Lucknow Super Giants will square off against reigning champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow in the 50th match of the ongoing IPL 2026 on Thursday. LSG is at the bottom of the standings with only two wins in nine games. Rishabh Pant’s team has lost their last six games and they have looked clueless throughout their campaign.

RCB, on the other hand, are in third place in the standings with six wins and three losses and they look all set to qualify for the playoffs. However, form of batters like Jacob Bethell and Jitesh Sharma is a concern for the franchise while moving into the business end of the tournament.

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Mitchell Marsh needs 11 sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL.

Nicholas Pooran, who will play his 100th IPL match, needs 62 runs to complete 2500 runs in the IPL.

Ayush Badoni needs six sixes to complete 50 maximums in the IPL.

Rishabh Pant needs 12 fours to complete 350 boundaries in the IPL.

Rajat Patidar needs eight sixes to complete 100 maximums in the IPL. He needs 10 fours to complete 100 boundaries in the tournament.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Venkatesh Iyer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Jordan Cox, Mangesh Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Jacob Duffy, Swapnil Singh, Philip Salt, Nuwan Thushara, Vihaan Malhotra, Abhinandan Singh, Kanishk Chouhan, Satvik Deswal

Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Aiden Markram, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Choudhary, George Linde, Anrich Nortje, Matthew Breetzke, Arjun Tendulkar, Akash Maharaj Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari