HIGHLIGHTS: LSG vs RCB IPL 2025 Match 70 – Result, Scorecard
The 70th match of the TATA IPL 2025 was held at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won the game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 6 wickets with 8 balls to spare.
Initially, the RCB won the toss and elected to bowl first. In the first Innings, LSG batsmen dominated the RCB bowlers with their explosive batting. Captain Rishab Panth led the LSG team from the start to the end with his outstanding performance. Rishab Panth scored an unbeaten century in this match, where he scored an unbeaten 118 runs from 61 balls. Mitchell Marsh also contributed to the innings with his half-century, where he scored 67 off 37 balls. RCB bowlers struggled to control the flow of runs, and they failed to do it. At the end of the first Innings, LSG scored a huge 227 runs for RCB to chase in the second Innings.
In the Second Innings, RCB openers build a solid foundation for the Innings with a brilliant knock. Opener Virat Kohli contributed 54 runs in 30 balls. Later, Captain Jitesh Sharma led the innings with his outstanding batting performance, where he scored an unbeaten 85 runs off 33 balls. RCB finished the match within the completion of 19 overs and secured on victory by 6 wickets with 8 balls to spare.
With this Victory, RCB is qualified to play the Qualifier 1 match against the Punjab Kings in the TATA IPL 2025 Playoffs.
LSG vs RCB Match Details
| Match | Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Match 70, IPL 2025 |
| Venue | Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow |
| Date & Time | Tuesday, May 27, 7:30 PM |
| Result | RCB won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) |
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Match Scorecard
Lucknow Super Giants Batting Performance
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Mitchell Marsh | c †Sharma b Kumar | 67 | 37 | 86 | 4 | 5 | 181.08 |
| Matthew Breetzke | b Thushara | 14 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 116.66 |
| Rishabh Pant (c)† | not out | 118 | 61 | 97 | 11 | 8 | 193.44 |
| Nicholas Pooran | c Yash Dayal b Shepherd | 13 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 130 |
| Abdul Samad | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 1, w 6) | 14 | 20 Ov | ||||
| Total | 227/3 | (RR: 11.35) | |||||
Fall of wickets (Lucknow Super Giants)
1-25 (Matthew Breetzke, 2.4 ov), 2-177 (Mitchell Marsh, 15.3 ov), 3-226 (Nicholas Pooran, 19.5 ov)
Bowling Performance (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Nuwan Thushara | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Krunal Pandya | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yash Dayal | 3 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 14.66 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 4 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 11.5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Suyash Sharma | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Romario Shepherd | 4 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 12.75 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Batting Performance
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Phil Salt | c Rathi b Akash Singh | 30 | 19 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 157.89 |
| Virat Kohli | c Badoni b Avesh Khan | 54 | 30 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 180 |
| Rajat Patidar | c Abdul Samad b O’Rourke | 14 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 200 |
| Liam Livingstone | lbw b O’Rourke | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayank Agarwal | not out | 41 | 23 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 178.26 |
| Jitesh Sharma (c)† | not out | 85 | 33 | 51 | 8 | 6 | 257.57 |
| Extras | (nb 1, w 5) | 6 | 18.4 Ov | ||||
| Total | 230/4 | (RR: 12.32) | |||||
Fall of Wickets (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
1-61 (Phil Salt, 5.4 ov), 2-90 (Rajat Patidar, 7.5 ov), 3-90 (Liam Livingstone, 7.6 ov), 4-123 (Virat Kohli, 11.2 ov)
Bowling Performance (Lucknow Super Giants)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
| Akash Singh | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will O’Rourke | 4 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 18.5 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Digvesh Rathi | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 3 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Avesh Khan | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 10.66 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ayush Badoni | 0.4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
IPL 2025 Points Table
| Pos | Team | Mat | Won | Lost | NR | Points | NRR |
| 1 | Punjab Kings (Q) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0.372 |
| 2 | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Q) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0.301 |
| 3 | Gujarat Titans (Q) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.309 |
| 4 | Mumbai Indians (Q) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1.142 |
| 5 | Delhi Capitals (E) | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0.011 |
| 6 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (E) | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0.022 |
| 7 | Lucknow Super Giants (E) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | -0.376 |
| 8 | Kolkata Knight Riders (E) | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 12 | -0.305 |
| 9 | Rajasthan Royals (E) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | -0.549 |
| 10 | Chennai Super Kings (E) | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 8 | -0.701 |
Note: Points Table as on 27 May 2025 11:59 PM (IST)
