RCB vs LSG IPL 2026 Highlights: Bengaluru chase down 147 to win by five wickets

And RCB have won this one. Tim David and Shepherd take the team home comfortably after a couple of wickets. No dream comeback for LSG. Both players scored 14 each in eight balls each. RCB win this with five wickets in hand and 29 balls to spare.

Prince Yadav has taken two wickets in an over and all of a sudden has brought some life into this one. He removed Patidar first at mid-off before nicking behind Jitesh Sharma. David and Shepherd in the middle.

And Virat Kohli departs now. He miscues this to long-on as Avesh gets his second wicket. Kohli misses his fifty by one run. Jitesh joins Patidar now as RCB are on course to win this.

Devdutt Padikkal's disappointing knock comes to an end. He departed for 10 runs off 11 balls as RCB are 66/2 after 7.2 overs.

RCB are 60/1 after six overs. They are off to a cracking side as Virat Kohli is currently batting on 40 runs off 20 balls. Devdutt Padikkal has played the perfect role of a second fiddle. RCB need 87 runs to win in 84 balls. 

Bengaluru are 45/1 after four overs. They are off to a brilliant start and it's all about carrying on with the momentum from here on. Kohli looks to be in spectacular form at the moment. 

Prince Yadav takes the prized wicket of Phil Salt. The England international departed for seven runs off eight balls. RCB suffer an early blow. They are 9/1 after 1.4 overs. 

Virat Kohli is the impact sub that RCB are using. He comes in for Suyash Sharma and comes out with Phil Salt. Kohli is an impact sub for the first time in his career. Mukul takes the gloves as Pant has copped a blow. Shami to start the proceedings with the ball. 

And Rasikh gets Avesh Khan on the final ball of the innings now. Another yorker and another batter dismissed. Avesh loses this ball and gets cleaned up. LSG bowled out on 146 on the final ball of the innings. 

RCB had chained Mukul today with some good bouncers. He saw a fuller ball from Rasikh in the final over and tonked it over long-on. The second ball, Rasikh did not miss his yorker and cleaned up the hard-hitter. LSG 145/9 now.

And, that is a brilliant catch from Tim David. He charges back from backward point as Linde cuts this one high. David had to cover decent distance of ground running back. He did that and took a good catch. Linde is gone. And now Shami has been dismissed too. First-ball duck as Bhuvi nails an inswinging yorker.

And Pant has been dismissed. He tries hitting this towards deep mid-wicket, looking to pick the ball up. But does not has the legs on it to go over the fence or away from the fielder as Salt takes a good diving catch. Linde has been called up as an impact sub.

Rasikh Dar with some smart variations of pace. He keeps mixing pace on and off. This one was pace off and short as Badoni looked to upper cut it but gets a faint edge. Jitesh takes a fine catch. LSG 118/5 after 15.5. Rishabh Pant is back in.

LSG would know that this does not seem to be a 220 pitch batting first. They are digging deep with Mukul and Ayush rebuilding things for the team. Rishabh Pant was seen coming to the dugout with strapping to his left hand. LSG are at 112/4 after 15. Another 50 would make this competitive as LSG have a strong bowling.

And another one departs. Krunal Pandya gets his second. This time Abdul Samad has been dismissed. The slowness has done the batter here. A fuller one angling away as the batter looked to work it on the leg side. He gets a leading edge and has been caught at covers. LSG 83/3 after 11.2.

Krunal's four overs can dictate how much LSG will score. With this pitch being on the drier side and having something in it for the bowlers, his overs would be crucial. And Krunal gets the big wicket of Marsh. He was hit for a six two balls earlier. This time, he went lower in his delivery stride and also a bit round arm. It angled in as Marsh was cleaned up. LSG 71/3 after 10.

LSG in more trouble now. Hazlewood gets Pooran played on. This one was on a back-of-a-length as Pooran went for a cut. Gets an inside edge, which goes back to the stumps. LSG 35/2 after 6.1 with Pant retired hurt.

Pant has taken a blow to his elbow while trying to hit Hazlewood through the line. He needed his physio for a spray. Ohh no!! Pant is going off, getting retired hurt.

