Lucknow Supergiants finally registered their first home win of the IPL 2026 season after defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Ekana Stadium, but the match was overshadowed as fake AI-generated tickets were circulated outside the venue.According to PTI, the Lucknow Police busted an inter-state gang involved in forging IPL 2026 match tickets using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. During the clash between LSG and RCB on Thursday, the police arrested four people for allegedly selling fake tickets near the stadium gate.According to PTI, the accused allegedly created fake IPL tickets using ChatGPT with graphic design software and sold them to unsuspecting cricket fans outside the stadium.
“Yesterday, during the IPL match between LSG and RCB at Ekna Stadium, a person was found with a fake IPL ticket,” DCP (Lucknow South) Amit Kumar Anand told PTI.“During the enquiry, it was found that someone had sold tickets outside the stadium. Following this, a team of Cyber Cell Lucknow and Sushant Golf City Police conducted an operation and arrested four accused. All of them hail from Durg district of Chhattisgarh.”
LSG outclass RCB
Lucknow Supergiants kept their playoff hopes alive by defeating Royal Challengers Bengaluru by nine runs via DLS method in a rain-hit IPL 2026 thriller at the Ekana Stadium. In the reduced 19 overs, Mitchell Marsh scored a sensational 111 off 56 balls, while Rishabh Pant made an unbeaten 32 off 10 balls to take LSG to 209/3.RCB suffered an early setback as Virat Kohli fell for a wicket and Jacob Bethel went cheap, with Prince Yadav impressing with figures of 3/33. Despite a fighting 61 from Rajat Patidar and late cameos from Tim David, Romario Shepherd and Krunal Pandya, RCB fell short in the final over as Digvesh Rathi held his nerve.The win snapped LSG’s six-match losing streak and gave them their first home win of the season.
