Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Timeline (2022–2026)

LSG and RCB have played 8 times since 2022, and somehow almost none of those games have been boring. There’s a last-ball thriller, a 14-run knockout heartbreaker, a dugout shouting match that made the news cycle for a week, and a 230-run chase that helped decide a title race.

The rivalry started in IPL 2022, when LSG entered the league as one of two new franchises. Their first meeting came in the Eliminator at Eden Gardens, and it set the tone: high totals, late drama, and players who genuinely don’t like losing to each other.

What’s kept this fixture alive isn’t history. It’s intensity. RCB carry two decades of near-misses and one finally-won title. LSG carry a squad full of explosive batters who keep finding ways to either blow RCB away or fall just short. Throw in the Kohli-Gambhir flashpoint from 2023, and you’ve got a rivalry that’s only 4 seasons old but already has a personality.

This page covers every LSG vs RCB match in IPL history, year by year, plus the full head-to-head record, top run-scorers, leading wicket-takers, and the records that have piled up along the way.

Table of Contents

• Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Timeline (Quick Overview)
• Complete Match-by-Match Timeline
• Head-to-Head Record
• Highest and Lowest Team Totals
• Closest Matches
• Memorable Moments in the Rivalry
• Top Batting Performers
• Top Bowling Performers
• Records Between LSG and RCB
• Venue-Wise Results
• Captain Comparison
• Top Player Battles
• Statistical Comparison
• Why This Rivalry Is Becoming Bigger Every Season
• What Makes LSG vs RCB Matches Special?
• Frequently Asked Questions

Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Timeline (Quick Overview)

Complete Match-by-Match Timeline

IPL 2022: Eliminator, Eden Gardens, Kolkata (May 25)

Toss: LSG won, chose to field.

First innings: RCB 207/4 in 20 overs. Faf du Plessis fell for a first-ball duck to Mohsin Khan. Then Rajat Patidar, an uncapped batter picked up mid-season as injury cover, walked in and rewrote the game. He was dropped three times and made all of it count, finishing unbeaten on 112 off 54 balls with 12 fours and 7 sixes. Dinesh Karthik added an unbeaten 37.

Second innings: LSG 193/6. KL Rahul and Deepak Hooda built a 96-run stand to keep the chase alive, with Rahul reaching 79 before Josh Hazlewood removed him in the penultimate over. Harshal Patel defended 24 in the last over.

Turning point: Patidar’s third life, a dropped catch at deep midwicket in the 16th over, was the moment the game tipped RCB’s way. He scored 27 off that over alone.

Player of the Match: Rajat Patidar (RCB) — 112* (54)

Result: RCB won by 14 runs.

IPL 2023, Match 1: Bengaluru (April 10)

Toss: RCB won, chose to bat.

First innings: RCB 212/2. Faf du Plessis (79*) and Virat Kohli (61) shared a big stand to put up a total that looked unassailable.

Second innings: LSG 213/9. The chase started disastrously, LSG lost early wickets to Siraj and Parnell. Marcus Stoinis (65 off 30) and Nicholas Pooran (62 off 19) then took the game away from RCB with brutal hitting through the middle overs.

Turning point: The final over. LSG needed 5, lost two wickets, and somehow snuck through on a bye off the last ball after Harshal Patel’s yorker beat the keeper.

Player of the Match: Nicholas Pooran (LSG) — 62 (19)

Match result: LSG won by 1 wicket. Avesh Khan threw his helmet in celebration; this match is still the tightest finish in the rivalry’s history.

IPL 2023, Match 2: Lucknow (May 1)

This is the fixture most people search for, the night the Kohli-Gambhir story started.

Match summary: RCB batted first and stumbled to 126/9, with Faf du Plessis top-scoring on 44. Naveen-ul-Haq picked up 3 wickets for LSG. Chasing just 127, LSG lost KL Rahul to a thigh injury before he could bat properly, and the innings fell apart at 38/5. They were bowled out for 108.

Key moments: Kohli was stumped off Ravi Bishnoi’s bowling for 31, his fifth career IPL stumping. Six different RCB bowlers took wickets.

Best performers: Faf du Plessis (44) for RCB; Krishnappa Gowtham (23 off 13) for LSG in a losing cause.

Virat Kohli vs Naveen-ul-Haq incident: After the match, with both sides shaking hands, Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq exchanged heated words. LSG mentor Gautam Gambhir stepped in, and the disagreement escalated into a public shouting match between Kohli and Gambhir that was caught on camera and replayed for days.

Gautam Gambhir involvement: Gambhir, then LSG’s mentor, was at the center of the confrontation with Kohli. Both players were fined under the IPL’s code of conduct.

Crowd reaction: The Ekana crowd, largely behind LSG, jeered Kohli through the clash, which only added fuel to the moment.

Result: RCB won by 18 runs. This section attracts significant search interest because the incident outlasted the scorecard in public memory.

IPL 2024: Bengaluru (April 2)

Match Timeline

Toss: LSG won, chose to bat.

