- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 Whoa, Jaiswal's been bounced out! Wasn't sure if he hit it at first but there was glove on it. Pant jumped high and took it with the tip of his right hand. Snorter from Shami, 141ks, shortish and zipping over leg. Jaiswal swivelled, got his shoulders across to get inside the line for the hook. Ball was just over the shoulder as it rushed past the bat and took the glove 32/13.6 Should be out. Rathi takes a great catch! Not Sooryavanshi's day, the first big hit he attempts, he's gone. It's his shot to be fair, the long hit off the front foot over long-on but the fullish length ball at 142ks rose and took the outer-half of the bat. Ball went high, two infielders were running back from cover, Rathi was on the run as he judged it well and took it around his chest. Mohsin delighted as are LSG 32/32.6 Shami Test-ifies T20s to nick off Jurel. Day one, first session, angle in towards leg before swerving away late. Jurel kept his hands close but left the bat-face slightly open. The 136ks ball took the outside edge and went to Pant. Shami will be on a hat-trick at the start of his next over 32/28.6 Helicopter flies only till long-on! Parag falls cheaply again, this time to a hittable ball. Seam-up 139ks pitched up on on off. Parag got still and wristed the helicopter through and through, bat-face may have been a touch too open and he ended up getting up too much height. Pooran took the catch and threw it right up too. 62/410.2 Oh, LSG definitely on top, now. Mohsin returns and takes out Hetmyer. Back of a length ball just around off stump at 139.6kph. The angle back in troubles Hetmyer, who looks to turn this to the on-side, gets a big leading that pops straight up with Prince taking a simple enough catch at mid-off 77/515.5 Straight down deep third's throat and Prince Yadav's excellent season continues. Slower bouncer outside off at 117kph, he backs away and looks to ramp that fine. But the off-pace ball means he has to generate all the pace. Isn't able to and Mohsin takes a simple catch 110/6Extras5 (lb 1, w 4)TOTAL159/6 (20 Overs, RR: 7.95)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2.5 ov), 2-32 (Dhruv Jurel, 2.6 ov), 3-32 (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 3.6 ov), 4-62 (Riyan Parag, 8.6 ov), 5-77 (Shimron Hetmyer, 10.2 ov), 6-110 (Donovan Ferreira, 15.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 0 30 2 7.5 15 6 0 3 0 Prince Yadav 4 0 29 2 7.25 13 4 0 0 0 Mohsin Khan 4 1 17 2 4.25 11 1 0 0 0 MP Yadav 4 0 56 0 14 6 5 3 1 0 DS Rathi 4 0 26 0 6.5 5 1 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.3 Goes high, very high and Parag takes a comfortable catch running back from extra cover. Parag celebrates, Burger celebrates and RR are on a high. Slower 120.3kph offcutter angling well across Marsh outside off. He looks to loft that over covers but the angle doesn't allow him any power. He ends up skewing it straight up and Parag does the rest 105/60.6 Badoni gone by the sub-fielder! Sent upstairs, looked out. Yeah, Badoni not even in the frame as Ravi ran in from midwicket and under-armed it at the striker's. Was a length ball on leg, Badoni looked to defend it straight. Ball went off the inside edge to the leg side. Badoni ran half-way on the edge of the off-side of the pitch, Marsh was on the other side signaling 'there's no run there'. Badoni went back, Ravi came in and threw it from the short-leg area 9/11.4 Big sound as the ball passed bat and it's given. Pant goes big again but with a slog sweep to a fullish length ball outside off. It rises and goes off a thin edge to the keeper. 143ks. 10/22.5 Top edge goes in the sky, swirls around for a while. Jurel pops his cap off, takes a couple of steps back, settles underneath and takes it with fingers pointing up. 147ks back of length ball rises at pace to waist-height. Markram looks to flick it off the back foot, diagonal bat went down and then up. Archer waits before celebrating 11/39.4 Pooran's first six-hitting attempt ends the innings. Length ball from around the wicket lands around off and angles away, the stock ball didn't turn or bounce much. Pooran went for a cross-bat swipe across the line and got it off the upper-half of the bat. Finds long-on. 99ks. Jadeja signals to Pooran that he has him in his pocket 54/414.3 You miss, I hit... Himmat does miss and Bishnoi does hit. He looks back towards the LSG dugout and signs the wicket in his book much like Rathi. Slider bowled at 107kph on off stump. Himmat looks to bash that across the line, misses and his offstump is flattened 91/516.1 Mukul falls! Is that the game for RR? Pacy back of a length ball outside off stump at 133kph. The ball