LSG vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2026: LSG hold on in nailbiting finish, complicate playoff matters with RCB upset

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Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Highlights IPL 2026: A thrilling contest deep into the night at the Ekana Stadium – Mitchell Marsh's century sets up a big total, and then Prince Yadav stars with 3 wickets to defend it. RCB come close, but not close enough.

6:58 PM IST, May 7LSG have done it – win by 9 runs!

6:55 PM IST, May 7Good from Digvesh – 13 needed off 2!

6:54 PM IST, May 71 and 1 – 18 needed off 4 now!

6:52 PM IST, May 7Digvesh to bowl the last over, defend 20…

6:51 PM IST, May 7Shepherd sends a full-toss into orbit! 20 needed off 6

6:46 PM IST, May 76, 6 – Krunal keeps RCB alive! 33 needed off 12

6:43 PM IST, May 747 needed off 3 overs

6:39 PM IST, May 7SIX AND GONE! Shahbaz removes David

6:37 PM IST, May 717-run over, David keeps RCB in the hunt!

6:32 PM IST, May 7RCB not finding the boundaries they need

6:16 PM IST, May 7HUGE MOMENT! Shahbaz strikes on introduction, removes Rajat Patidar

6:13 PM IST, May 7Prince Yadav at the double! Removes Jitesh

6:07 PM IST, May 7Prince Yadav with some more magic! Padikkal out caught and bowled

6:05 PM IST, May 76, 6 – Patidar exploding, gets to 50!

5:59 PM IST, May 717 off the over – RCB go big, just what they needed!

5:55 PM IST, May 7144 needed off 66

5:45 PM IST, May 745/2 after 6 overs

5:34 PM IST, May 726/2 after 4 overs

5:22 PM IST, May 7WHAT A BEAUTY! Prince Yadav sends Kohli's off-stump dancing

5:18 PM IST, May 7Big leading edge… AND TAKEN! Bethell is gone

5:13 PM IST, May 7Here we go for the chase – RCB need 213 in 19 overs

5:02 PM IST, May 74, 4, 6 – there's Rishabh Pant! LSG finish on 209/3

4:57 PM IST, May 7Pooran can't clear square leg!

4:55 PM IST, May 7Sensational penultimate from Bhuvi – 193/2 with one to play

4:51 PM IST, May 7Pant takes Hazlewood for 18-run over!

4:50 PM IST, May 74, 4 – Pant gets going in an unorthodox way

4:45 PM IST, May 7MARSH FALLS! Picks out deep point

4:42 PM IST, May 7Bhuvi nailing his yorkers – Marsh survives tough drop!

4:32 PM IST, May 7Marsh and Pooran stride back out

4:23 PM IST, May 7Play to resume in another 10 mins

4:06 PM IST, May 7On, off, and on again – covers are back

3:59 PM IST, May 7Another rain delay

3:52 PM IST, May 7There's the century for Mitchell Marsh!

3:49 PM IST, May 7Krunal only concedes 10 despite first-ball six

3:45 PM IST, May 7Hazlewood nails his yorkers – only 6 off his over

3:41 PM IST, May 7Pooran gets going – couple of fours!

3:36 PM IST, May 7Back from the delay and Krunal removes Kulkarni!

3:24 PM IST, May 7Play to resume in next 10 minutes

3:09 PM IST, May 7Rain eases up and covers peeling off

2:58 PM IST, May 7Rain interrupts play again – 95/0 after 9

2:50 PM IST, May 7Kulkarni struggling to score

2:39 PM IST, May 768/0 after 6

2:37 PM IST, May 74, 4 off Hazlewood – Marsh reaches 50!

2:31 PM IST, May 7SIX AGAIN, the Bison is roaring in Lucknow!

2:28 PM IST, May 74, 6 – Marsh goes after Krunal's spin too!

2:25 PM IST, May 7Bang over off again, this time against Bhuvi!

2:21 PM IST, May 7Six more – emphatic from Marsh!

