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Rajasthan Royals Secure Scrappy Win Against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026

It wasn’t the high-scoring spectacle that people might have expected, especially with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the house, but that didn’t make the contest any less compelling. Rajasthan Royals defended 159 to consign Lucknow Super Giants to their fourth straight loss of IPL 2026, and their third in a row at home.

RR owed their batting lift to Ravindra Jadeja, who top scored with 43 not out off 29. His unbeaten 49-run stand with Impact Player Shubham Dubey, whose entry in the 16th over left RR without an extra bowler, pushed their total up to 159 – 40 too many for LSG.

The Turning Point: Mohsin vs Sooryavanshi

For the first time in his young IPL career, Sooryavanshi was searching for answers. He began with two fours off his first two deliveries, but didn’t score another run in his next eight. This included a sequence of five dots from left-arm seamer Mohsin Khan.

Hard lengths pinned Sooryavanshi back. Then Mohsin bowled deliveries that kissed the surface and darted away late, with some lift. Off the sixth ball, the pressure got to Sooryavanshi and a hoick across the line ended with Digvesh Rathi running back from extra cover to take a well-judged catch. RR had gone from 32 for 0 to 32 for 3 after four overs.

The first two blows were struck by Mohammed Shami, who overturned a sequence of three consecutive boundaries from Yashasvi Jaiswal by having him glove a sharp bumper to a leaping Rishabh Pant. Then he had Dhruv Jurel nicking a perfect outswinger for a golden duck.

The Bowling Performance

The win meant RR snapped their two-match losing streak to jump to No. 2 on the points table. LSG, meanwhile, were ninth, having the same number of points as Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, both whom have a game in hand.

The Rajasthan Royals bowling attack was led by Jofra Archer, who took 3-20, and Burger, who took 2-27. Brijesh also chipped in with 2-18, as the Royals restricted the Super Giants to 119.

The Royals will look to build on this momentum as they move forward in the tournament, while the Super Giants will need to regroup and find a way to turn their season around.