The Lucknow Super Giants are hosting the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 50th league-stage game of the IPL 2026 at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who entered the season as the defending champions, have continued their momentum in the current edition as well. They are currently seeded third in the standings with six wins in nine games. However, in their most-recent match, the Rajat Patidar-led side went down against Gujarat Titans.
On the other hand, the Lucknow Super Giants entered the season with high hopes. However, things once again didn’t turn into their favor and the Rishabh Pant-led side is currently at the bottom of the standings with just two wins in nine games. Practically, they are out of the IPL 2026 playoff contention, but would want to end the season on a high note, and win all their remaining games.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squads
Lucknow Super Giants-
Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Aiden Markram, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Choudhary, George Linde, Anrich Nortje, Matthew Breetzke, Arjun Tendulkar, Akash Maharaj Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari
Royal Challengers Bengaluru-
Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Venkatesh Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Jacob Duffy, Swapnil Singh, Philip Salt, Nuwan Thushara, Vihaan Malhotra, Abhinandan Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Satvik Deswal
Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Toss Update-
Visiting skipper Rajat Patidar won the toss over LSG’s Rishabh Pant and elected to field first in Lucknow. Speaking during the toss, he said, “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.”
Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI
Lucknow Super Giants- 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- 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
