Lucknow Super Giants will square off against the Rajasthan Royals in the 44th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Saturday. LSG has won five out of their seven matches whereas RR is at the top of the IPL standings with six wins in seven games.
When these two teams met earlier in the season, RR won comprehensively by 20 runs after Sanju Samson scored a match-winning knock of 82 runs. We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Rajasthan Royals: W W W L W
Rajasthan Royals have ticked the right boxes as they have come up with a collective show. RR has been led beautifully by Sanju Samson, who has delivered the goods for his team. The top-order has also done a good job for their team.
Lucknow Super Giants: W W L L W
LSG won their last game against CSK in a thrilling fashion with Marcus Stoinis scoring a magnum opus knock of 124 runs. Furthermore, Nicholas Pooran and Deepak Hooda also played crucial knocks in the run-chase.
Head to Head: Matches: 4, Won by RR: 3, Won by LSG: 1.
Players to watch out for: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.
Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, and Mohsin Khan will be the crucial players for LSG.
RR SQUAD FOR IPL 2024
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
LSG IPL 2024 Squad
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), KL Rahul, Nicolas Pooran (WI).
Batters: Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner (AUS).
All-rounders: Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers (WI), Marcus Stoinis (AUS), Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh Charak, David Willey (ENG), Arshin Kulkarni, Md. Arshad Khan.
Bowlers: Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG), Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddarth.
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