Rajasthan Royals will face Lucknow Super Giants in the second leg in Lucknow on Saturday. The match begins at 7:30 pm IST with RR aiming for its eighth win of the season Another A win would almost guarantee them a spot in the playoffs.
The Royals are at the top of the points table before this game. They are at 14 points have won seven games and lost only one. They haven’t lost away yet.
In the last two games, they won a close battle against KKR and defeated MI in a run-chase by nine wickets. Jos Buttler and Yashasvoi Jaiswal scored centuries back to back games for RR. Yuzvendra Chahal with 13 wickets is second on the wicket-taking list.
Jos Butler and Riyan Parag are on the list of top run scorers. The team has A Good balanced team and has found ways to win close games. Their win against KKR was a prime example of the big players performing at their best in big games. After a convincing win against MI, this is unlikely Make changes to their setup.
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Jos will continue to open the batting line-up. He just won a hundred times match against KKR. He scored 35 off 25 balls against MI and added an opening stand of 74 runs with Yashasvi Jaiswal. The English batsman has scored 286 runs in seven games at a strike rate of almost 150.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jaiswal will open the batting with Joa Buttler. After struggling for form, he scored a century against MI in a 180-run chase. So far this season he has scored 225 runs in 8 games at a strike rate of almost 160.
Sanju Samson (C/WK)
Skipper Samson will step in at three. He scored an unbeaten 38 from 28 deliveries and won RR against MI. So far this season he has scored 314 runs at an average of 62.80.
Riyan Parag
Parag will step in at four. He is RR’s top scorer so far this season with 318 runs. He didn’t bat in the game against MI. His promotion at four years old was one of the positives for RR this season.
Dhruv Jurel
Jurel will fill in at five. He is being groomed to be the team’s finisher but has not made the most of his opportunities so far this season.
Shimron Hetmyer
Hetmyer will step in at six. He played a few important Cameos for Rajasthan Royals. One of his significant Contributions were against PBKS when he scored 27 points 10 balls. He has scored 70 runs so far at a strike rate of 194.44.
Rovman Powell
Powell will fill in at seven. His first game was against KKR where he played in the run-chase with 26 out of 13 crucial inningsHe didn’t bat against MI.
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ashwin will join at eight He has been a large Substitute for Yuzvendra Chahal but hasn’t picked up too many wickets oneself. He has struggled at number five in some games. Ashwin has taken just one wicket so far this season.
Trent Boult
Boult will lead the pace attack. He has picked up nine wickets in eight games so far this season. He is on 114 wickets from 96 IPL games. He is four short of 100 IPL games and has played 34 games for RR so far.
Avesh Khan
Avesh Khan will share the new ball with Trent Boult. He was signed by LSG before the start of the season. He picked up 8th Wickets from 8 games so far this season.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Chahal finalizes the likely lineup for RR. He is second on the Purple Cap list with 13 wickets from 8 games. He became the first bowler in the IPL to take 200 wickets in the league.
Impact Sub: Sandeep Sharma
RR has deployed Sandeep Sharma in the impact sub role. However, he missed a few games due to injury made a return in the last Game against MI pick until 18.05.
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