By Admin 
Today in IPL 2026, the teams of Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore will face each other. This is the 50th match of this season. This year all the matches in Ekana, Lucknow have been low scoring. In such a situation, a low scoring thriller can be seen today. RCB is at third place in the points table, while Lucknow team is at 10th place.
So far RCB has played 9 matches in IPL 2026. During this period, Rajat Patidar’s team has won six matches and lost three matches. RCB’s net run rate is quite good. In such a situation, if RCB registers a win today then it will go on top in the points table. Talking about Lucknow, Rishabh Pant’s team has won only two matches out of 9 matches. He has faced defeat in seven matches. Lucknow team has not been able to win even a single match at home till now.
Who is ahead in head to head?
A total of seven matches have been played so far in the IPL between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants. During this period, RCB has won five matches. Whereas Lucknow has won only two matches. The figure here is 5-2. RCB has played two matches in Ekana, Lucknow, and has won both the matches.
Pitch report of Ekana, Lucknow
This match can also be low scoring. The highest score here this season has been 165 runs. Even in this second half of the league stage, where the pitches are drying up due to the summer sun, teams would like to chase the target. It becomes very difficult to score runs with the old ball here.
match prediction
Our match prediction meter is saying that RCB has the upper hand in this match, but Lucknow team can cause an upset. According to our match prediction meter, the team batting first has more chances of victory.
Probable playing eleven of RCB- Jacob Bethel, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood and Suyyash Sharma.
Impact Player- Rasikh Salaam Dar
Probable playing eleven of Lucknow- Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Aiden Markram, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Prince Yadav and Avesh Khan.
Impact Player- Digvesh Rathi