gets big on Mukul as he just about looks to flat bat it. Gets it high on the bat, with the ball lobbing to Parag at extra cover who dives low and takes a good catch 111/716.3 The leg stump goes flop! Nails the yorker at 136kph on leg, Shami backs away, misses and sees his leg stump flattened 113/817.3 AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER FROM JUREL! What a 'keeper this man is! On a length outside off, Mayank pushes at it, gets a thick outside that flies to the right of Jurel, who flies to his right and takes a one-handed specky almost behind him 119/917.6 THE MIDDLE STUMP IS FLATTENED! RR win by 40 runs in what has a defensive masterclass from the bowlers. Archer bowls this full, quick and on the base of middle stump. Mohsin misses and the stumps are left in a mess. RR back to winning ways, LSG lose a fourth-straight game. 119/10Extras7 (lb 2, w 5)TOTAL119 all out (18 Overs, RR: 6.61)Did not bat: Prince YadavFall of wickets: 1-9 (Ayush Badoni, 0.6 ov), 2-10 (Rishabh Pant, 1.4 ov), 3-11 (Aiden Markram, 2.5 ov), 4-54 (Nicholas Pooran, 9.4 ov), 5-91 (Himmat Singh, 14.3 ov), 6-105 (Mitchell Marsh, 15.3 ov), 7-111 (Mukul Choudhary, 16.1 ov), 8-113 (Mohammed Shami, 16.3 ov), 9-119 (Mayank Yadav, 17.3 ov), 10-119 (Mohsin Khan, 17.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JC Archer 4 1 20 3 5 17 4 0 1 0 N Burger 4 0 27 2 6.75 15 1 3 0 0 Brijesh Sharma 3 0 18 2 6 7 2 0 1 0 RA Jadeja 4 0 29 1 7.25 9 2 1 1 0 Ravi Bishnoi 3 0 23 1 7.66 6 1 1 2 0
Match Details
Toss
Lucknow Super Giants , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.30 start, First Session 19.30-21.00, Interval 21.00-21.15, Second Session 21.15-22.45
Match days
22 April 2026 - night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Rajasthan Royals 2, Lucknow Super Giants 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 3 wickets)
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Subs: Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Yashraj Punja, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande
- Lucknow Super Giants Impact Player Subs: Himmat Singh, George Linde, Siddhartha M, Matthew Breetzke, Abdul Samad
- Rajasthan Royals: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 54/3 in 7.0 overs (R Parag 15, SO Hetmyer 5)
- Strategic Timeout: Rajasthan Royals - 89/5 in 13.0 overs (RA Jadeja 4, D Ferreira 9)
- Rajasthan Royals: 100 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 4
- Rajasthan Royals Impact Player Sub: SB Dubey for YBK Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals innings, 15.5 ov)
- Over 18.5: Review by Lucknow Super Giants (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - VK Sharma, Batter - SB Dubey (Struck down)
- Rajasthan Royals: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: Rajasthan Royals - 159/6 in 20.0 overs (RA Jadeja 43, SB Dubey 19)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 3 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Lucknow Super Giants - 40/3 in 7.0 overs (MR Marsh 24, N Pooran 14)
- Over 8.3: Review by Rajasthan Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AK Argal, Batter - N Pooran (Struck down)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 50 runs in 8.6 overs (54 balls), Extras 3
- Lucknow Super Giants Impact Player Sub: Himmat Singh in for Prince Yadav (Lucknow Super Giants innings, 9.4 ov)
- Lucknow Super Giants: 100 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 6
- MR Marsh: 50 off 39 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Lucknow Super Giants - 105/6 in 15.3 overs (MD Choudhary 7)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPlaying 'more than one game in his head' confusing Pant
"Rishabh Pant's problem lies in the fact that he's yet to find his template for white-ball cricket," Saba Karim says after the LSG captain's latest failure
Prince Yadav joins Anshul Kamboj at the top of IPL 2026 Purple Cap table
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi endured another failure, but still managed to get past Virat Kohli to the fourth spot on the Orange Cap table
'Pooran is the catalyst' - Steyn on LSG's batting muddle
"The poor form of Pooran just means that you're moving good batters to try and shepherd him," Dale Steyn says of LSG constantly tinkering with their batting order
Good things come to Jadeja for playing the waiting game
It was a T20 innings from another era, but Ravindra Jadeja was just doing what he does best: understand where the game's at and do exactly what's needed to win it
Mohsin Khan bowls first ever maiden to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and dismisses him
The Rajasthan Royals opener was dismissed for 8 off 11 balls in Lucknow



