Live: End of 9 overs!

Naveen-ul-Haq bowls a five-run over. Lucknow Super Giants have continue to dictate terms in the game. Royal Challengers Bengaluru are tottering at the moment. They need 122 runs in 66 balls with two almost new batters at the crease.

IPL 2024 Live Score: WICKET!
Mayank Yadav struck again and this time he removed the dangerous Cameron Green with a fiery delivery that came on the fourth ball of the over. It was a good length ball that rattled the stumps of Green. Only 5 runs came off the over and a wicket. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 123 runs in 72 balls.

RCB 59/4 (8)

RCB vs LSG Live: OUT!
5.4 - Glenn Maxwell bites the dust! Royal Challengers Bengaluru are in hot water. This is a superb start for Lucknow Super Giants and their young pace sensational Mayank Yadav. He has started with the wicket of Maxwell. It was a short ball and Maxwell mistimed it due to extra pace on it, and Nicholas Pooran at mid-on took the dolly. It was bowled at 151kmph from Mayank.

RCB vs LSG Live: OUT!
Faf du Plessis is run-out! He nudged the ball on the leg side and wanted to steal a quick single but Devdutt Padikkal hit the bull's eye at the non-striker's end.

RCB vs LSG Live: Kohli is gone!
That is a big wicket for LSG and Manimaran Siddharth, and they can't keep calm. That is justified as that is the wicket of Virat Kohli. He could not hit the ball from middle of his bat and sliced it to Padikkal at backward point. Royal Challengers Bengaluru need 142 runs in 94 balls. 

RCB 40/1 (4.2)

IPL 2024 Live Score: SIX - A beauty from Kohli!
That is an effortless shot from Virat Kohli's bat for a six. It was bowled fuller from Naveen-ul-haq and Kohli lofted it down the ground for a six. The ball hit the black screen placed in front of the batter outside the boundary line.  

RCB 31/0 (3.3)

RCB vs LSG Live: Big over

M Siddharth concedes 12 runs in his second over. He did a good job for the first four balls before Faf du Plessis took him on for two consecutive fours. Faf hit the first four down the ground while he slammed the second one through the extra cover region.

LIVE Score: 10-run over

Krunal Pandya has started with an expensive over. Virat Kohli hit him for a four down the ground on the second ball of the over. A total of 10 runs came off it.

RCB vs LSG Live: The chase begins!

Royal Challengers Bengaluru got only three runs off the first over. Manimaran Siddharth bowled it and kept his lines tight against both Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis.

IPL 2024 Live: LSG post 181 for 5!

13 runs came off Mohammed Siraj's final over. He started well with three dot balls to Nicholas Pooran but after that the latter hit him for two sixes. Pooran took a single off the final ball to help LSG go past 180. 

IPL 2024 Live Score: Huge SIX from Pooran!
18.4 - That is a massive 106-metre six from Nicholas Pooran. He is thashing the RCB bowlers now. Reece Topley is at the receiving end. This was the third six on trot from Pooran's bat. The ball went out of the ground after landing on the roof.

LSG 168/5 (19)

RCB vs LSG Live: OUT!

A much-deserved wicket for Yash Dayal. He bowled brilliantly and manages to gets a wicket on the final ball of his quota of four overs. He kept the ball away from Ayush Badoni, who mistimed the shot towards extra cover where Faf du Plessis took a really good catch running behind.  

IPL 2024 Live Score: De Kock is gone!
16.4 - Reece Topley has removed the danger man Quinton de Kock. De Kock was spared in the previous delivery when Anuj Rawat dropped a tough chance but not this time. It was a full toss from Topley and de Kock has hit it down to the long-off. Mayank Dagar takes the catch and de Kock departs for 81 off 56 balls.

LSG 143/4 (17)

IPL 2024 Live: Poor from Siraj

Mohammed Siraj is definitely not in his groove in this match. He conceded 10 runs off his third over. Yash Dayal had build the pressure on LSG with an economical one but Siraj has once again set the opponents free by leaking runs.

RCB vs LSG Live: RCB take a review

On the fifth ball, RCB took a review against a wide after a half-hearted appeal for a caught behind for the wicket of Quinton de Kock. Replays revealed that neither there was edge, nor the ball was wide. The decision of wide was overturned though. Yash Dayal bowled a brilliant two-run over. He kept his lines away from Quinton de Kock's reach and that worked for him.

IPL 2024 Live: Maxwell strikes again!
13.5 - Glenn Maxwell has brought RCB back in the game with another wicket. Marcus Stonis is gone. He kept the ball away from Stoinis and the batter moving to the leg side further strenghtened his case. Stoinis slicked it towards backward point and Mayank Dagar there took a good catch running behind. 

LSG 129/3 (14)

IPL 2024 Live Score: Expensive over

Cameron Green has leaked 19 runs in his second over. Quinton de Kock started the carnage with a six on the second ball of the over before Marcus Stoinis dispatched a friendly full toss for a six. De Kock ended the over with a four. 

