Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, 50th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - CommentaryLSG vs RCB, 50th Match, Indian Premier League 2026 - Commentary

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Digvesh Singh Rathi to Romario Shepherd, FOUR, this game is still alive. Length ball, Shepherd heaves hard across the line and inside-halves to deep backward square-leg

Prince Yadav to Romario Shepherd, SIX, Prince searches for the yorker and ends up bowling a full toss. Shepherd accepts the gift gleefully to club it over deep midwicket with a mighty swing of the bat. 89m six

Prince Yadav to Krunal Pandya, FOUR, 120.7kph, banged in short, Krunal pulls hard to deep square leg for four more

Mohammed Shami to Krunal Pandya, SIX, back-to-back sixes to end the over! Bouncer, Krunal Pandya picks the length and pulls hard to send it over backward square leg. 14 runs off the over - turns out to be a good one for RCB

Mohammed Shami to Krunal Pandya, SIX, he errs now. Doles out a knee-high full toss and Krunal Pandya swings hard to pump it over wide long-on

Shahbaz Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, FOUR, four more! Another cut from Romario Shepherd, this time he beats the backward point fielder to his right. Back-to-back fours for Shepherd

Shahbaz Ahmed to Romario Shepherd, FOUR, quick ball on a short of length outside off, Shepherd waits and plays a bit late to cut it behind backward point

Shahbaz Ahmed to Tim David, out Caught by Digvesh Singh Rathi!! That's a big blow for RCB! Tim David is gone. 96.8kph, quick, flat and on a length outside off, David waits for it and cuts hard but doesn't get the necessary elevation. Rathi jumps and takes an overhead catch at backward point. Tim David c Digvesh Singh Rathi b Shahbaz Ahmed 40(17) [4s-4 6s-3]

Shahbaz Ahmed to Tim David, SIX, 89.4kph, thumped over long-on! On a length and wide of off, keeps a shade low as well, David slightly bends his back leg to mow it over long-on

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Mayank Yadav to Tim David, SIX, another powerful pull shot! Mayank persists with the short length and David clobbers it through midwicket. Hit hard and flat for an 83m six. Brute power

Mayank Yadav to Tim David, SIX, connects on this occasion and it's a biggie! In-slanting short ball, chest-high and David swivels across to pummel it over deep midwicket for a 91m six

Mayank Yadav to Tim David, FOUR, Tim David greets Mayank Yadav with a boundary. Back of a length delivery, David makes room by backing away and punches powerfully through extra cover

Shahbaz Ahmed to Krunal Pandya, FOUR, Shahbaz persists with the line outside off. Krunal sees it coming. So, he shuffles across and cuts hard and finds the gap through point

Shahbaz Ahmed to Tim David, FOUR, 89.4kph, floated up outside off, David bends his back leg, reaches for it and slams it downtown. One bounce and into the straight long-off fence

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Tim David, FOUR, streaky and four, the wrong 'un and David squirts an inside edge, right through his legs and beats short fine to his right

Shahbaz Ahmed to Rajat Patidar, out Caught by Aiden Markram!! That could be the killer blow for RCB - dropped short and pushed wider of off, made Patidar reach out on the lofted drive and he doesn't get the necessary elevation, hit it hard and flat, right down to long-off where Markram moved to his left and completed a fine catch. Rajat Patidar c Aiden Markram b Shahbaz Ahmed 61(31) [4s-3 6s-6]

Shahbaz Ahmed to Tim David, FOUR, sheer power and even a full-fledged dive from Markram can't prevent the boundary - tossed up well outside off and David bludgeoned the drive to the left of long-off

Prince Yadav to Jitesh Sharma, out Caught by Rishabh Pant!! A top-edge and Jitesh's misery with the bat continues - two wickets in the over and Prince Yadav has got his team right back in this contest. Banged in short and just outside off, it's an excellent height and the ball kept climbing, Jitesh is in no position on the pull, hit high on the bat and lobbed up behind the keeper. Rishabh Pant runs back and completes a simple catch. Jitesh Sharma c Rishabh Pant b Prince Yadav 1(3).

