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Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants by seven wickets Indian Premier League 2026 on 19th May at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
Batting first, LSG made a strong score of 220/5 in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh played a stormy inning of 96 runs in 57 balls with the help of 11 fours and five sixes at a strike rate of 168.42. He was well supported by Josh Inglis, who scored 60 runs off just 29 balls at an impressive strike rate of 206.90, which included seven fours and three sixes. From the Rajasthan Royals bowling unit, Yashraj Punja took 2/35 in his four overs.
In reply, Rajasthan Royals achieved the target by scoring 225/3 in 19.1 overs. Young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a brilliant inning of 93 runs in 38 balls with the help of seven fours and ten sixes at a strike rate of 244.74. He was well supported by Dhruv Jurel, who played an unbeaten inning of 53 runs off 38 balls, hitting three fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 139.47.
With this win, Rajasthan Royals achieved their seventh win in 13 matches and moved up to fourth place in the standings. Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants slipped further down the table after their ninth defeat in 13 matches.
Here are the most important stats and milestones from Match 64:
- Both Mitchell Marsh (96) and Vaibhav Suryavanshi (93) were out in the 90s, only the second such instance in IPL history after the CSK vs KKR clash in 2013 (Mike Hussey 95 and Manvinder Bisla 92).
- Suryavanshi recorded the highest strike rate (minimum 500 runs) in an IPL season, finishing at 236.3 in IPL 2026.
- He also hit the most number of sixes in the season, 53, making him second in IPL history for most number of sixes in a single edition.
- He became the second player after Finn Allen to hit 10+ sixes in multiple innings in the same IPL season.
- He recorded three innings with 10+ sixes, making it one of the highest numbers ever recorded in a single IPL campaign.
- Mayank Yadav conceded 29 runs in an over, which is the second most expensive spell by a Lucknow Super Giants bowler after the one recorded earlier in the season.
- Suryavanshi recorded his fourth fifty-plus score of the season, although his half-century off 23 balls was the slowest of IPL 2026.
- He also scored the most powerplay runs (426) in the season, the second highest ever score in IPL history.
- Rajasthan Royals hit a record 60 sixes in the first six overs of IPL 2026, the most by any team in a season.
- Suryavanshi became the youngest player to reach 500 runs in an IPL season.
- Mitchell Marsh hit 36 sixes in the season for Lucknow Super Giants, the third most for the franchise in the IPL edition.
- Rajasthan Royals scored 200+ eight times in the season, the second highest by any team in a single IPL campaign.













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