2:17 PM IST, May 7Already back after a very brief delay

2:10 PM IST, May 7Rain delay – covers on

2:07 PM IST, May 7Authoritative from Marsh – tonks Hazlewood for six!

2:05 PM IST, May 75 off the first over – confident from Arshin

2:01 PM IST, May 7Ready to begin! Marsh opens against Bhuvneshwar

1:45 PM IST, May 7RCB playing XI

1:41 PM IST, May 7LSG playing XI

1:32 PM IST, May 7Rajat Patidar wins toss, opts to BOWL first

1:20 PM IST, May 7Bethell, Inglis expected to stay in

1:00 PM IST, May 7Half an hour to the toss

12:50 PM IST, May 7Still batting confusion as too many top-order bats confude things

12:30 PM IST, May 7Pooran promoted to 3, and finally fires

12:10 PM IST, May 7Earlier this season – RCB crush chase vs LSG in 15 overs

11:50 AM IST, May 7RCB confident despite recent loss

11:30 AM IST, May 7Brutal six-game losing streak for LSG

11:15 AM IST, May 7Teams at opposing ends of the table

10:55 AM IST, May 7HELLO AND WELCOME!

LSG vs RCB Highlights, IPL 2026: There are no easy games in the IPL – every team has the ability to hurt you with some sort of skill. RCB, third in the table and one of the most comfortable teams in the playoff race, but they know they can't rest easy, even against an underconfident and bruised Lucknow team on their home turf....Read More

LSG finally had something click for Nicholas Pooran against MI, as he exploded with some terrific hitting – but it proved not to matter as the team slipped to a sixth consecutive loss, their season almost entirely derailed. The team continues to chop and change with the batting order as something needs to work, but even now they won't be confident – where can they turn to try and find some sort of dominance?

It was a day on which the bowling didn't click, torn apart by Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton. Against a team with the batting ability of RCB, LSG know their Mohammed Shami-led bowling attack will need to be efficient and threatening – RCB bat deep, but showed against GT that there are weaknesses to be exposed if wickets can be sparked early.

Batting first and seeing the batting fold will be the concern for an RCB team which still looks very strong and are odds-on favourites to defend their title. GT recently and Delhi earlier in the table exposed how the team can be forced to slow down and be choked, especially when batting first on bowler-friendly surfaces. That allows early wickets to be snapped up, and the usually fluent middle order to struggle for the rate they enjoy batting at.

LSG realistically don't have much more to fight for – a playoff spot will require a minor miracle from this point, and a loss could essentially mean elimination by the next time they play. But there is pride to play for, and things to be figured out for next year. Don't write them off just yet.

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May 08, 2026 12:28:45 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: LSG have done it – win by 9 runs!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Digvesh Rathi holds firm! Celebrates when it's mathematically impossible and then LSG breathe a big sigh of relief – they finally end their long losing streak.

RCB meanwhile stay in third, losing a chance to go top – but not many miles away tonight! Plenty of player of the match candidates tonight.

May 08, 2026 12:25:42 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Good from Digvesh – 13 needed off 2!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Dugvesh with a clutch dot ball, a wide, and then a four under edged for four – Shepherd isn't reading Digvesh well!

May 08, 2026 12:24:09 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 1 and 1 – 18 needed off 4 now!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Good from Digvesh! Avoids Romario's bat then keeps it wide of Krunal.

May 08, 2026 12:22:59 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Digvesh to bowl the last over, defend 20…

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Between the two spinners, it's the right-armer that LSG back. If he can sneak through two dot balls or singles, that might be enough…

May 08, 2026 12:21:06 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Shepherd sends a full-toss into orbit! 20 needed off 6

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Don't miss your yorkers to this man! He doesn't need to use much of his power to send it towering into the stands!

That's a crucial six once again – even if they get one off the last ball, Shepherd has strike, against LSG's fifth bowler, with 20 needed. This game is on!

