Royal Challengers Bengaluru (6-3, 12 points) enters Thursday’s road match against the last-place Lucknow Super Giants (2-7, 4 points) with an opportunity to move to the top of the Indian Premier League table, provided the defending champions pick up the win.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (6-3, 12 points) enters Thursday’s road match against the last-place Lucknow Super Giants (2-7, 4 points) with an opportunity to move to the top of the Indian Premier League table, provided the defending champions pick up the win.
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How to Watch Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru
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Date: Thursday, May 7, 2026
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Channel: Willow TV (Canada)
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Location: Ekana Cricket Stadium
The Super Giants come in with six straight losses, most recently on Monday to the host Mumbai Indians, falling by six wickets, 229/4-228/5. Nicholas Pooran starred with a 63 (21) turn that included eight 6s while Mitchell Marsh put up 44 (25) as Lucknow set a daunting target before the Indians roared to a 12.26-run-per-over clip to end the match in 18.4 overs. M Siddharth took two of the four wickets the Super Giants captured while Prince Yadav limited batters to 24 runs in his three overs.
Bengaluru last played on April 30, losing at the Gujarat Titans by four wickets, 158/6-155. Gujarat reached the modest target with 25 balls remaining. Devdutt Padikkal led the attack with 40 (24) and Virat Kohli added 28 (13) as the Royal Challengers lost their last wicket at 19.2 overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar continued his strong bowling, taking three wickets while allowing 28 runs in four overs.
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Kohli stands ninth in the PIL with 379 runs for the Royal Challengers while Paddikkal comes into the match with 282. Marsh’s total of 256 leads the Lucknow batters, with Aiden Markram next in line with 224.
Kumar shares the IPL lead with 17 wickets while bowling to a 7.54 economy rate in 35 overs. Yadav stands sixth in the league with 13 wickets and Mohsin Khan has a 7.45 economy rate in 20 overs.
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