11hShashank Kishore

Marsh and Prince carry LSG to rare win after drama

RCB nearly pulled off a heist but Prince and Co held their nerve to snap LSG's six-match losing streak

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

MR Marsh
MR Marsh
111(56) 9x4 - 9x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 22 runs
  • 1x4 - 2x6
0 4 6 20 22 27 18 14
RM Patidar
61(31) 3x4 - 6x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 21 runs
  • 0x4 - 3x6
2 0 17 7 4 1 17 13

Best performances - Bowlers

Prince Yadav
O4
M0
R33
W3
Eco8.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
Shahbaz Ahmed
Shahbaz Ahmed
O3
M0
R33
W2
Eco11
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Match Details

Toss

Royal Challengers Bengaluru , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Season

Hours of play (local time)

19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45

Match days

07 May 2026 - night match (20-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Lucknow Super Giants 2, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 0

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: George Binoy

END OF OVER:
19 | 10 Runs | RCB: 203/6 (10 runs required, RR: 10.68)

  • Romario Shepherd23 (15b)
  • Krunal Pandya28 (16b)
  • Digvesh Rathi4-0-50-0
  • Prince Yadav4-0-33-3

RCB miss their chance to go top of the table.

RCB captain Rajat Patidar: I think we were sure of how we wanted to go about the target, we did well, just one or two shots behind. Really good pitch, batting track, was coming nicely on to the bat, just 2-3 shots away. Difficult to analyse just after the game, I need time to analyse it. We have four games more, we're taking it one step at a time.

Alex: "Rather unusual to choose a leg spinner for the final over. It worked but Pant would have been toasted and roasted if it didn't." Indeed, both Rathi and Shahbaz wanted it, I think and well done to him.

Prince Yadav says he got over his misfield pretty quickly and was focussed on the next ball. He says he had a chat with Virat after their previous game and Kohli had told him to stick to his lengths, and he did just that today. Says LSG can't do much about the matches that have gone past, but will try and finish the season well.

Harshit Goyal: "Wow, their first win since April 9 for LSG! "

Kaleem : "At 9/2 many teams would lose heavily. The margin was single digit, that shows the depth of this RCB team"

I'll have the presentation for you shortly.

Srini: "Finally, a match that could have truly gone either way till the last 3 balls." I know! It's been a while.

Hari B: "Marsh played excellent knock! But Pant's cameo really changed the momentum at the halfway stage!!"

LSG captain Rishabh Pant: It was a good game for us, for sure. We have been trying a lot of things, it means a lot for us. We have been trying to put together a perfect game where batting and bowling comes together, we have had some bad luck, but really happy to get a win here. (Decision between Rathi and Shahbaz) It was a tough one, but you have to trust your bowler, Rathi was the right match-up for Shepherd and he got the job done. Our strength this season has been bowling, Prince, Shami bhai, Rathi, Sid ... there have been good things for out bowling unit.

Mitch Marsh is the POTM: It has been a tough season, nice to get on the right side, really good for morale, disappointing season until today ... A few of the Indian boys said before the game the pitch looked better so I tried to maximise the powerplay. I just tried to get as many as I could in the powerplay, get a good start and have an impact on the game, it's an area we haven't got right so far. I think we batted well last two games, 10-15 short in Mumbai ... we were courageous in the way we bowled tonight. Bangalore bat deep, really proud of the young guys in our attack.

Phew. Match. No 50 done and dusted and it was a good one. That's all we've got for you tonight, and thank you for all your emails, do join us for DC vs KKR tomorrow. Cheers!

18.6
1
Rathi to Shepherd, 1 run, just the single to long off, LSG have a win at long last, a win after eight losses at home, a win after six losses this season, they are still at No. 10 in the points table but there will be some relief in their camp tonight
18.5
2
Rathi to Shepherd, 2 runs, swung hard but he does not time it well, just the two to deep backward square leg
18.4
4
Rathi to Shepherd, FOUR, Shepherd finally makes contact but only gets a four to backward square leg, that's not good enough for RCB at this point
18.4
1w
Rathi to Shepherd, 1 wide, he mixes it up by firing this one fast and wide outside off stump, a bit too wide though, Pant reaches to his right to collect and whips off the bails but Shepherd is safe
18.3
0
Rathi to Shepherd, no run, another slow googly, another swing across the line from Shepherd and another miss, Rathi is walking the talk in this final over
18.2
1
Rathi to Pandya, 1 run, bowled flatter and wider outside off, Krunal slaps the ball to deep cover, just the single ... LSG are so close now

RCB 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9V KohliJG Bethell
2nd0V KohliD Padikkal
3rd95RM PatidarD Padikkal
4th2JM SharmaRM Patidar
5th6RM PatidarTH David
6th46KH PandyaTH David
7th45KH PandyaR Shepherd