RCB vs LSG Live: Fifty for de Kock!
Quinton de Kock raced to his half-century in 36 balls with a four down the ground on the bowling of Mayank Dagar. It was his 22nd IPL fifty. De Kock played a dot ball in the follow-up and then slammed a six to make it a big over. Mayank Dagar conceded 12 runs in it.

LSG 102/2 (12)

IPL 2024 Live Score: LSG in control

Mayank Dagar bowled an 11-run over and then Cameron Green was brought into the attack. The Australian all-rounder started with a six-run over. However, LSG still look in control of things as a set batter Quinton de Kock is nearing his fifty and new comer Stoinis too looks solid.

RCB vs LSG Live: OUT!
8.5 - After leaking a lot of runs, Mohammed Siraj has finally got his first wicket. He seemed off the radar so far but this wicket might boost his confidence. It was a short ball and Devdutt Padikkal edged it high in the air before wicketkeeper Anuj Rawat took a brilliant catch running behind.

LSG 73/2 (9)

LIVE Score: Maxwell continues to impress
Glenn Maxwell has bowled yet another economical over. Only three runs came off his third over. This man has made RCB's comeback possible in the match despite LSG losing only one wicket. In the three overs he has bowled so far, Maxwell has conceded only 15 runs.

LSG 62/1 (8)

IPL 2024 Live: Catch dropped!

So close, yet so far was the case there! Quinton de Kock mistimed Reece Topley's second ball of the over and Glenn Maxwell at mid-off had a tough chance there. He ran behind, giving the ball a good chase and then timed his jump well too but failed to hold on to the catch. De Kock was batting on 32 when the catch was dropped.

RCB vs LSG Live: OUT!
5.3 - KL Rahul is OUT! It was a good length ball and Rahul wanted to loft it from the back foot. A failure in judging the length saw Rahul mistiming the ball high in the air inside the circle. Mayank Dagar settled under the ball comfortably and took the catch at cover. Rahul departs for 20 off 14.

LSG 54/1 (6)

RCB vs LSG Live: SIX!
You can't bowl there to this man. Yash Dayal went with a fuller delivery and KL Rahul smashed it down the ground for a six. With both long-on and long-off inside the circle, you can't bowl there. Rahul hit somewhat similar shot on the next ball as well but he could get only two runs off it. A total of 10 runs came off the over. RCB are yet to get the first breakthrough.

LSG 46/0 (5)

IPL 2024 Live Score: Good captaincy and brilliant bowling!

Faf du Plessis handed the ball to Glenn Maxwell as the pacers leaked runs in the first three overs. Maxwell was right on the money from ball one and he conceded only four runs off his first over; three singles and one wide.  Both de Kock and Rahul were happy with only singles in the over.

RCB vs LSG Live: De Kock on fire!
Sensational stuff from Quinton de Kock. He slammed Mohammed Siraj for two huge sixes in the latter's first over. The first flick shot was over the fine leg fielder while the second flick shot was over square leg. A total of 13 runs came off the over. 

LSG 32/0 (3)

IPL 2024 Live Score: Economical over

It is a good start for Yash Dayal. He has conceded only 7 runs in his first over despite leaking a four on the third ball.

LIVE Score: Lucky de Kock capilalizes

Quinton de Kock got a top-edge on the third ball of Topley's over and that went for a four, going over the wicketkeeper's head. That was the only luck de Kock needed as he slammed two classy fours in the over. 12 runs came off it. 

RCB vs LSG Live: Action starts!
Reece Topley with the new ball in hand. Quinton de Kock is on strike. KL Rahul is at the other end. Here we go... It's a good length ball outside off stump to start with for Topley and de Kock plays it comfortably to cover.

RCB vs LSG Live: Impact subs -

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Subs: Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh

Lucknow Super Giants Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, Shamar Joseph, Deepak Hooda, Amit Mishra, Krishnappa Gowtham

RCB vs LSG Live: Here are the playing XIs -

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock(w), KL Rahul(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav

RCB vs LSG Live: Mohsin Khan out, Yash Thakur in for LSG!

"It is a bit different. Been used to coming here and walking into the home dressing room, bit different when I walk into the visiting dressing room. We have showed character in both games. Everyone is chipping in and that gives you a lot of confidence, we need to keep doing that and keep getting better. Some of the guys have gotten better with their skills since season one, the combination is coming well as a team. Now we need to put some runs on the board and put pressure on the oppositon. More than the victory everyone was talking about Mayank's pace, he has been with us since the first season and was unlucky to miss out last season with injury. Just one change - Moshin Khan has a sore back and Yash Thakur comes in," said LSG captain KL Rahul after the toss.

IPL 2024 Live Score: One change for RCB!

"We are going to chase. The previous game we played on here first innings it was slower. Some places it is patchy and dry. It really important to find some answers. We have had some really good conversations. It would be good if you keep learning from the mistakes. There is a touch of moisture and let's see how it goes. (Reece) Topley comes in for Alzarri (Joseph)," RCB captain Faf du Plessis said after the toss.