Innings summary: LSG posted 181/5. Quinton de Kock smashed 81 off 56 balls with 8 fours and 5 sixes, and Nicholas Pooran added a quick 40* off 21 at the death.

Top scorer: Quinton de Kock (81)

Best bowler: Mayank Yadav, on debut for the season, took 3/14 and was named Player of the Match.

Partnership: De Kock and KL Rahul put on 50 in 32 balls for the first wicket.

Turning point: Mayank Yadav’s pace through the middle overs strangled RCB’s chase just as it looked competitive.

Final result: LSG won by 28 runs, restricting RCB to 153/8.

IPL 2025: Lucknow (May 27)

This was the highest-scoring meeting between the two sides and one of the most important results of the season for RCB, a must-win game to secure a top-two finish.

Rishabh Pant batted at No.3 and produced his third century of the IPL career, an unbeaten 118 off 61 balls with 11 fours and 8 sixes, sharing a 152-run stand with Mitchell Marsh, LSG’s best-ever second-wicket partnership in the format. LSG finished on 227/3.

RCB’s chase looked stretched after Kohli fell for 49 with 105 still needed. Stand-in captain Jitesh Sharma then took over, smashing 85 not out off 33 balls, including a free-hit six after surviving a stumping review on a no-ball. RCB got home with 6 wickets and 8 balls in hand, completing the third-highest successful chase in IPL history at the time.

Result: RCB won by 6 wickets. The win sent RCB into Qualifier 1, and they went on to win the IPL 2025 title.

IPL 2026, Match 1: Bengaluru (April 15)

For three seasons, RCB had never beaten LSG at their own home ground in Bengaluru. That changed here.

Toss: RCB won, chose to bowl.

Innings summary: LSG were bowled out for just 146 in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh top-scored with 40, with Ayush Badoni (38) and Mukul Choudhary (39) the only other contributors of note. Rasikh Salam Dar took 4/24, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/27) and Josh Hazlewood sharing the rest.

Top scorer (chase): Virat Kohli, 49 off 34 balls, anchoring a 57-run stand with Devdutt Padikkal.

Best bowler: Rasikh Salam Dar (4/24)

Turning point: Kohli’s powerplay assault, including a 15-run over off Mohammed Shami, took the chase out of reach inside the first six overs.

Final result: RCB won by 5 wickets with 29 balls to spare, their first ever win over LSG at the Chinnaswamy.

IPL 2026, Match 2: Lucknow (May 7)

Result: LSG won by 9 runs (DLS method). Mitchell Marsh blasted 111 off 56 balls, and LSG posted 209/3 in a rain-curtailed contest. Rajat Patidar’s 61 kept RCB in touch, but Prince Yadav’s 3/33 and a tightening DLS target proved too much. This remains LSG’s only win at Ekana against RCB and their first win over RCB since 2024.

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Head-to-Head Record

Season-Wise Results

Highest and Lowest Team Totals

Highest Team Total

Lowest Team Total

Highest Successful Chase

RCB chasing 228 at Lucknow in 2025, completed in 18.4 overs with 6 wickets in hand.

Biggest Victory Margin

By runs: LSG, 28 runs (2024, Bengaluru)

By wickets: RCB, 6 wickets (2025, Lucknow) and 5 wickets (2026, Bengaluru)

Closest Matches

One-run/one-wicket wins: LSG won by 1 wicket at Bengaluru in 2023, chasing 213 and getting home on the final ball via a bye. It’s the closest finish this fixture has produced.

Last-over thrillers: The 2023 Bengaluru game went to the final delivery. So did the 2026 Lucknow game, which came down to DLS math in the closing overs.

Super Over: None so far in this rivalry.

Memorable Moments in the Rivalry

Virat Kohli vs Naveen-ul-Haq controversy: The flashpoint that defines this fixture for casual fans. After RCB’s win in Lucknow in 2023, a heated exchange between Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq spiraled into Gautam Gambhir confronting Kohli directly, all caught on camera in front of a stadium full of fans.

Nicholas Pooran’s explosive innings: His 62 off 19 in the 2023 Bengaluru chase, dedicated to his newborn child, set up one of the great LSG comebacks.

Faf du Plessis’s captaincy moments: Faf led RCB through the early years of this rivalry, including the gritty 79* in the 2023 Bengaluru defeat and the Eliminator win in 2022.

KL Rahul’s leadership: Rahul captained LSG through their first three seasons of this fixture, including the dramatic 2023 Chinnaswamy win, before later switching teams.

Last-over finishes: Two of the eight meetings have gone to the final over or final ball, an unusually high rate for a fixture this young.

Top Batting Performers

Figures cover the 8 IPL meetings between the two franchises through May 2026.

Highest Individual Score

Rishabh Pant, 118* off 61 balls for LSG (2025, Lucknow).

Most Sixes (single innings)

Rishabh Pant, 8 sixes during his 118* (2025).

Most Fours (single innings)

Rishabh Pant, 11 fours during his 118* (2025).

