Krunal Pandya, Pooran involved in heated on-field exchange - Watch

Lucknow Super Giants batter Nicholas Pooran and Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Krunal Pandya were progressive successful a little on-field speech during a tense IPL 2026 clash successful Lucknow connected Thursday. The infinitesimal came during a high-pressure brushwood with LSG desperately needing a triumph to support their playoff hopes alive.

Pooran, who had returned to signifier with an important sound against Mumbai Indians successful the erstwhile game, was promoted to No.

3 erstwhile again successful a important signifier of the innings.

Krunal played a nonstop relation successful bringing the left-hander to the crease aft dismissing opener Arshin Kulkarni earlier successful the innings. The RCB spinner instantly tried to unsettle Pooran with a astonishment 119 kmph bouncer connected the precise archetypal transportation helium faced.

The LSG batter appeared caught disconnected defender by the gait and bounce and failed to marque immoderate connection. Krunal followed it up with different abbreviated shot connected the adjacent delivery. This time, Pooran managed to get bat connected it and collected a single. However, aft completing the run, Pooran walked towards Krunal and exchanged a fewer words with his erstwhile teammate. The enactment concisely looked heated connected camera earlier some players rapidly moved on, with Krunal returning to his bowling people to proceed the over.

Interestingly, some players stock a past unneurotic astatine LSG, having antecedently played alongside each different earlier Krunal moved to RCB. The lucifer itself turned into a run-fest contempt aggregate rainfall interruptions reducing it to a 19-overs-a-side contest. Mitchell Marsh starred for LSG with a sensational 111 disconnected conscionable 56 balls, smashing 9 fours and 9 sixes to powerfulness his broadside to 209 for 3. Marsh added 95 runs with Arshin Kulkarni and different 70-run basal with Pooran, who contributed 38 runs. LSG skipper

Rishabh Pant

besides chipped successful with a speedy unbeaten 32 disconnected 10 deliveries. For RCB, Krunal finished with figures of 1 for 31, portion

Josh Hazlewood

picked up 1 wicket arsenic well.