🏏IPL 2026: RCB vs LSG, 23rd Match,Bengalaru 15 Apr 7:30pm IST🏏 - Page 5

Thanks for the tag ☺️

Originally posted by: Arpita00001

Will Virat play today?

Originally posted by: SalluTheUllu

🫂 🤗 to you in Next Match KKR will win.

Yaar Sab mujhe cheer karne mein lage hue hai

Originally posted by: Arpita00001

Batting wise lsg is weak but they do have good pacers RCB bowling nd fielding is weak yet they have Bhuvi Kunal Hazel like players...

Koi nahi..rcb will win aram se..even 300, their batters will chase down

Originally posted by: Swathi_7

Yaar Sab mujhe cheer karne mein lage hue hai

For your investment Itna toh we all can do

Originally posted by: Swathi_7

Koi nahi..rcb will win aram se..even 300, their batters will chase down

Lsg achha khaasa bowling karle we will get a thriller wala match

Galti se lsg Jeet gayi toh?

Goenka saahab pagla jayenge...

Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won the toss and have opted to field

Rajat Patidar - We will bowl first.

Originally posted by: SoniRita

🏏IPL 2026: LSG vs RCB, 23rd Match, at M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru on 15/04/2026 @7:30PM IST🏏

It has been a difficult journey so far for the Lucknow Super Giants who have lost as many as they have won. And as the results indicate, they are also contending with middling form of key players, especially the overseas ones, who have not come to the party as yet. But heroes from unlikely quarters, such as Mukul Choudhary, have also given them reasons to rejoice. And on paper, they still command a threat that will not allow Royal Challengers Bengaluru to take them lightly.

But for all that to fall in place they would need the likes of Mitchell Marsh (75 runs; Ave:18.75) and Nicholas Pooran (41 runs; Ave 10.25) to step it up significantly. The M Chinnaswamy Stadium has proved to be a place where runs can be scored with a bit of application and targeted hitting. Against an in-form RCB, LSG will be desperate to play to the potential that's there on paper. The happier front has been the bowling department, led by Mohammed Shami, which has given them a lot more to cheer about. Adding to that cheer would be the news that their pace bowling could be further strengthened.

Tom Moody, Global Head of Cricket at LSG, made it clear that both Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan are closer to full fitness and could be available as early as the RCB game which could only add to their strength especially on a surface that has tended to assist the pacers that hit the hard lengths. And that's an area that the defending champions have cornered more effectively than their opponents so far at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. With that, they have set the tone early in the season, winning three of their four outings so far, and resemble a well-oiled unit where every piece knows and plays its part.

Leading the way and really embodying the step-up is the captain Rajat Patidar, who has started the season phenomenally well. In an exclusive interview with Cricbuzz before the start of the season, Patidar had hinted that he preferred playing against pace rather than spin as is the popular perception about him. True to his words, Patidar has 129 runs off 59 balls against pace in this season, and undermining tactics that come with the popular perception. With each of their batters creating an impact at some point this season, the bowling is where RCB's focus would shift deeper into the season. Although still minute, there have been some cracks that could be exploited - RCB has the second-poorest economy rate of the season only behind Kolkata Knight Riders. Particularly, their death bowling, barring Bhuvneshwar Kumar, has been below-par, going at 12.75 an over.

It'll be up to LSG to find a way and widen the cracks and derail the RCB juggernaut.

Thank you for the tags, Soni!

RCB gonna chase anything but can Lsg put the target of 200+?

Rishabh Pant calls heads, it's tails. Rajat Patidar says RCB are bowling first. "Pretty obvious," he says. Josh Hazlewood is back for RCB, and out goes Jacob Duffy.