Rajasthan Royals (RR) will take on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 26th game of the Indian Premier League 2023 on Wednesday (April 19) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The Royals have won four out of five games so far in the tournament and are placed in the first position in the points table. They are coming into this game after winning their previous game against Gujarat Titans. The Titans made 177 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs while batting first. Shubman Gill and David Miller made 40+ runs for the team. Sandeep Sharma was the pick of the bowlers for the Royals as he picked two wickets for 25 runs in four overs. Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer played crucial roles for the Royals with the bat. Samson scored 60 runs off 32 deliveries, while Hetmyer made 56 runs off 26 deliveries and won the Player of the Match award.
Super Giants have won three out of five games and are in second place in the points tally. They lost their previous game against Punjab Kings. The Super Giants could make only 159 runs on the back of a half-century from KL Rahul. Sam Curran picked up three wickets for 31 runs in four overs and was the most successful bowler for the team. Sikandar Raza scored his maiden IPL half-century to guide the team to a victory by two wickets. Raza won the Player of the Match award for this performance.
Rajasthan Royals
Yashasvi Jaiswal, R Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jos Buttler, SV Samson(C), DC Jurel, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, A Zampa
BENCH : Devdutt Padikkal, Jason Holder, KM Asif, NA Saini, D Ferreira, Murugan Ashwin, JE Root, Kunal Singh Rathore, Abdul Basith, AP Vasisht, KC Cariappa, OC McCoy, KR Sen, Kuldip Yadav
Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul(C), MP Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, KH Pandya, A Badoni, Nicholas Pooran(wk), Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Singh
BENCH : Krishnappa Gowtham, YS Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, DR Sams, A Mishra, PN Mankad, Q de Kock, Romario Shepherd, M Vohra, Karan Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, AN Guleria
PITCH REPORT
It will be the first game of the season at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The average first innings score in the last five T20 games at this venue has been 127 runs. The pitch will likely provide extensive support to the batters in this game.