May 08, 2026 12:16:57 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 6, 6 – Krunal keeps RCB alive! 33 needed off 12

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Mohammed Shami with a phenomenal over until a full-toss and a half-tracker to Krunal! If Romario doesn't get you Krunal will!

RCB still in touching distance – grandstand finish set up now!

May 08, 2026 12:13:14 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 47 needed off 3 overs

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Shepherd goes 4, 4 to keep RCB within touching distance of the run-rate. LSG will turn to their experienced seamers to get through the next two overs here. Shepherd looking for a 20-run over somewhere.

May 08, 2026 12:09:12 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: SIX AND GONE! Shahbaz removes David

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: He was threatening to take the match away but that man Shahbaz Ahmed has struck again! Wide of off stump, David doesn't get the elevation to clear the ring field on the off-side – cuts hard at it, but straight to the point fielder inside the ring!

What a big moment – 55 needed off 21, but so tricky with David gone!

May 08, 2026 12:07:05 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 17-run over, David keeps RCB in the hunt!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 4, 6, 6 – all a little too telegraphed from Mayank Yadav! Quick and on a length, David can sit on his back foot and rocks it for a pair of massive sixes!

63 needed off 24, don't write them off…

May 08, 2026 12:02:35 AM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: RCB not finding the boundaries they need

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Kind of strange decision to send Krunal Pandya in to bat ahead of Romario Shepherd with the required rate being where it is.

80 needed in 5 overs – still not impossible.

May 07, 2026 11:46:54 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: HUGE MOMENT! Shahbaz strikes on introduction, removes Rajat Patidar

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: HUGE WICKET! The bowling change works – Shahbaz finally introduced, gives Patidar width but tells him to flex his muscles. Unluckily for the RCB captain, not powerful enough – doesn't get the elevation, and a good catch from a flat, hard-hit ball at long-off by Aiden Markram!

112/5 and now you have to say LSG are favourites.

May 07, 2026 11:43:36 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Prince Yadav at the double! Removes Jitesh

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: He has swung this game! He keeps taking wickets, what a find this man from Delhi has been – dug in short, no control from Jitesh, sliced straight up, and easily taken by Pant!

107/4 with 8 overs to play – just what the doctor ordered for LSG!

May 07, 2026 11:37:56 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Prince Yadav with some more magic! Padikkal out caught and bowled

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Brought back into the attack and takes a massive wicket to break the stand! It's not Patidar but it's an opening – into the surface, Padikkal too early through it, chips it back to Prince for a simple return catch!

Can LSG make this wicket count? Dangerous batting to come.

May 07, 2026 11:35:11 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 6, 6 – Patidar exploding, gets to 50!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 4 sixes in his last 5 balls, that's how you accelerate! This is the kind of hitting that keeps you alive in a steep chase and suddenly the pressure is back on Rishabh Pant! Who can he turn to just to create some pressure again?

May 07, 2026 11:29:51 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 17 off the over – RCB go big, just what they needed!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: That's more like it! The problem with bowling spin to Patidar. He absolutely feasts on it. Hammers Digvesh for a couple of sixes with disdain!

Keeps RCB alive – with 10 overs left, 127 to get with batting to come.

May 07, 2026 11:25:35 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 144 needed off 66

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Patidar finding the boundaries and striking well but this is some great bowling by LSG – only one bad ball offered per over thus far in this innings, which is just about the best they can expect.

Mayank looking in better rhythm.

May 07, 2026 11:15:00 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 45/2 after 6 overs

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Still not the most fluent going from RCB – a couple of boundary shots but not much more. LSG will turn to spin to try and put the strangle on, but these are two incredible hitters of spin.

May 07, 2026 10:48:54 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Big leading edge… AND TAKEN! Bethell is gone

LSG vs RCB LIVEE MOMENT! LSG know chipping away at wickets is their only hope. Prince Yadav on the third man boundary misfields and lets four through, but immediately makes up for it. It has been a beautiful over from Shami, beating the bat and getting shape, and this one does just enough to get a big leading edge from Bethell. Miles up, Prince does so well to get under it and take a really good catch!

