IPL 2026 RCB vs LSG Highlights: Royal Challengers Bangalore got their first win against Lucknow Super Giants. The 23rd league match of IPL 2026 was played between Bengaluru and Lucknow. In the match, RCB won against Lucknow by 5 wickets. This was Bengaluru’s first win against Lucknow at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. With this, Bengaluru under the captaincy of Rajat Patadir reached the top in the points table.
After Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rasikh Salaam, Virat Kohli showed amazing impact for Bengaluru. Rasikh took maximum 4 wickets. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets in his bag.
Then in the run chase, Kohli did wonders and scored 49 runs in 34 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six. This was the first time that Kohli came on the field as an impact player in an IPL match. With this he was out on 49 runs for the first time in his IPL career. With this, Kohli decorated the orange cap on his head. He has scored 228 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches.
condition of competition
In the match, Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar won the toss and decided to bowl. Lucknow, put in to bat first, was all out for 146 runs in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh, who opened for the team, played the biggest innings and scored 40 runs in 32 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Mukul Chaudhary played an inning of 39 runs and Ayush Badoni played an inning of 38 runs. Of the 11 batsmen who came on the field for the team, 7 could not even cross the double figures. During this period, apart from Rasikh and Bhuvneshwar, Krunal Pandya took 2 wickets and Josh Hazlewood took 1 wicket for Bengaluru.
Bengaluru’s wonder in run chase
Bengaluru, which came on the field for run chase, won at the loss of 5 wickets in 15.1 overs. Apart from Kohli, captain Rajat Patidar scored 27 runs and Jitesh Sharma contributed to the team’s victory by scoring 23 runs. During this period, Prince Yad took maximum 2 wickets for Lucknow.
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