Fastest Fifty

Virat Kohli, 27 balls, during his 61 in 2025, Lucknow.

Top Bowling Performers

Best Bowling Figures

Rasikh Salam Dar, 4/24 for RCB (2026, Bengaluru).

Best Economy Rate

Mayank Yadav, 4.67 in his 3/14 spell (2024).

Records Between LSG and RCB

Highest partnership: Rishabh Pant and Mitchell Marsh, 152 runs for LSG’s second wicket (2025, Lucknow), LSG’s best-ever 2nd-wicket stand in IPL history.

Biggest chase: RCB’s 230/4 chasing 228 (2025, Lucknow).

Lowest defended total: RCB’s 126/9, successfully defended against LSG’s 108 all out (2023, Lucknow).

Most catches in the fixture: Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli have the most outfield catches between the two sides across the eight meetings.

Most Player of the Match awards: Rajat Patidar, Nicholas Pooran, and Jitesh Sharma have each won it once for headline-stealing knocks. No player has won it twice yet.

Highest match aggregate: 457 runs, set in the 2025 Lucknow game (LSG 227/3, RCB 230/4), the highest combined score in any LSG vs RCB meeting.

Venue-Wise Results

Home vs Away Record

LSG have historically been stronger at their own ground in earlier seasons but lost their long unbeaten home run to RCB in the 2026 fixture there. RCB, meanwhile, struggled at the Chinnaswamy against LSG for three straight years before finally winning there in April 2026.

Captain Comparison

KL Rahul led LSG in the early years of this rivalry before later moving on from the franchise. Pant has since taken over the LSG captaincy, while Patidar leads RCB following Faf’s departure from the franchise.

Top Player Battles

Virat Kohli vs Ravi Bishnoi

Bishnoi has had success with his googly against Kohli, including the stumping off Bishnoi’s bowling that ended Kohli’s innings in the 2023 Lucknow game.

KL Rahul vs Mohammed Siraj

Two of the most consistent performers from each camp in the early seasons of this fixture, with Siraj often given the new ball specifically to target LSG’s top order.

Nicholas Pooran vs Harshal Patel

Pooran’s aggressive hitting against Harshal’s variations defined a chunk of the 2023 Bengaluru chase, with Pooran taking him on directly in the middle overs.

Glenn Maxwell vs Krunal Pandya

Maxwell has faced Krunal in tight middle-over spells across multiple meetings, including the 2022 Eliminator, where Krunal kept things tidy before Patidar broke loose.

Statistical Comparison

Why This Rivalry Is Becoming Bigger Every Season

This fixture keeps escalating for a simple reason: both sides keep fielding players built for chaos. Kohli, Pant, Pooran, Maxwell, Patidar, all of them are players who can turn a game in one over, and that’s exactly what’s happened in 6 of the 8 meetings so far.

Add in the genuine animosity from 2023, the playoff stakes of 2022 and 2025, and a fan base on both sides that shows up loud, and you get a match that trends every single time it’s scheduled. The 2026 Bengaluru result, RCB’s first home win in the fixture, only added a new storyline to chase next season.

What Makes LSG vs RCB Matches Special?

Star power on both sides. Kohli, Pant, Pooran, Patidar, Maxwell, du Plessis, this is rarely a match short on recognizable names.

Batting firepower that consistently produces 200+ totals: five of the eight meetings have crossed 200 in at least one innings.

A crowd atmosphere that gets loud regardless of venue, Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy and Lucknow’s Ekana both bring sellout energy for this fixture.

Competitive balance: despite RCB’s 5-3 lead, three of LSG’s defeats and two of their wins have come by single-digit margins, keeping the head-to-head feeling closer than the scoreline suggests.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many matches have Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru played?

8 matches across IPL 2022 to 2026.

Who has won more matches between LSG and RCB?

RCB lead the head-to-head 5-3.

What is the highest score in LSG vs RCB matches?

RCB’s 230/4, chasing 228 in Lucknow in 2025.

Which player has scored the most runs in this rivalry?

Virat Kohli leads with 209 runs across the meetings, with Faf du Plessis close behind on 202.

Who has taken the most wickets?

Mohammed Siraj and Josh Hazlewood share the lead with 5 wickets apiece.

What was the biggest win?

By runs, LSG’s 28-run win in Bengaluru in 2024. By margin of dominance, RCB’s 6-wicket chase of 228 in 2025 is considered the most statement-making result.

Which match featured the Virat Kohli and Naveen-ul-Haq controversy?

The May 1, 2023 match in Lucknow, which RCB won by 18 runs. The post-match clash involving Kohli, Naveen-ul-Haq, and Gautam Gambhir overshadowed the result itself.

Where was the first LSG vs RCB match played?

Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in the IPL 2022 Eliminator on May 25, 2022.

Which venue has hosted the most LSG vs RCB matches?

Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, with 4 meetings, just ahead of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru with 3.

Who won the latest LSG vs RCB match?

LSG won the most recent meeting, by 9 runs under the DLS method, at Ekana Cricket Stadium on May 7, 2026.