May 07, 2026 10:43:21 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Here we go for the chase – RCB need 213 in 19 overs

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Chase begins with Mohammed Shami gunning for early success against Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli. Not the easiest surface, with some big boundaries. Should be a great one.

May 07, 2026 10:32:30 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 4, 4, 6 – there's Rishabh Pant! LSG finish on 209/3

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Sensational! Where has this Rishabh Pant been? The IPL has been crying out for him. Pulls for four, cover drive for four, then a crazy reverse-scoop all the way for six – he races away to 32*(10), excellent knock.

DLS target next up.

May 07, 2026 10:27:29 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Pooran can't clear square leg!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Good hit from Pooran but towards a long part of the boundary square of the wicket – looks like it will fly but dies at the last moment, and Krunal gets under it! Had dropped him the previous over but not much damage.

1 off the first 2 and new man Markram on strike with 4 balls to play.

May 07, 2026 10:25:48 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Sensational penultimate from Bhuvi – 193/2 with one to play

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Bhuvneshwar continues to be dead-on in all phases.

Last over of the innings coming up – can Pant and Pooran get 15+ off this?

May 07, 2026 10:21:20 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Pant takes Hazlewood for 18-run over!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Much needed for LSG – they couldn't afford a slowdown! The captain comes in and starts swinging and being effective – just what the doctor ordered!

May 07, 2026 10:20:09 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 4, 4 – Pant gets going in an unorthodox way

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Here goes Pant – first down leg which he helps along with the finest edge, and the next ball is wide of off which he slices away – but not before losing his bat entirely! Does that quite often.

May 07, 2026 10:15:49 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: MARSH FALLS! Picks out deep point

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Hazlewood goes for the wide yorker line, Marsh connects, but doesn't quite have the control over it! Can inly find the man on the fence.

A very strong 111(56) from the Bison – gives his team a great chance.

May 07, 2026 10:12:09 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Bhuvi nailing his yorkers – Marsh survives tough drop!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Bhuvneshwar Kumar hitting the blockhole so well, even when he errs with a full-toss, Marsh can get none of it down to long on. Padikkal can't quite get there as it slips through his hands.

Insult to injury – Pooran connects with one as Bhuvi goes short into the turf, and hammers it for six!

165/1, three more overs to play.

May 07, 2026 10:02:26 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Marsh and Pooran stride back out

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Here they come back again then. 145/1 after 14, six overs to play, Marsh in great tough – can he give his bowlers something really solid to bowl at?

May 07, 2026 9:53:08 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Play to resume in another 10 mins

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Thankfully the drizzle has been minimal. Action will be back by 10 pm – and still no overs lost!

May 07, 2026 9:36:05 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: On, off, and on again – covers are back

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Ouch. We were just preparing to say the covers are off and luck looks good again. So much for that.

Covers back on but nothing heavy. Umpires still discussing without umbrellas.

May 07, 2026 9:29:57 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Another rain delay

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Simply not what you want to see. LSG build up a head of steam and are knocked back by the rain returning. Another drizzle stops things.

May 07, 2026 9:22:55 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: There's the century for Mitchell Marsh!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Mitchell Marsh gets to his ton! Excellent batting from him – 49 deliveries to get there, with some brilliant hitting. Creams a full-toss through square to get there. What a terrific knock thus far.

May 07, 2026 9:19:24 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Krunal only concedes 10 despite first-ball six

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Marsh hammers Krunal for six and all the tricks come out – bouncers, wide-line skidders, yorkers, you name it. Ends up only conceding 10. Brilliant.

May 07, 2026 9:15:38 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Hazlewood nails his yorkers – only 6 off his over

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Terrific from Josh Hazlewood. Hones in on the base of the stumps. These two very fine batters can only knock it around for singles.

