In the 32nd match of IPL 2026, in the match played between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals, Rajasthan performed brilliantly and won by 40 runs. With this victory, Rajasthan team reached second place in the points table. The match was played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, where Lucknow won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, Rajasthan scored 159 runs in the stipulated overs, in which Jadeja’s unbeaten 43 runs was an important inning. Chasing the target, Lucknow team was reduced to just 119 runs.

Lucknow’s start is very disappointing

Chasing the target of 160 runs, Lucknow had a very disappointing start. The team lost the wickets of its three key batsmen in the initial overs itself. Ayush Badoni was run out in the very first over, while Rishabh Pant and Aiden Markram returned to the pavilion without opening the account. This poor performance by the top order gave an initial shock to the team, from which it became difficult to recover. Although Mitchell Marsh struggled and scored a half-century, the team’s hopes almost ended as soon as he was out. Ultimately the entire team collapsed for 119 runs. After this defeat, Lucknow’s position worsened in the points table and the team reached 9th position.

At the same time, Rajasthan, who came to bat first, had an aggressive start. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal tried to score runs in a fast manner. However, in the third over, Shami gave the first blow to Rajasthan by dismissing Yashasvi for 22 runs. In the same over, Dhruv Jurel was also out without opening the account. After this, Mohsin Khan gave the third blow to Rajasthan by sending Vaibhav Suryavanshi to the pavilion for 8 runs.

Prince Yadav and Mohsin Khan took 2-2 wickets

After the fall of the initial wicket, Riyan Parag tried to handle the innings and took the team beyond 50 runs, but he was out after scoring 20 runs. After this, Jadeja took the responsibility and scored unbeaten 43 runs to take the team to a respectable score. Ferreira also supported him well. For Lucknow, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav and Mohsin Khan took 2-2 wickets, but the poor performance of the batsmen became the reason for the team’s defeat.