Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants played the IPL 26th match. However, Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bowl first. They performed extremely well with the ball and stopped LSG at a low target. In 20 overs LSG scored 154 runs with the fall of 7 wickets. The target was not hard to chase but Rajasthan Royals’ batting order failed miserably. In 20 overs they scored 144 runs with the fall of 6 wickets.
In the last over 19 runs were needed. Avesh Khan bowled the last over. He defended the target very well and made his team the winner. Below you will get the summary of the match.
Lucknow Super Giants Innings In IPL 26th Match
KL Rahul and Kyle Mayers opened the innings for the team. However, both the players had given a good start to the team. KL Rahul scored 39 runs in 32 balls. Jos Buttler caught him on the Jasen Holder.
Moreover, Kyle Mayers scored 51 runs in 42 balls. R Ashvin bowled him. Ayush Badoni came to bat at number three. He got out on 1 run. Trent Boult bowled him.
Deepak Hooda came to bat at number four. He scored 2 runs in 4 balls. Shimron Hetmyer caught him on the ball of R Ashvin.
Marcus Stoinis came to bat at number five. He scored 21 runs in 16 balls. Sanju Samson caught him on the ball of Sandeep Sharma. Moreover, Nicholas Pooran came to bat at number six. He scored 29 runs in 20 balls. He got run out.
However, in 20 overs LSG scored 154 runs with the fall of 7 wickets. It was not a big score to chase but Rajasthan Royals failed to do it and lost the IPL 26th match.
Lucknow Super Giants Bowling Scorecard
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Yudhvir Singh | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Avesh Khan | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| Marcus Stoinis | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Amit Mishra | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Rajasthan Royals Innings In IPL 26th Match
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jos Buttler started the innings for the team. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 44 runs in 35 balls. Avesh Khan caught him on the ball of MP Stoinis.
Moreover, Jos Buttler scored 40 runs in 41 balls. Ravi Bishnoi caught him on the ball of MP Stoinis.
The score was not too big to chase. But the middle order of Rajasthan Royals didn’t perform well. Sanju Samson came to bat at number three. He scored 2 runs in 4 balls. He got run out.
Devdutt Padikkal came to bat at number four. He scored 26 runs in 21 balls. Nicholas Pooran caught him on the ball of Avesh Khan.
Shimron Hetmyer came to bat at number five. He scored 2 runs in 5 balls. KL Rahul caught him on the ball of Avesh Khan.
Riyan Parag came to bat at number six. He scored 15 runs in 12 balls. He was on the strike in the last over and there was a need for 19 runs in 6 balls. However, the batters of RR failed to hit big in the last over and lost the IPL 26th match.
Rajasthan Royals Bowling Scorecard
| Bowlers | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets |
| Trent Boult | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Sandeep Sharma | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Jason Holder | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI
KL Rahul(C)
Kyle Mayers
Deepak Hooda
Marcus Stoinis
Nicholas Pooran(WK)
Ayush Badoni
Krunal Pandya
Avesh Khan
Naveen-ul-Haq
Ravi Bishnoi
Yudhvir Singh
Amit Mishra
Rajasthan Royals Playing XI
Jos Buttler
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Sanju Samson(WK/C)
Riyan Parag
Shimron Hetmyer
Dhruv Jurel
Ravichandran Ashwin
Jason Holder
Trent Boult
Yuzvendra Chahal
Sandeep Sharma
Devdutt Padikkal