IPL 2024 Live: RCB opt to bowl
Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis wins toss, opts to bowl vs Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024 match.

RCB vs LSG Live: Mayank Yadav in spotlight
The Lucknow side and the whole of the Indian cricket ecosystem too will be delighted to see the emergence of Mayank Yadav, a fast bowler who can effortlessly touch 150 clicks. But the 21-year-old Delhi quick will have a different kind of test at Chinnaswamy as compared to the Ekana Stadium, the venue of his IPL debut against Punjab. Here, Mayank will have to nullify a smoother pitch and shorter boundaries but the current form of RCB batters will certainly fill him with the hopes of swelling his tally of wickets.

RCB vs LSG Live Score: KL Rahul under scanner

On the other hand, the Super Giants have their own set of worries as the fitness of regular captain Rahul, who came in as an Impact Sub in their 21-run win over Punjab Kings, will be closely monitored. Will the LSG continue to use Rahul as an impact player with Nicholas Pooran wearing the captain's armband or will he return to his normal three-in-one role of skipper, batter and wicketkeeper? We will have to wait for the answer.

Bengaluru vs Lucknow Live: RCB's weak spin department

The spin unit of RCB offers an even more bewildering view as none among Glenn Maxwell, Karn Sharma and Mayank Dagar, the most impressive of the lot, have bowled their full quota of four overs in any of the three previous matches. In fact, Maxwell's off-spin was not even employed in their last match against the Knight Riders. To make matters worse, they don't have many reliable choices in the dugout too.

LIVE Score: Siraj, Joseph out of form

The senior batters' struggles have percolated to their bowling department too. Mohammed Siraj offers the most glaring example. The lead pacer has taken just two wickets in three matches, conceding 10 runs an over and he needs to step up immediately. Siraj's lack of bite has robbed RCB of a chance to take some early wickets in the Powerplay and put the opposition under pressure, something he had done quite consistently during IPL 2023. The situation has turned even grimmer as Siraj's new-ball partner Alzarri Joseph, RCB's Rs 11.5 crore buy in the auction, has been totally rudderless, taking a solitary wicket and leaking 9.4 runs per over. So, the hosts might ponder the inclusion of either Reece Topley or Lockie Ferguson against Lucknow in place of the West Indian.

LIVE Score: Siraj, Joseph out of form

The senior batters' struggles have percolated to their bowling department too. Mohammed Siraj offers the most glaring example. The lead pacer has taken just two wickets in three matches, conceding 10 runs an over and he needs to step up immediately. Siraj's lack of bite has robbed RCB of a chance to take some early wickets in the Powerplay and put the opposition under pressure, something he had done quite consistently during IPL 2023. The situation has turned even grimmer as Siraj's new-ball partner Alzarri Joseph, RCB's Rs 11.5 crore buy in the auction, has been totally rudderless, taking a solitary wicket and leaking 9.4 runs per over. So, the hosts might ponder the inclusion of either Reece Topley or Lockie Ferguson against Lucknow in place of the West Indian.

Bengaluru vs Lucknow Live Score: Patidar might get an axe

The poor form of the top-order batters, barring Virat Kohli, meant that RCB had to often rely on their late-order batters like Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat and Mahipal Lomror to add meat to the total. In that context, the RCB might give a break to Patidar for this game and bring in someone like Suyash Prabhudessai, who can also roll his arm for an over or two.

RCB vs LSG Live: A look at preparations -

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RCB vs LSG Live Score: Concerns in RCB's batting

The RCB batting line-up has Virat Kohli as the only constant with two fifties from three matches. But Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar and Cameron Green, who constitute the cream of RCB's top and middle-order, have so far made up for a faltering coalition. The quartet's collective returns from three matches stand at - Du Plessis (46, Avg: 15.33), Maxwell (31, Avg: 10.33), Green (54, Avg: 18) and Patidar (21, Avg: 7), and terming them underwhelming is an understatement.

RCB vs LSG Live: Squads -

Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan.

RCB vs LSG Live: RCB aim to bounce back

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru are currently eighth on the table with two points from three matches, and alarmingly, their net run rate too has dipped to -0.71 after a heavy defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders last week. This is not to undermine the side under Faf du Plessis, who himself is struggling for big runs, but its ability to dish out consistent cricket is a matter of debate at this point.

RCB vs LSG Live: Virat Kohli, the man in form
The former RCB captain kicked off the edition with a 27-run knock against CSK but then scored two consecutive fifties. Kohli hit 77 vs PBKS before smashing unbeaten 83 against KKR. The star batter must be eyeing to make it a hat-trick of fifties.

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An inconsistent Royal Challengers Bengaluru would be eager to hit the turnaround button when they host Lucknow Super Giants, who will keep an eye on regular skipper KL Rahul's fitness, in the IPL 2024 match at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Tuesday.