IPL 2026 RCB vs LSG Live Cricket Score, Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants Today Match highlights: Virat Kohli’s 49 helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets chasing 147 runs. Earlier, Rasikh Salam Dar’s four wickets helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru bundle out Lucknow Super Giants for 146 after Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and opted to bowl first against Lucknow Super Giants in match 23 of the Indian Premier League 2026 with an eye on the top of the standings at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Lucknow have managed to win just two of their four games so far and are coming into the clash today after a defeat in their previous game at home to Shubman Gill’s Gujarat Titans.
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Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar
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Match EndedIndian Premier League, 2026 – Match 23
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
149/5 (15.1)
vs
Lucknow Super Giants
146 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Match 23 )
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets
IPL 2026: Krunal Pandya’s 120+ kph bouncer revolution — How the Royal Challengers Bengaluru spinner became cricket’s most unexpected weapon
Krunal Pandya of Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowls during Match 11 of the TATA Indian Premier League 2026 between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Chennai Super Kings at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, India, on April 5, 2026. (CREIMAS)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar said it with the quiet pleasure of someone making a point too good to argue with. “Since last year, you have bowled more bouncers than me.”
Krunal Pandya laughed. “Why should fast bowlers have all the fun? Spinners also should have fun.”
Before Sunday’s game against Mumbai Indians, Krunal had debuted a new haircut — braids, paired with a fresh tattoo, chosen after he polled his Instagram followers on four options and went with the winner. He had been saving it for the right moment.
He always is. Not a spinner who occasionally surprises, but one who has spent the last two years dismantling the category itself.
