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LSG vs RCB Live: Score Updates, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Fantasy Tips for Today’s IPL 2025 Showdown
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The Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow is buzzing as Lucknow Super Giants face Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the final league game of IPL 2025. A top-two finish—and the security of two shots at the final—hangs on the result for RCB, while LSG are chasing pride and momentum for next season.
Power-packed start after toss advantage
Stand-in skipper Jitesh Sharma called correctly and invited LSG to bat. The decision paid instant dividends when sling-arm debutant Nuwan Thushara knocked over Matthew Breetzke with a searing yorker. At the first time-out the scoreboard read 44/1 (4 ov), with Mitchell Marsh and Rishabh Pant—fresh off a towering slog-swept six—trying to rebuild.
Probable scores on this surface hover around 170–180, but early stroke-play suggests both sides will hunt something closer to 200 to stay safe.
Playing XIs
Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c&wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Will O’Rourke
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Mayank Agarwal, Jitesh Sharma (c&wk), Liam Livingstone, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash Sharma
Play-off mathematics
• Win for RCB ⇒ leapfrog Gujarat Titans, finish second (or even first with a big NRR surge) and meet Punjab Kings in Qualifier 1.
• Loss for RCB ⇒ remain third, drop into the Eliminator against Mumbai Indians—historically the toughest road to a maiden title.
Key battles to watch
1. Mitchell Marsh vs Josh Hazlewood—or tonight, Thushara: Marsh smashed a 112 last outing; a quick strike is vital for Bengaluru.
2. Nicholas Pooran vs left-arm spin: Krunal Pandya’s overs in the middle could define the chase.
3. Virat Kohli’s milestone hunt: 24 runs short of 9,000 for RCB and one fifty away from an IPL record 63 half-centuries. Expect search traffic to surge around “Kohli record vs LSG”.
Pitch & conditions
The Ekana strip is hard with an even grass cover, but its large square boundaries (64 m, 66 m) temper six-hitting. Dew traditionally slides in post 9 pm, making RCB’s chase-friendly gamble logical. Teams batting second have won five of seven here this season.
First-innings snapshot (at 8 pm IST)
LSG 68/1 in 6 ov — Powerplay belonged to Pant and Marsh, who peppered square leg with three sixes off Dayal. Thushara’s figures stand at 2-0-14-1, showcasing why RCB drafted him straight in for the injured Hazlewood.
What LSG need
• A Marsh-Pooran partnership deep into the 15th over.
• 175+ target to stretch RCB’s relatively new middle order of Livingstone and Shepherd.
• Digvesh Rathi’s wrist-spin to exploit any grip once lights take full effect.
What RCB will fancy
• Early breakthroughs from Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s powerplay swing.
• Kohli-Salt rollicking start to neutralise Rathi.
• Shepherd’s death-overs hitting: RCB hold the league’s best run rate between overs 17-20 (11.2).
Stat corner
• RCB are chasing a perfect seven wins in seven away fixtures—an IPL first.
• Head-to-head reads RCB 3 – LSG 2 since the latter joined the league in 2022.
• Pant’s last three knocks at Ekana: 56, 8, 42*—his form tonight could swing fantasy-league fortunes.
Search-friendly quick links & FAQs
– “LSG vs RCB live score today” updates every over.
– “LSG vs RCB highlights video” to be available shortly after stumps.
– “Who won LSG vs RCB toss?” Answer: RCB, opted to bowl.
– “Top scorer LSG vs RCB 2025” currently Marsh 32*(17).
Stay tuned as we bring real-time LSG vs RCB scorecard refreshes, player milestones and the final playoff picture from IPL 2025’s closing league clash.
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