IPL season 18 is slowly moving towards its conclusion. This evening, in the 70th and last match of the league stage of this season, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), which has been out of the playoff race, will face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), which has qualified for the last four. The interesting thing about this season is that till the last match of the league stage today, the second team to play the top 2 i.e. Qualifier 1 has not been decided.

On Monday, the Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings team defeated Mumbai Indians and secured a place in the top two after 11 years. After this win against Mumbai, Punjab has reached the top of the points table with 19 points with 9 wins in 14 matches and now it is also decided that the team will end its campaign by staying in the top two. In such a situation, a win against Lucknow today will be enough for Bangalore to secure a place in the top two, but defeat can push them into the eliminator match. The Lucknow team is in good form and it will not be easy to beat Lucknow on home ground.

Let us tell you that this match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore will be played at Lucknow's home ground i.e. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana International Cricket Stadium from 7:30 pm today. Before the match, let's take a look at the pitch report of this stadium, head-to-head statistics of Lucknow vs Bangalore and other important updates related to the match.