Prince Yadav to Devdutt Padikkal, out Caught&Bowled!! A simple return catch and Prince Yadav has struck in his comeback over - looked like the cutter and Padikkal was a fraction too early into the on-drive, the ball might've stopped onto him and he ended up chipping it back into the bowler's hands. 3rd wicket down for RCB and Prince Yadav has had a hand in all the three dismissals. Devdutt Padikkal c and b Prince Yadav 34(25) [4s-3 6s-1]

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Mayank Yadav to Rajat Patidar, SIX, magnificent, this is hitting of the highest quality from the RCB skipper, fraction short and at the stumps, he's picked the length and then gets under it to hammer a 101m maximum

Mayank Yadav to Rajat Patidar, SIX, massive, back of a length and angling into the pads , Patidar picks the length early, moves across, gets inside the line and uses Mayank's pace to swivel pull over long leg, was bowled at 145.6 kmph and went at a faster rate, brings up the RCB's captain's fifty

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Rajat Patidar, SIX, hammered, the slider from Digvesh, but he's pushed it down leg - Patidar swivels across, picks the length and shovels it over deep backward square leg for a maximum, 17 off the over

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Rajat Patidar, SIX, smashed, he loves batting against spin - tossed up on middele, Patidar backs away and goes downtown with the lofted drive, lots of height and it drops over the ropes at long-on

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR, beautifully played, tossed up wider of off, Padikkal drives it through the line and places it over extra-cover, couple of bounces and over the ropes

Mayank Yadav to Rajat Patidar, SIX, hammered, fraction short at 146 kmph and Patidar is all over it like a rash - swivels across and then plays the straight-batted pull, high and wide of long-on for a maximum

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, 97.5kph, Digvesh serves width with his leggie. Patidar waits on the back foot and slaps the cut between backward point and short third man

Digvesh Singh Rathi to Rajat Patidar, SIX, dragged down by Digvesh Singh Rathi and the RCB skipper pounces. Rajat Patidar is quick to rock back and hammer the pull over deep midwicket

Prince Yadav to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR, 138.7kph, short ball from Prince and Padikkal spots the length early. Stands tall and slams the pull well in front of square on the leg-side. A couple of bounces and into the fence

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Mohammed Shami to Devdutt Padikkal, FOUR, 140.7kph, authoritative shot! Padikkal comes down the track, moves leg-side in the process and then smashes this short of length ball over extra cover

Mohammed Shami to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, 139.3kph, majestic stroke from the RCB captain! Good length ball around off, Patidar gets half-forward and drives beautifully through point

Mayank Yadav to Rajat Patidar, FOUR, 137.2kph, banged in short. Almost head-high, Patidar hurriedly pulls but makes decent contact and also hits it into the gap. One bounce and into the square leg fence

Prince Yadav to Devdutt Padikkal, SIX, 134.8kph, cracking shot from the stylish left-handed batter! Shot of length, leg-lined, Padikkal lifts his back leg and elegantly pulls it over deep backward square leg. Eye-pleasing Nataraj-pull shot

Prince Yadav to Virat Kohli, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! Prince Yadav jumps and punches the air in delight. He's removed Kohli for a 2-ball duck. After bowling an outswinger, Prince gets this to nip back in at 140.4kph. Kohli is drawn forward into a forward push and the ball seams in to go through the gate. Beautiful delivery and RCB have now lost both their openers. Virat Kohli b Prince Yadav 0(2)

Mohammed Shami to Jacob Bethell, out Caught by Prince Yadav!! Mohammed Shami strikes in the first over! Prince Yadav, who misfielded previous ball, moves to his left from deep backward point and ensures to gobble it up. 136.4kph, seam-up delivery on a length outside off and Bethell swings across the line. The ball flies off the outer edge and the man in the deep makes no mistake on this occasion. Jacob Bethell c Prince Yadav b Mohammed Shami 4(5) [4s-1]

Mohammed Shami to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, 138.9kph, Bethell opens the bat-face to nicely steer this away-angling short of a good length ball behind square on the off-side. Prince Yadav moves to his left and makes a mess of it with a misfield