RCB have their first as Rasikh Dar strikes in his first over. This was a full toss down the leg side. Had Markram left it alone, it could have been wide. But he gets a leading edge that flies to Padikkal at covers. LSG 32/1 after 4.

And this one has been punished all the way. This was a knuckle ball but a short one as Marsh pulls this over mid-wicket for a roof-top six. A 102m hit by the Aussie star.

A tight start by RCB with the ball. Bhuvneshwar got some decent swing away from the right-handers, while Hazlewood was accurate with his line and length, hitting the hard one more often. Just on eboundary in the first two overs. LSG 14/0 after 2.

LSG are facing a trial by fire. Their batting unit needs to stand up big time today as they are up against a rampant batting line-up of RCB. Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram in the middle. Bhuvneshwar has the new ball in his hand.

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, George Linde, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Mayank Yadav

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Impact subs: Virat Kohli, Venkatesh Iyer, Jordan Cox, Kanishk Chouhan, Mangesh Yadav

Kohli is set to come in for RCB. LSG have several options in Linde, Mayank, and Siddharth

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar

Meanwhile, Kohli has been named in impact subs for today's game. Why so? This is because RCB are bowling first, and Kohli can come in the second half and bat. Is there some concern about his ankle? Not sure. Patidar wasn't asked about it, and neither did he say anything about it. It might be to manage the workload.

"I think pretty good. You know, it's a good wicket to bat on. Because in wickets like this, you can bat first or bowl first. Eventually, you've got to play a better cricket. We feel as a group, we've got to regroup, you know, come together and take ownership of whatever role we are playing as a team. And as easier in every match, we don't want to introspect how we are playing cricket. We just want to trust in the group. And hopefully, people will put their hand up and say, hey, I'm going to win the match for the team m(on what they need to do better). Definitely, you know, we talk about being leaders. And there are a lot of leaders in the group. You know, eventually, you've got to go out there and perform at the same time, soak in that pressure for the team and try to do well. We're playing with the same team," Pant said at the toss.

"We will bowl first. It's pretty obvious: good surface, bowl first , take the advantage and put them under pressure. No grass on this pitch, looks good. Everyone is doing good for the team - coming at different stages and performing. One change - Hazlewood replaces Duffy," Patidar said at the toss.

RCB have won the toss and they have opted to bowl first. One change: Josh Hazlewood comes in for Jacob Duffy.

"Righto, it's time to have a look at the playing conditions at this cauldron that is the Chinnaswamy. Let's start off, it's six-city this. Let's start off with the dimensions. 61m square and 68m square, so there's a shepherding that must go on. You know which side you'd rather be hitting to or not being hit to, as the case may be. Straight at 74m, but it is small. 55 sixes already here. It is an unbelievable wicket to come and bat here as an opening batter, but there sometimes is nice bounce and swing for the new ball. Getting through the new ball, it becomes nice for the batters. But looking at the surface today, it's a touch drier than it normally is. Normally when you get here, you see that little bit of green grass just standing up. Today it looks a touch barer and less grass. I think not as much bounce and there's been a little bit of seam movement up front, so I think not as much. Spin generally doesn't play a massive role here in terms of wickets taken, but it's the Krunal Pandyas that are good with their lengths, that bowls at the top of the stump, very effective. Still a very good pitch. I still think a very good score, but not as much as the other ones. Bat second and chase down? 100%. I' going with 220. It's still above the 200. Nice and good one, this one, for more sixes," Mpumelelo Mbangwa and Faf du Plessis say in their pitch report.

Most likely. He trained on the eve of the game. He is at the ground, doing his warm-ups and not looking in trouble. He is all set to play today after his ankle issue in the last game.

It's RCB vs LSG at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. Clash of the two contrasting batting units at a belter of a Bengaluru venue. RCB have the likes of Kohli, Salt, Patidar, David and Padikkal. While LSG are struggling in their batting. Two contrasting teams are up against each other as the Bengaluru crowd waits in anticipation for this one.