Lucknow, April 27: Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson won the toss and opted to field first against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 44th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, here on Saturday.
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.
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.
Squads:
Rajasthan Royals XI: Sanju Samson (Captain and wicket-keeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma and Yuzvendra Chahal
RR Substitutes: Riyan Parag, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini and Tanush Kotian.
Lucknow Super Giants XI: KL Rahul (Captain and wicket-kepeer), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan and Yash Thakur.
LSG Substitutes: Amit Mishra, Arshin Kulkarni, K Gowtham, M Siddharth and Yudhvir Singh.
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)
