Rajasthan Royals beat Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs in IPL 2026 as Jofra Archer and Ravindra Jadeja shone.
Rajasthan Royals defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs at Ekana Stadium in IPL 2026. LSG chose to bowl first after winning the toss. Rajasthan posted 159/6 in 20 overs despite early setbacks. They lost 3 wickets inside 4 overs. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 22 off 12 with 4 fours. Vaibhav Suryavanshi managed 8 off 11, while Dhruv Jurel fell for 0.
The middle order rebuilt the innings. Riyan Parag made 20 off 19. Shimron Hetmyer scored 22 off 18 with 2 fours and 1 six. Donovan Ferreira added 20 off 19. Ravindra Jadeja anchored with 43 not out off 29, including 2 fours, 9 twos, and 1 six. Shubham Dubey finished with 19 not out off 11. Mohsin Khan took 2 wickets with an economy of 4.25. Mayank Yadav conceded 56 runs in 4 overs.
Chasing 160, Lucknow collapsed early. Ayush Badoni got run out for 0 in over 1. Rishabh Pant scored 0 off 3 in over 2. Aiden Markram made 0 off 6 in over 3. LSG slipped to 11/3. Mitchell Marsh scored 55 off 41 with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Nicholas Pooran added 22 off 25. Himmat Singh made 15 off 15. The lower order failed after Marsh fell in the 16th over. LSG were all out for 119 in 18 overs.
Jofra Archer led the bowling with 3/20 in 4 overs. Brijesh Sharma took 2/18, while Nandre Burger claimed 2/27. Rajasthan secured a comfortable win.
There needs to be a SUPER AUCTION in cricket so that players play for one owner around the world.
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) April 22, 2026
I see some players who aren't happy in some franchises as opposed to others.
RR are playing some rather fantastic cricket!
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) April 22, 2026
That was the highest quality of fast bowling of this season. Shami, Mohsin, prince, Burger.
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) April 22, 2026
Jofra archer has been the best overseas fast bowler of this season so far ?
Rajashthan is back to winning ways.
LSG, that’s got to hurt. Deep hurt.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) April 22, 2026
Captaincy is an art that is all about getting better with every game & Riyan is certainly doing that.
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) April 22, 2026
He has been bang on tonight👏👏👏#LSGVRR
Doesn’t matter about his bowling figures. What matters is that Mayank Yadav is on the park tonight. He has regularly gotten up to 150kph in this game already. Mohsin Khan fit, Prince Yadav firing. LSG are fortunate to have them being led by Shami.
— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) April 22, 2026
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