Royal Challengers Bangalore has defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 5 wickets in the 23rd match of IPL 2026 played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Lucknow had scored only 146 runs after playing first. In reply, RCB chased the target after losing 5 wickets in the first 29 balls. With this victory, RCB has reached number one in the points table. RCB has defeated Lucknow for the first time in M ​​Chinnaswamy i.e. at home. Rasikh Dar Salaam (4 wickets) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3 wickets) wreaked havoc in bowling for RCB, while in batting, Virat Kohli (49 runs in 34 balls), Jitesh Sharma (23 runs in 9 balls) and Rajat Patidar (27 runs in 13 balls) were hits. In the end, Tim David (8 balls, 14 runs) and Romario Shepherd (8 balls, 14 runs) returned unbeaten.