RCB vs LSG, Highlights: Romario Shepherd hits George Linde for a four to finish the game with five wickets in hand and 29 balls to go. Really easy win. The chase down 147 in 15.1 overs with five wickets in hand. With this, RCB go top of the table, ahead of Rajasthan Royals on the basis of a superior net run rate. Virat Kohli top-scored for the hosts with 49 runs.
Josh Hazlewood has been chosen player of the match for his figures of 1/20. Rakish Dar took four wickets, Bhuvneshwar Kumar three but it's Hazlewood running away with the Man-of-the-Match award. Take a bow, Hazlewood. He really bowled well in the powerplay and set back LSG not a little.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Adul Samad takes a catch on the long-on boundary line and relays it for Aiden Markram but the balls falls far from him. A catch opportunity goes begging for sure. David gets a four off the next ball. RCB 136/5 after 14 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Top edge and Rathi takes a simple catch. Off the previous ball, he had hit Prince over long-off for a six.
Another wicket for Prince. Jitesh caught behind. Two wickets in the space of four balls. RCB 122/5 in 12.4 overs
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Jitesh Sharma hits him for two sixes and a four. The second six over the covers is just beautiful. The last ball and he cuts it past point for 4. Big over for RCB. They are 115/3 after 12 overs. He has now overtaken Patidar with that four.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Tries to clear the long-on but fails to do so. Kohli falls short of a fifty. Avesh Khan takes his second wicket. There was no need to go for that shot, and Kohli had been circumspect in the last few overs. What triggered him, nobody knows. Maybe, he was trying to make an statement. That he doesn't play for milestones.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Just five runs off the over. Kohli is just one run away from his fifty. RCB 86/2 after 10 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Shami humiliated big time. One over long-on and one pull shot over deep square leg. 13 runs from the over. RCB 81/2 after 9 overs. Patidar is in a hurry.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Devdutt Padikkal finds fielder at deep midwicket off a short ball. It's Himmat Singh, the substitute, who has taken the simple catch. The pitch is really tricky, one has to say. But LSG should have scored more, at least 20 more. RCB 68/2 after 8 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Nicholas Pooran's bad throw from the covers means Kohli is out of danger at the striker's end. He ran to take a single but was sent back by Padikkal. Had Pooran been accurate with his throw, Kohli would have been a goner. RCB 65/1 after 7 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: And RCB are up and running at 60/1 with Kohli unbeaten on 40 off 20 balls. Boy, has not he played some terrific shots already! It's RCB's match to lose from here. LSG look like a demotivated bunch.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Short ball from Digvesh Rathi and Virat Kohli is onto it in a flash. Six over midwicket off the second ball. Single off the third and Devdutt Padikkal is on strike now. Single. In all 10 off the over. RCB 55/1 after five overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Kohli looks in his element. Two fours off Prince, either side of the wicket. One more four off the fifth ball. A pull shot past short fine leg. Prince now goes down leg. WIDE! He has been put under pressure by Kohli for sure. One more four over the covers. 17 runs from the over. Kohli looks unstoppable. RCB 45/1 after four overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Back-to-back fours for Kohli. One on the leg side, one on the off side. This is bad news for LSG. They really need Shami to fire but so far, he has been at the receiving end. Padikkal also looks in great touch. 15 off the Shami over. RCB 28/1 after three overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Prince Yadav cleans him up for 7. Phil Salt goes for a pull shot but misses the ball completely and his off stump is off the ground.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: After two dots, Phil Salt cuts him hard through the covers for four. Swing and miss as Mukul Choudhary collects the ball safely. He is keeping the wicket today for LSG after an elbow injury to Pant earlier in the match. Run opportunity missed off the last ball. Salt could have been sent back early in the innings, but Rathi makes a mess of the pick-up at cover point. RCB 6/0 after first over.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Six over long-on off first Rasikh Dar delivery. Mukul Choudhary in attacking mode. Bowled! What a comeback for Rasikh. Mukul misses the line and he is castled down leg. Brave innings under the circumstances. He scored 39 off 28 balls One more wicket for RCB off the last ball. Rasikh Dar bowls Avesh Khan. LSG 146 all out. Terrific bowling performance from the hosts.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: George Linde gone for 7 off Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The South African goes for a cut and the ball goes up real high. Tim David runs from deep fine leg and finds himself in a situation where he also has to run back. Another wicket! Bhuvi rattles Shami's wickets with a yorker. He is on a hat-trick now. Avesh denies him with a single. LSG 139/8 after 19 overs. Bhuvi finishes with 3/27.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: What a bowler Josh Hazlewood is. And this was his most expensive over today, 11 off it. LSG 135/6 after 18 overs. Hazlewood has not played any real cricket in the past several months but he has bowled superbly today.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Suyash Sharma is the culprit at short-third off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Devdutt Paddikal, meanwhile, does a great job at deep midwicket and stops a four.
