Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) finally tasted victory after seven matches as they defeated the defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by nine runs in a rain-affected game at the Ekana International Stadium in the 50th match of the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL).
LSG batted first and managed to score 209 runs in 19 overs thanks to a brilliant century by Mitchell Marsh. The Australian opener scored 111 runs at a strike-rate of 198.21 to ensure that his team registered a defendable total. The hosts also needed an inning of 32 runs from 10 balls from their captain Rishabh Pant to reach 200 and pose a serious challenge to RCB.
However, the challenge was beyond the reach of the Royal Challengers, as they fell nine runs short of the revised total. Rajat Patidar tried to keep his team in the match after losing early wickets with Virat Kohli and Jacob Bethel scoring 61 runs, but it was not enough. Prince Yadav was the best bowler, taking three wickets at an economy of 8.20.
As in all IPL matches, lsg Even against RCB, both teams broke some records and players reached individual achievements. Marsh's century saw him achieve several individual achievements. Although not all milestones are of positive nature, Kohli's innings of zero has made headlines in the cricket world.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from Match 50:
- Michelle Marsh: Reached 500 fours in his T20 career
- Michelle Marsh:Joint most centuries for LSG (2)
- Michelle Marsh:Fastest IPL century by LSG player
- Michelle Marsh: Second most sixes hit by an LSG batsman in an innings (9)
- nicholas puran: Played his 100th IPL match
- nicholas puran: Reached 700 fours in his T20 career
- Lucknow Super Giants: Second highest score in the first innings against RCB
- Lucknow Super Giants:First home win of the 2026 season
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar: Played his 200th IPL match
- Virat Kohli: Got out for zero for the first time while chasing in IPL since 2017
- Virat Kohli: First duck in IPL after 2023
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