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Rasikh Salam Dar to Rishabh Pant, SIX, this is a terrific cameo from Rishabh Pant - ends the innings with a superb pice of improvisation, fuller length delivery at the stumps, he changes stance and then swipes it over backlward point, the ball sails all the way and LSG finish with 209

Rasikh Salam Dar to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, drilled, fuller length delivery on off, it's right in the slot and Pant backs away on the drive, places it wide of mid-off and gets LSG past 200

Rasikh Salam Dar to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, drilled, fuller length delivery on off, it's right in the slot and Pant backs away on the drive, places it wide of mid-off and gets LSG past 200

Rasikh Salam Dar to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, this is a cracking cameo from Pant - length ball angling into the left-hander, he picks the length and then swivels onto the pull, over backward square leg for a boundary

Rasikh Salam Dar to Nicholas Pooran, out Caught by Krunal Pandya!! Krunal Pandya holds on and that's curtains for Nicholas Pooran - did sound sweet as the ball met the bat, but it came off the bottom of the bat and he can't clear deep backward square leg. Was a slot delivery and the left-hander will be kicking at himself, cleared his front-leg and didn't get it off the middle. Nicholas Pooran c Krunal Pandya b Rasikh Salam Dar 38(23) [4s-4 6s-1]

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR, another wide full-toss, Pooran shuffles across on the drive, gets a thick edge and the ball beats Hazlewood's dive at short third, runs away to the ropes

Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, SIX, sheer power and Pant is playing a nice cameo here - low full-toss on off and he went hard on the slog, carved it high and has enough to clear the ropes at wide long-off

Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Pant - full-toss outside off, Pant went hard on the slog, an open-faced slice and he places it over point for a boundary

Josh Hazlewood to Rishabh Pant, FOUR, that's a bad ball and Pant puts it away with ease, low full-toss down leg, Pant swings and gets an under-edge, runs away fine and past the keeper

Josh Hazlewood to Mitchell Marsh, out Caught by Jacob Bethell!! That's smashed and it's smashed straight to deep point - Bethell takes a fine reverse-cupped catch over his head and that ends a magnificent innings from the LSG opener. Was the attempted yorker from Hazlewood, turned out to be a low full-toss - Marsh scythed it hard, but there's no elevation on the shot, straight down the throat of deep point. Mitchell Marsh c Jacob Bethell b Josh Hazlewood 111(56) [4s-9 6s-9]

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Nicholas Pooran, SIX, thumped, short and just outside off - Pooran picks the length early, swivels across and then hammers the pull over deep mid-wicket, 10 off the over

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Rasikh Salam Dar to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR, nicely played, low full-toss from over the wicket - Pooran waits on it, opens the face of the bat and then slices it behind square on the off-side for a boundary

Romario Shepherd to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, 135.5kph, overpitched delivery outside off, Marsh bends his back leg and throws the kitchen sink to carve it over deep extra cover. 20 runs off the over and the six brings up the fifty partnership as well

Romario Shepherd to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, 132.7kph, low full toss outside off, Marsh opens the bat-face and drives hard through point. Hundred for Mitchell Marsh! The helmet comes off and he has a bright smile as he raises the bat. It's been a superb knock from the Australian

Romario Shepherd to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, 132.7kph, low full toss outside off, Marsh opens the bat-face and drives hard through point. Hundred for Mitchell Marsh! The helmet comes off and he has a bright smile as he raises the bat. It's been a superb knock from the Australian

Romario Shepherd to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, 134.1kph, overpitched by Shepherd and that's been punished. Marsh plays with a vertical bat to biff it over the bowler's head

Krunal Pandya to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, high and handsome! 98.2kph, full and in the slot from Krunal Pandya. Mitchell Marsh slightly backs away, gets under it and swings hard through the line. Thumps it straight down the ground for a towering six

Rasikh Salam Dar to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR, back-to-back fours! 134.3kph, overpitched delivery and Pooran gets forward to drive hard through extra cover. Romario runs to his left on this occasion and watches the ball speed away to the fence

Rasikh Salam Dar to Nicholas Pooran, FOUR, very full and outside off, Pooran bends his back leg and drives firmly through backward point. Romario Shepherd sprints across and dives to hius right in the deep but can't prevent the boundary

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Krunal Pandya to Arshin Kulkarni, out Caught by Rajat Patidar!! There's the wicket, but LSG will probably not be too unhappy. Arshin was slightly stuck, tried to play a few shots and has picked out Patidar at extra-cover. Was pushed through by Krunal as he saw the right-hander coming down the trick, was struck sweetly, but Arshin hit it straight into the hands of the RCB captain. Arshin Kulkarni c Rajat Patidar b Krunal Pandya 17(24) [4s-1]

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Suyash Sharma to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, muscled, can't bowl short to this man - sits up on off and Marsh rocks back to thump the pull wide of long-on

Krunal Pandya to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, Mitchell Marsh is finding the boundaries with ease - dropped short and wide of off, Marsh reaches out and then carves the cut, was in the air and to backward point's right

Suyash Sharma to Arshin Kulkarni, FOUR, nicely played, was the attempted wrong 'un, but the length is short and lets Arshin chop it past backward point, played late and beat Hazlewood to his right

Suyash Sharma to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, crunched, a bad dragdown by Suyash - half-way down the pitch and Marsh doesn't miss out, picks the length early, swivels across and hammers it over mid-wicket for his 7th six

Josh Hazlewood to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, Marsh is picking the gaps with ease tonight - nothing wrong with the ball, on a good length and just outside off, Marsh waits, opens the face of the bat and then threads the gap square past point. Was in the air for a while, but he's placed it superbly - 12 off the over

Josh Hazlewood to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries, but this was streaky, Hazlewood went full and on off, Marsh is late in getting the bat down on the drive, the ball catches the inside edge and runs fine, past Suyash at short fine

Josh Hazlewood to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, a 20-ball fifty for Marsh, this has been a damaging knock for RCB, also his fastest fifty in IPL, back of a length and just outside off, Marsh plays late and then steers the cut behind square on the off-side

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Rasikh Salam Dar to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, nicely played, short of a good length and just outside off - Marsh gets on top of the bounce and then crunches it square past cover-point for a boundary

Rasikh Salam Dar to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, a mishit and Cox almost did superbly to prevent the six, but his feet was touching the ropes and it's a six indeed. On a good length and just outside off, Marsh went hard onto the slog and sliced it high towards long-off - Cox was right at the edge of the ropes, he arched back and then took a good two-handed catch, realised that he was stepping onto the ropes and lobs it back into play. An excellent effort, but it doesn't prevent the maximum

Rasikh Salam Dar to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, clubbed, back of a length and at the stumps - Marsh swivels across onto the front-foot and then hammers the pull over square leg, sent it high and deep into the stands, a 97m hit

Krunal Pandya to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, monstrous, tossed up on off, it's right in the slot and Marsh doesn't miss out - brings his long levers into play and then hoists it high over long-on for a maximum

Krunal Pandya to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, cracking shot, tad too full and wide of off - Marsh prods forward and then hammers the drive over cover, one bounce and over the ropes

Bhuvneshwar Kumar to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, lovely, Marsh is in some mood tonight- on a good length and well wide of off, Marsh leans across and then carves it high over cover, plenty of power behind the shot and the ball sails over the ropes for a maximum

Josh Hazlewood to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, beautifully played, on a good length and just outside off - Marsh leans forward, high elbow and a straight bat as he lifts it back over mid-off - the timing is sweet and the ball drops over the ropes for a maximum

Josh Hazlewood to Mitchell Marsh, SIX, beautifully played, fraction overpitched by Hazlewood - Marsh leans forward, high elbow and a straight bat as he lifted it back over the bowler's head, sails over the ropes for a maximum

LSG vs RCB, IPL 2026: Pre-match show (Hindi)

LSG vs RCB, IPL 2026: Pre-match show

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