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LSG Vs RR Live: Vaibhav’s clash in Jaipur! Will the Royals qualify? A crushing defeat at Lucknow
Samira Vishwas | May 20, 2026 4:24 AM CST

Brilliant innings from Mitchell Marsh and Josh English
Lucknow gave Rajasthan a target of 221 runs
Rajasthan Royals play off hopes still alive

Tata IPL 2026 RR Vs LSG Live: An important match between Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants took place in Jaipur today. This was considered to be the most important match in the league match of IPL. Rajasthan had decided to bowl first. Lucknow scored 220 runs first and gave Rajasthan a huge target of 221 runs. Vaibhav SuryavanshiHas played a very aggressive and brilliant innings. Finally, Rajasthan Royals have defeated Lucknow by 7 wickets in this match. So, Rajasthan Royals’ hopes of making it to the playoffs are still alive. If Rajasthan wins the next match, they can enter the top 4. But in case of defeat, they will have to depend on other teams.

Rajasthan Royals batting

Rajasthan Royals skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi came out to complete the target of 221 runs set by Lucknow. Both plundered 71 runs in the Powerplay. Rajasthan got off to a good start. But captain Yashasvi Jaiswal got out after scoring 11 runs. Then Dhruv Jurel came to play in the field. Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a brilliant and aggressive innings. Vaibhav Suryavanshi has scored 93 runs in 38 balls. Today Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a very aggressive innings. Dhruv Jurel also scored a half-century.

Lucknow bowling

Akash Maharaj Singh opened the innings for Lucknow. Lucknow could not get a single wicket in the power play. But finally Akash Maharaj Singh took the wicket of captain Yashasvi Jaiswal. Mohsin Khan dismisses Vaibhav Suryavanshi.

Lucknow batting
Rajasthan Royals captain Yashasvi Jaiswal invited the Lucknow team to bat first. Mitchell Marsh and Josh English came into the field for the Lucknow team. Both of them washed the bowlers of Rajasthan well. Marsh and English put on a formidable partnership till 8 overs. But in the 9th overs Josh English got out Josh English scored a brilliant half-century of 60 runs.

LSG Vs RR Live: Mitchell Marsh makes Royals sweat; Rajasthan need 221 runs to go to play off

Then Nicholas Pooran came to play. Pooran was dismissed for 16 runs. Meanwhile, Mitchell Marsh has maintained his form. He scored a brilliant half-century. Rishabh Pant was run out when he was on 35 runs. Mitchell Marsh is 4 runs away from his century. He was dismissed for 96 runs.

Rajasthan Royals bowling

Rajasthan Royals bowlers did not find their rhythm today. Lucknow washed away the key bowlers. They had to wait till 9 overs for their first wicket. Finally, in the 9th over, English, who was playing aggressively, was dismissed by Yash Raj. Yash Raj dismissed Nicholas Pooran to give Lucknow another blow.

Rajasthan Royals Team: Rajasthan Royals, Dhruv Jurel, Ryan Parag (captain), Donavan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Jofra Archer, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punj, Adam Milne, Ravi Bishnoi, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nandre Berger.

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Lucknow Super Giants Team: Mitchell Marsh, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Aidan Markram, Ayush Badoni, Digvesh Rathi, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Akash Singh, Mohsin Khan, Mukul Chaudhary, Prince Yadav.


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