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.

There is a big match today in IPL 2026. The teams of Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants will clash at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. This could be a very exciting match. RCB is at third place in the points table with three wins in four matches. Whereas Lucknow team has won two out of four matches. Lucknow Sur Giants is at seventh place in the points table.

Who is ahead in head to head?

RCB has the upper hand in the head to head between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants. RCB has defeated Lucknow four times. Whereas Lucknow team has succeeded in defeating Bengaluru only twice. The interesting thing here is that Lucknow has defeated RCB both times at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

M Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report

The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium is considered the graveyard of bowlers. Bowlers get beaten a lot here. Scoring 200 runs has been seen quite easy here. By the way, let us tell you that Lucknow Super Giants has not yet been able to score 200 runs in IPL 2026. Whereas RCB has crossed the 200-run mark in all four matches. The team winning the toss can decide to bowl first.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that RCB has the upper hand in this match. Even though the Bengaluru team has not won any match from Lucknow at home till now, there may be a change in this figure today. The contest is 60-40. Even today there are more chances of the score being defended.

Probable playing eleven of RCB- Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Tim David, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salaam and Jacob Duffy/Josh Hazlewood.

Impact Player- Suyash Sharma

Probable playing eleven of Lucknow- Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, George Linde, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan and Digvesh Singh Rathi.

Impact Player- Mohsin Khan/Prince Yadav/Mayank Yadav