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In the IPL 2026 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rajasthan Royals (RR) have reached the score of 121 runs for the loss of one wicket after the completion of 10 overs at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
With an aim of chasing the target of 221 runs, RR`s stand-in skipper Yashasvi Jaiswal accumulated 43 runs in 23 balls, including eight boundaries and a maximum.
Impact Player Vaibhav Sooryvanshi and wicketkeeper-batsman Dhruv Jurel are unbeaten at the crease.
Lucknow`s Akash Singh has managed to pick up one wicket. Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, and Impact Player, Digvesh Rathi, are yet to claim their first scalp.
IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants: First innings` summary
Earlier, having been put to bat first, LSG`s opening batsman Josh Inglis departed after scoring 60 runs in just 29 balls, including seven boundaries and three maximums.
Swashbuckling batsman Nicholas Pooran was dismissed for 16 runs. His knock came in 11 balls, which included two maximums.
Later, star opening batsman Mitchell Marsh played a glorious knock of 96 runs off 57 deliveries, laced with 11 boundaries and five maximums. Captain Rishabh Pant scored 35 runs in 23 balls, including two boundaries and the same number of maximums. Ayush Badoni was dismissed on a one-ball duck. Abdul Samad stayed unbeaten without facing any balls. With this, the Super Giants posted a total of 220 runs for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs against the Royals.
Rajasthan`s Yash Punja returned with the figures of two wickets for 35 runs in four overs. Jofra Archer also chipped in with one wicket. Sushant Mishra, Sandeep Sharma, Brijesh Sharma, and Dasun Shanaka went wicketless in the IPL 2026 match against LSG.
Currently, RR is placed in the fifth position on the points table. So far, the side has played 12 matches and secured victories in six games and suffered defeats in the same number of matches. The Royals have a net run rate of +0.027 and 12 points.
On the other hand, LSG has already been eliminated from the tournament. Rishant Pant and his men are in the 10th position with four wins and eight defeats out of 12 games. They have a net run rate (NRR) of -0.701 and eight points.
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