LSG vs RCB IPL 2025: Full Match Scorecard, Highlights & Key Stats – Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru

MATCH REPORT: LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS VS ROYAL CHALLENGERS BENGALURU – IPL 2025, MATCH 70 Power-packed first innings sets mammoth 228-run target Lucknow Super Giants posted a commanding 227/3 after being sent in at the Ekana Cricket Stadium. Stand-in skipper-keeper Rishabh Pant lit up the evening with an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls (10 fours, 7 sixes), registering his maiden IPL century and the second-highest score of the season. He shared a 154-run second-wicket stand with Mitchell Marsh, whose 67 from 36 deliveries featured 6 fours and 4 sixes. Royal Challengers Bengaluru used seven bowlers, but only Nuwan Thushara escaped severe punishment, finishing with 1/26 in his four overs. LSG INNINGS HIGHLIGHTS • Powerplay: 62/1 – Quinton de Kock fell early, but Pant counter-attacked. • Middle overs: Pant and Marsh accelerated to 150/1 in 14 overs. • Death overs: 77 runs came in the last five; Nicholas Pooran (27* off 11) provided the finishing kick. Current chase situation At the six-over mark, RCB are 66/1, needing 162 from 84 balls. Phil Salt exploded to 30 off 19 before falling to Marcus Stoinis, while Virat Kohli is unbeaten on 33 off 16, striking at 206.25. RCB CHASE SNAPSHOT Powerplay score: 66/1 Required rate: 11.57 RPO Key wickets in hand: Kohli, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell. What the result means for playoff mathematics • Lucknow (currently 10 points) must win big to stay in the top-four conversation and bolster their net run rate. • Bengaluru (12 points) can seal a playoff berth tonight; defeat would leave them needing help from other fixtures. Pitch and conditions The black-soil Lucknow surface offered true bounce and a quick outfield, explaining the 200-plus total. With no dew expected, LSG’s spinners—Krunal Pandya and Ravi Bishnoi—could become decisive in the middle overs. Key numbers from the match scorecard so far LSG 227/3 (20 overs) – Pant 118*, Marsh 67; Thushara 1/26 RCB 66/1 (6 overs) – Kohli 33*, Salt 30; Stoinis 1/9 Latest talking points • Pant’s 118* is the highest T20 score by a wicket-keeper at Lucknow. • Kohli crossed 9,000 T20 runs for RCB in the chase, a first for any batter with a single franchise. • The 154-run Pant-Marsh partnership is LSG’s biggest for any wicket in IPL history. Stay tuned; this article will be updated with the full match scorecard, result, and post-match quotes once play concludes.