Phil Salt takes a fantastic catch at deep midwicket. He runs in and completes a nice catch off the fifth ball. Pant's brief return comes to an end. He makes just one. LSG 124/6 after 17 overs. George Linde is next in.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: A cutter does the job for Rasikh Dar. And it's Ayush Badoni who goes back to the dugout after a simple caught behind for Jitesh Sharma. Rishabh Pant is back at the crease. LSG 118/5 after 16 overs. Badoni scored 38 off 24 balls.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: And we were expecting a high-scoring contest! Apparently, RCB scored 250 on this very pitch in one of the earlier matches. Four for Mukul, slog sweep, you could call it. Two more balls to go in this over. Single. Mukul really strikes it hard to backward point for a single. Suyash also finishes his quota of overs. Single off the last too. LSG 114/4 after 15 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Off Krunal Pandya, over deep midwicket. Powerful shot. LSG will need more of them. Still just seven runs off the over. A six and a single. LSG 102/4 after 14 overs. Pandya finishes with his quota of overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Just five runs off the over, including a boundary. LSG 95/4 after 13 overs. There is no breathing space for LSG batsmen at present. If truth be told, they are already staring a defeat in the face. RCB are a fantastic batting unit, as we know.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: It's Abdul Samad his victim. Another leading edge and an ease catch at cover. Mukul Choudhary comes in. He is a household name now, after his heroics against Kolkata Knight Riders the other day. He can repeat his exploits, can he? 8 off the over. LSG 90/4 after 12 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Two fours for Ayush Badoni off Suyash. Both cut shots past point. Some relief. But they will require many more boundaries before they start feeling better. 11 runs off the over. LSG 82/3 after 11 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Krunal Pandya continues. Badoni breaks the shackles a bit. Another bouncer from Pandya and he pulls it for six over fine leg. BOWLED! Marsh plays on. Third wicket goes down for LSG. 71/3 after 10 overs. Abdul Samad joins Ayush Badoni at the crease.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Double spin attack. Suyash comes in and he has already started to bother batsmen. LBW appeal against Marsh off the third ball, umpire says no and Patidar reviews it. The ball is hitting the stumps but Marsh survives on umpire's call. The ball is gripping. A low-scorer in the offing? 8 off the over. 63/2 after 9 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Krunal Pandya comes into the attack and bowls that famous bouncer of his in this over. The pitch appears to be helping spinners too. Marsh still manages to get a four, and a six off the last ball, over long-on. LSG 55/2 after 8 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Inside edge onto stumps, Nicholas Pooran goes . Second wicket goes down for LSG. Hazlewood is looking in great form. Ayush Badoni joins Marsh and picks up a four off the first ball. What a bowler Hazlewood is. He has not bowled much in recent months but look at him. In his full element! LSG 40/2 after 7 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Last over of the powerplay and it's been a bad powerplay for LSG. Markram is out and Pant walks out injured. Pooran and Marsh are at the crease but the LSG innings looks in the doldrums. Rasikh Dar takes advantage of the whole situation. LSG 35/1 after 6 overs. Lowest PP score for LSG this IPL.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Pant gets hit on his elbow. Now he is being nursed. He has been desperate to hit big shots in this over by Josh Hazlewood but he could not connect none. He is walking out now. Big blow to LSG.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: It was a slow fulltoss on the leg side and Adrian Markram gets a top edge. Comfortable catch for Devdutt Paddikal at covers. LSG 32/1 after four overs. Markram departs for 12 off the last ball of the over. Btw, Bhuvi is getting his left hand nursed after he tried to stop a ball in his previous over.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Just two singles off the first five deliveries. Really a cautious start. The bounce in the pitch is helping fast bowlers. However, there is a six off the last ball. Marsh hits it over midwicket. LSG 22/0 after three overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Beats outside edge of Marsh, first ball. Single to deep square leg. There is some bounce in the pitch. Single to gully. Markram taps it down. One more single on the leg side. Single to the deep fielder on the offside. Last ball, another single to short third man. LSG 14/0 after 2 overs.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram walk in to bat for LSG. Bhuvneshwar Kumar to bowl the first over. A few days ago he had become the first fast bowler to take 200 wickets in the Indian Premier League.
