The Rajasthan Royals defended 160 runs to beat the Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs in Lucknow. With this win, RR move to second place in the table, while LSG are second from bottom in the IPL 2026 standings.

Chasing 160 for the win, LSG were 31/3 after the first six overs as the hosts started slowly against a dominant RR pace attack. Jofra Archer took 3 wickets, and Nandre Burger and Brijesh Sharma took 2 each to take RR to a win.