Rajasthan Royals return to action again as mercurial Lucknow Super Giants arrive in the former’s den

In a hard-hitting battle of two prolific sides in IPL 2023, the Rajasthan Royals and the Lucknow Super Giants will be clashing in a midweek encounter as the Sawai Mansingh Stadium gears up for the epic battle.

The Royals were in terrific touch in their last game as they outclassed the reigning champions in a thriller in their preceding fixture. A 26-ball-56 from Shimron Hetmyer provided a grandstand finish to what seemed like a lost cause for the Royals at one point in time. He finished the charge that was started by skipper  Sanju Samson, who blasted 60 from 32 balls.

The Super Giants have a lot of work to do as they slumped down in a woeful fashion in their last game, losing to the Punjab Kings in a modest scoring encounter with wickets falling aplenty for both sides. KL Rahul played a captain’s knock, scoring 74 off 56 while Kyle Mayers had a decent start, scoring 29 off 23. Despite Ravi Bishnoi and Yudhir Singh sharing four wickets between them, Punjab managed to seal the bragging rights in the dying embers.

This is going to be an important clash for both sides as the Royals would be desperate to keep the momentum in their favour and in a season where the Giants have drifted in and out of form, they would be hoping to locate some consistency in their sails.

Head to head:

Matches played: 2

RR: 0

LSG: 2

Match Details:

Match: Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants

Venue: Sawai Mansingh Indoor Stadium

Date: 19th April, 2023

Time: 7:30 PM

Squads:

Rajasthan Royals:

Sanju Samson (c & wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Dhruv Jurel, Sandeep Sharma, Murugan Ashwin, Donavon Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore, Abdul Basith, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, KC Cariappa, Akash Vasisht, Adam Zampa, Joe Root

Lucknow Super Giants:

KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Manan Vohra, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat, Romario Shepherd, Naveen-ul-Haq, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav, Swapnil Singh.