He begins with a dot against Marsh. Four past the only slip off the second ball. 2 through the covers. Single to midwicket. Markram on strike. Single to the deep fielder on the offside. Another single in the same direction. LSG 9/0 after the first over.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Jacob Duffy has to make way for him. RCB should have batted though. I mean if that had happened, there would have been chance of a 300 plus score today but not anymore. Spectators didn't make much of a noise when they heard that Patidar had decided to bowl. No changes for LSG, on the other hand.
Virat Kohli is not in the bowling XI which means he is likely to come as an impact substitute.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Just wow! In all their four matches so far, RCB have scored 200-plus at an average of 11.8 per over. Which tells you how fantastic they are as a batting unit. LSG bowlers have a big task on their hands today. Mohammed Shami is the only one from their bowling unit who can turn it around for them. LSG would hope for him to shine today.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: It's gonna be a great day for cricket. There is no rain forecast. Weather is going to be just perfect. We have already had one washout this season, between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens. Ever since, weather has become an important point of discussion before every match. And there have been some other matches affected by rain, in one way or the other.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: As fans will remember, Rohit Sharma had to be retired hurt in the match against RCB. It was his hamstring that bothered him. “The medical staff is assessing him. An official update will be given when available,” the Mumbai Indians media manager said today.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: At some point, it's going to happen. And Chinnaswamy is one ground where the possibility of it happening is really high. If RCB bat first tonight, they have the firepower to make it happen. In the match against MI, all three of their top-border batsmen came good which should make LSG worried.
LSG, on the other hand, have been very poor with their top order.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Kohli didn't field against Mumbai Indians due to an ankle strain but reports say he has recovered to play today. He scored a 38-ball 50 in that match but he was a bit slow and when he got back to the dugout, he let the world know he was upset. He threw his helmet and gloves in pure anger. So unhappy he was with his performance.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: The Aussie didn't play against Mumbai Indians and there is no definite word on him for today. But he can't play on and off; for, he will never be able to regain his supremacy. He has not played competitive cricket for months, it may be noted. He now needs a good stretch of matches to get going, well and truly.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Former Pakistan fast bowler Tanvir Ahmed believes both should be reconsidered for India in light of their fitness and skills with the ball. Tanvir says age should not get in the way. If a player performs and is in good shape, he should not be considered finished.
Both are playing today, for different teams though.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: He is ready to play and since Avesh Khan has not bowled well in the previous matches, Yadav can very well replace him today. Ashok Sharma has already made waves with his pace this IPL and Yadav must be itching to go. That's exactly how he burst on the scene too a couple of years ago.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: He is the only player who can really turn it around for LSG. RCB are for sure favourites but Shami can really turn the tables on them. LSG global director of cricket Tom Moody has high hopes from the medium pacer ahead of the encounter. “What makes him good is his durability, his ability to swing the ball early and his pace is up there,” he said.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: In the lead-up to IPL 2026, Rishabh Pant spent some time with Yuvraj Singh to hone his game, on all counts. But so far he has not been himself. He has particularly struggled to hit big shots. There is no ease in his batting anymore. If he struggles as a batter, rest assured, the rest of the team is going to struggle too.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: It's is the same pitch where RCB scored 250 against CSK earlier in the league. Expect it again to support batsmen today. RCB's batsmen are in super form and they must be smacking their lips going into the contest. The short boundaries in addition make it a terrible venue for bowlers.
RCB vs LSG, Live Score: Hello and welcome to the Match No. 23 of IPL 2026. The match is at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru and that fact alone should give RCB the upper hand. It's expected to be a high-scoring contest. Both teams are kind of top batting heavy. The only difference is RCB's top order is in form, LSG's isn't.