Preview:

The 44th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals. RR is at the first position in the points table with seven wins and 14 points from 8 matches. In the last match, the team had won against Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets. Batting first, MI put 179 runs on the board at the loss of 9 wickets. In reply, Rajasthan chased the target with 8 balls remaining.

Lucknow Super Giants are at fourth position with 5 wins and 10 points from 8 matches. The team had won against Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets in the last match. In the match, CSK, batting first, scored 210 runs on the board at the loss of 4 wickets. In response, Lucknow chased the target with 3 balls remaining.

Match Details:

Pitch Report:

The pitch at Ekana is usually quite dry. This helps the spin bowlers and makes chasing difficult. The batsmen will get help in the initial overs but later the spinners will get help from the pitch. The captain can decide to bat first after winning the toss here. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 152 runs.

Head to Head Records:

Probable Playing XIs:

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG):

Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Marcus Stoinis, Devdutt Padikkal, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan.

Rajasthan Royals (RR):

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Ryan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Probable Best Batter of the Match:

Riyan Parag did not get a chance to bat in the last match against Mumbai Indians. Riyan Parag is currently at sixth position in the Orange Cap list with 318 runs in 8 matches. He can bat brilliantly against Lucknow Super Giants.

Probable Best Bowler of the Match:

Sandeep Sharma took 5 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs against Mumbai Indians in the last match. Sandeep Sharma can bowl brilliantly even in the match against Lucknow Super Giants.

Who will win today’s match (Today’s Match Prediction):

Scenario 1

Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and chose to bowl.

Powerplay Score- 50-60

Score of first innings- 165-175

Lucknow Super Giants won

Scenario 2

Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose bowling

Powerplay Score- 45-55

Score of first innings- 160-170

Rajasthan Royals won