Today in the 23rd match of the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will face Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). This match will be played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium from 7:30 pm, while the toss will take place at 7 pm.
RCB has not been able to defeat LSG even a single match on its home ground so far. The team is in third place this season after winning 3 out of 4 matches and by registering a win today it can reach number 1 in the points table. On the other hand, Lucknow has won 2 out of 4 matches.
🔹RCB ahead in head-to-head
So far 6 IPL matches have been played between Bengaluru and Lucknow, in which RCB has won 4 and LSG has won 2. However, both Lucknow’s wins have come on Bengaluru’s home ground. Today’s match will also be played here.
Last season, both the teams faced each other in Lucknow, where RCB achieved the target of 230 runs in 18.4 overs.
🔹 Patidar has a chance to become top scorer
Captain Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli and Phil Salt are in great form for RCB. Patidar is at fourth position in the tournament after scoring 195 runs with the help of 2 half-centuries. He can reach number-1 as soon as he scores 30 runs. In bowling, Jacob Duffy is the top bowler of the team with 6 wickets.
🔹 LSG batsmen out of form
No batsman from Lucknow has been able to score 110 runs so far. The team’s top scorer Aiden Markram is ranked 30th in the league. Captain Rishabh Pant has also scored only one half-century. Apart from these, no batsman could touch the 100-run mark.
However, Prince Yadav and Mohammed Shami have performed well in bowling.
🔹Chinnaswamy Stadium is high scoring
Chinnaswamy Stadium of Bengaluru is considered high scoring. This season, 200+ scores have been scored in all 4 innings of the 2 matches played here. In the first match, SRH had scored 201 runs, which RCB achieved in 15.4 overs. In the second match, RCB scored 250 runs, while CSK could score only 207 runs.
🔹 Weather condition
There is no chance of rain in Bengaluru today. The wind speed will be around 13 km/hour. The temperature will be between 22 to 36 degrees Celsius, while during the match it can remain around 28 degrees. Due to dew, the team winning the toss may prefer to bowl first.
🔹Probable playing-12
RCB: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (captain), Jitesh Sharma, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salaam/Mangesh Yadav, Jacob Duffy, Suyyash Sharma.
LSG: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (captain/wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, Digvesh Rathi, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Avesh Khan, George Linde.
