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Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore are battling it out at the Ekana Cricket Stadium today for the 43rd match of the IPL.
Looking back at their previous games, then LSG beat Punjab Kings by 56 runs after they posted a huge score of 257/5.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore lost their game against Kolkata Knight Riders by 21 runs and will be looking for vengeance from LSG today.
In their previous meeting, it was LSG who got the better of RCB.
Talking about the points table, then LSG is in 2nd position with 10 points and an NRR of +0.841.
Meanwhile, RCB is in 6th place with 8 points and an NRR of -0.139.
Thus, we will be getting an exciting game once again between these two teams today at Lucknow.
Match Details
Match: Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 43
Venue: Ekana Sports City, Lucknow
Date: 1st May 2023
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
The surface at Lucknow is a black soil one where pacers will be enjoying themselves and the spinners will also get some help from the wicket. However, it is a very tricky wicket to bat on so we can expect a low-scoring thriller between these two teams. Moreover, the average 1st innings score at this venue is 152.
Full Squads for Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 43
Lucknow Super Giants
Ayush Badoni, KL Rahul (c), Manan Vohra, Daniel Sams, Deepak Hooda, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Amit Mishra, Arpit Guleria, Avesh Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Kedar Jadhav, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, David Willey, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandge, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahamad, R Sonu Yadav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Finn Allen (wk), Akash Deep, Avinash Singh, Harshal Patel, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazelwood, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Wayne Parnell
Probable Playing XI for Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Match 43
Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli (c), Shahbaz Ahamad, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj
Probable Winner
From the team combinations, we can say that this will be again a close contest between these two sides.
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