Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will meet Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
RCB is placed 5th in the points table and LSG is placed 3rd in the points table.
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (RCB) Analysis:
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Bangalore lost their last match against KKR by a margin of 21 runs.
Virat Kohli made 54 runs against KKR. He was the highest scorer from his side. Du Plessis and Maxwell couldnt contribute much in the final match but they are mostly consistent with their performance. Du Plessis and Kohli standing 1st & 2nd in the list of orange cap. Dinesh Karthik continuously failed to contribute for the team.
Josh Hazelwood is mostly expected to play against LSG. This will definitely boost up the bowling lineup. Mohd Siraj is leading the chart of purple cap. His wicket taking ability in this season is just too phenomenal. Harshal once again conceded many runs in his last match. Hasaranga is getting back on his last year’s performance.
LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS (LSG) Analysis:
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Super Giants posted a giant score against PBKS in their last match. They scored 257 runs and it was the 2nd highest score in the history of IPL.
Kyle Mayers devastating show again forced de Kock to remain outside the playing 11. Marcus Stoinis 72 runs helped LSG post a high amount of runs. He was awarded player of the match. Pooran again proves his brutality in the death overs. Ayush Badoni the youngster provided crucial runs in the team.
LSG used 9 bowlers in their last match. Yash Thakur claimed 4 wickets while the Afghan speedstar Naveen-ul-Haq claimed 3 wickets against PBKS. Ravi Bishnoi consistency with the bowling claiming wickets with economic spells.
HEAD TO HEAD (LSG vs RCB):
They placed 3 matches against each other.
| RCB | LSG | |
| WON | 2 | 1 |
| HIGHEST SCORE | 212 | 213 |
| LOWEST SCORE | 181 | 163 |
Pitch Report:
This match will be played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Batters will get benefit from the pitch and slow bowlers might also get some benefit from the pitch.
Probable 11 for RCB:
Virat Kohli ©, Faf du Plessis, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Suyash Prabhudesai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazelwood, Harshal Patel, Mohd Siraj.
Probable 11 for LSG:
KL Rahul ©, Kyle Mayers, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur.
Predicted 11 for the match:
Nicholas Pooran, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, KL Rahul, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohd Siraj, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi.