Lucknow, April 27: They are similar teams. Love to play their cricket without much self boasting. Their performances speaks louder than their words.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) may not be the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams, who have drawn much attention, but this season they have performed well.
RR have lost only a single match of their eight outings and with 14 points from 7 wins top the Points Table.
Lucknow on the other hand, have managed five victories from eight games and have a lost a couple of close matches.
Despite their positions in the table or their past records, they appear to be almost equally balanced as they face each other in the 44the match of the IPL 2024 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, here on Saturday.
Lucknow with five wins in eight games are in fourth position on the points table, whereas Rajasthan are the table-toppers with seven wins in eight matches.
In the overall matchup, Lucknow and Rajasthan have faced each other in 4 matches in IPL. Out of these 4 games, Lucknow have won 1 whereas Rajasthan have come out victorious on 3 occasions.
LSG v RR match time: The match starts at 7:30 PM IST (2:00 PM GMT) with the toss taking place half an hour before the match i.e., 7:00 PM (1:30 PM GMT)
LSG v RR match venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Lucknow.
Live broadcast of LSG v RR match on television in India: The LSG v RR match will be broadcast live via Star Sports Network.
Live stream in India: The live streaming of LSG v RR will be available on JioCinema.
Probable XIs:
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (capt & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Dhruv Jurel, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (capt & wk), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav/Yash Thakur.
Pacer Mayank Yadav's return may bolster Lucknow's bowling attack, which on the contrary may put RR on the back foot.
Experts may feel Rajasthan have slight edge over Lucknow, but playing on their home turf K L Rahul led LSG can definitely give a tough fight to RR at Ekana Stadium. (With IANS support)