115/1 after 12 – LSG being dragged back.

May 07, 2026 9:11:49 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Pooran gets going – couple of fours!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: There's the momentum coming back via the bat of Nicholas Pooran! Takes on Rasikh Dar and hammers a couple of fours – that will make him feel good early in his innings.

May 07, 2026 9:06:47 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Back from the delay and Krunal removes Kulkarni!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Play resumes, and Arshin Kulkarni picks out cover as he tries to advance! Hit well but right down the fielder's throat. LSG might not mind that too much – he was really getting stuck in the middle before the break.

May 07, 2026 8:54:39 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Play to resume in next 10 minutes

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Teams back to warming up in the middle now – resumption at 9pm, with no overs lost. Hopefully this doesn't upset Marsh's rhythm too much.

May 07, 2026 8:39:50 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Rain eases up and covers peeling off

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Once again good news after not too long a break – rain eases away, covers come off, umpires discuss, super sopper does its job.

Hopefully cricket soon again.

May 07, 2026 8:28:34 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Rain interrupts play again – 95/0 after 9

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Rain comes down again, a little heavier this time. Might be a slightly longer one now.

Things for LSG to think about. Marsh striking at 237, but LSG only batting a 10 and change. Simply won't be enough.

May 07, 2026 8:20:42 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Kulkarni struggling to score

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Arshin Kulkarni on 14*(19) as LSG reach 86/0 in 8 overs. Using up a lot of balls – he either has to explode or LSG need to consider their options. This isn't good for their final score.

May 07, 2026 8:09:32 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 68/0 after 6

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Very good start for LSG thanks to Marsh onto 58*. Arshin has struggled his way to 8*(12), he needs to get swinging given the batting yet to come in this team.

May 07, 2026 8:07:35 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 4, 4 off Hazlewood – Marsh reaches 50!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: No stopping him now, pulling out all the tricks! Shorter side and wide of off, doesn't try to hoick it, knows where the field is and carves it past short third.

His fastest IPL fifty, great knock thus far from Marsh!

May 07, 2026 8:01:33 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: SIX AGAIN, the Bison is roaring in Lucknow!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Can't contain him at the moment! He's driving so well but that makes you forget that going short into him is a death note – maximum power to swing it away over square leg for a MASSIVE six.

Next ball, he nearly holes out, but just gets enough – Jordan Cox on the boundary nearly does very well to save his teams the runs, but his foot brushes the boundary cushion. Six more!

May 07, 2026 7:58:45 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: 4, 6 – Marsh goes after Krunal's spin too!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Brutal hitting! He is clearing these boundaries with ease at the moment. Width and overpitched, hammered through the off-side for a couple of bounces four. Expects the next one on his stumps so hammers it over midwicket for six more!

May 07, 2026 7:55:57 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Bang over off again, this time against Bhuvi!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Mitchell Marsh looking ominous – grant him any room and he is freeing his arms with glee! Middles it again and sends it flying miles.

May 07, 2026 7:51:41 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Six more – emphatic from Marsh!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Bangs it over long-off again! Takes the challenge right to Hazlewood – LSG won't go away quietly! Can Arshin join in on the frenzy?

May 07, 2026 7:47:59 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Already back after a very brief delay

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Barely a delay to speak about – we've seen DRS reviews last longer than this. All good news – Hazlewood to complete the over.

May 07, 2026 7:40:37 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Rain delay – covers on

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: A real shame – it was an exciting battle and the covers are coming on early here. Doesn't look like the rain is too heavy, but the teams being safe rather than sorry.

Hopefully a quick return and a passing shower. Umpires hanging around the field with no umbrellas.

May 07, 2026 7:37:54 PM IST

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Authoritative from Marsh – tonks Hazlewood for six!

LSG vs RCB LIVE Score: Shot! Key early battle here – can Marsh upset Hazlewood his countryman early, similar to what GT did last time out? That will help – on a length outside off, driven terrificly over the off-side for a big six!

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