Ravi Bishnoi copies Digvesh Rathi’s ‘notebook’ celebration:Vaibhav Sooryavanshi records fastest 500 runs, Pant fumbles easy run-out

Rajasthan Royals (RR) dished out a dominant bowling performance to defeat the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) by 40 runs in IPL 2026 on 22 April. This was a fifth victory for the Rajasthan Royals this season while Lucknow Super Giants succumbed to a fourth consecutive loss. With this victory, the Rajasthan Royals moved to the second spot on the points table, displacing defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). The LSG vs RR IPL 2026 match had many remarkable moments and records which included Ravi Bishnoi copying Digvesh Rathi’s trademark celebration, Rishabh Pant been hit on his face, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s fastest 500IPL runs and Ravindra Jadeja’s 17th POTM award. Let’s have a look into it. LSG vs RR, IPL 2026, Top Moments Ravi Bishnoi copies Digvesh Rathi’s ‘notebook’ celebration Ravi Bishnoi copied Digvesh Rathi’s ‘notebook’ celebration after dismissing Himmat Singh in the match. Bishnoi, who played for LSG up until last year, looked in the direction of the dressing room and performed the celebration after castling Himmat, who attempted a wild slog but missed the ball, with it going onto hit the stumps. Sanjiv Goenka prays after a wicket LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka was seen praying after LSG bowlers took a wicket in the first innings. After a wicket fell, the camera caught Goenka praying to a picture after taking it out from his pocket. This is, however, not the first time that Goenka was seen praying, having done it earlier as well. Bollywood actor Ali Fazal had also turned up to show support for LSG, standing beside Goenka. Rishabh Pant fumbles easy run out chance LSG captain Rishabh Pant fumbled what would have been an easy run out in the first innings. This incident happened in the 15th over when Ravindra Jadeja attempted a quick single after nudging the fifth ball to the leg side, with Donovan Ferreira making it to the danger end. Nicholas Pooran collected the ball and threw it in quick time. But Pant, while attempting to collect the ball, knocked out the bails. But Ferreira was still way out of his crease and Pant and Mukul Choudhary had an opportunity to complete the runout by uprooting the stumps. But that attempt failed as well as Ferreira eventually made it to the crease before the woodwork was uprooted. Dhruv Jurel’s sensational catch Dhruv Jurel took a blinder of a catch in the closing stages of the game, to dismiss Mayank Yadav. This happened in the 18th over when Yadav guided a ball from Jofra Archer from the stumps and Jurel, pulled off a sensational dive to take a one-handed stunner.
Rishabh Pant’s one-handed stunner Rishabh Pant also pulled off a brilliant one-handed catch to dismiss Yashasvi Jaiswal very early on in the first innings. This incident happened in the third over bowled by Mohammed Shami when Jaiswal got a glove to a short ball and Pant, behind the stumps, timed his jump to perfection and plucked out a catch with one hand. LSG vs RR, IPL 2026, Records Vaibhav Sooryavanshi records fastest 500 IPL runs in 227 balls Vaibhav Suryavanshi has completed 500 runs in his IPL career. He has become the batsman to achieve this milestone in the fewest balls in the league. He achieved this feat by hitting a four on the very first ball in the match against Lucknow. Vaibhav scored 500 runs in just 227 balls. He broke Glenn Maxwell’s record, who had completed his first 500 runs in 260 balls. However, in this match, Vaibhav could only score 8 runs off 11 balls. Ravindra Jadeja awarded POTM for 17th time in tournament history Ravindra Jadeja won the Player of the Match (POTM) award for the 17th time in IPL. The special thing is that for the first time after 75 matches, he has won this award for a team other than CSK. Before this, his 16 POTM awards came for Chennai. Among Indian players, only Rohit Sharma (21), Virat Kohli (19) and MS Dhoni (18) are ahead of him. Lucknow’s 7th consecutive defeat at home Lucknow Super Giants faced their 7th consecutive defeat on their home ground. This has become part of the records for most consecutive home losses in IPL history, where teams like Delhi (9 losses) and Deccan Chargers (8 losses) are above them.