🏏IPL 2023: Match 43 - LSG vs RCB on 01/05/2023 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏 - Page 2

What to expect: Batting struggles. The average first innings score of 152 is the lowest across venues this season. Thunderstorms are expected an hour ahead of the game but the anticipation is for it to not have an impact on the game.

Team news

Lucknow Super Giants

Injury/Unavailability: Marcus Stoinis's availability will depend on the fitness test on Sunday (April 30). The Aussie all-rounder had hurt his finger in the previous game after being hit by an Atharva Taide drive on his follow-through. Stoinis had to leave the field at that point but Badoni reckoned on the eve of the fixture that it was a minor injury.

Tactics & match-ups: Avesh Khan has done well previously against both RCB openers Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis. To Kohli, he's bowled 22 balls, conceded just 23 and dismissed him twice. To Du Plessis, he has conceded 48 off 41 and dismissed him once.

The spicier contests though, will be between Amit Mishra and two RCB stalwarts - Kohli and Glenn Maxwell. It's been fiery both ways as Kohli has smashed at 156.12 and Maxwell at 186.05, but Mishra has dismissed the former thrice and the latter five times. The slow surface at the venue might yet side with the veteran leggie.

Probable XI: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis/Quinton de Kock, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Naveen Ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur/Yudhvir Singh Charak

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Injury/Unavailability: The fitness status of Josh Hazlewood remains unknown. He'd trained during RCB's day fixture on April 23 but was not bowling in the nets on Sunday in Lucknow.

Tactics & match-ups: Harshal Patel could be RCB's man to stop Marcus Stoinis in his tracks. The Aussie, fresh from a 40-ball 72, averages 169.12 against RCB but has found it tough to put away Harshal in his previous face-offs against the pacer. Harshal has conceded just 26 off 19 balls against Stoinis and has dismissed him twice in the same period.

If Harshal's hand injury hasn't fully healed yet, he will not be risked during the batting innings and could be used as an impact player.

Probable XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai/Karn Sharma, David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj

What They Said:

"It's fun batting with Kyle Mayers. He doesn't let the pressure come to me because of how quickly he scores his runs. Mayers is batting really well so I think we'll go with Mayers now. But hopefully, Quinton can play soon too. You'll get a surprise." - Ayush Badon

Did You Know:

- KL Rahul has hit 628 runs at a strike rate of 145.03 in 13 innings against former employers RCB

- Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis have hit 504 runs for the opening stand this season, including two century alliances, at an average of 63.00

LSG vs RCB HEAD-TO-HEAD IN IPL

Matches played: 3

Lucknow Super Giants won: 1

Royal Challengers Bangalore won: 2

Last result: Lucknow Super Giants won by one wicket (Bangalore; 2023)

LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS OVERALL RECORD IN IPL AT LUCKNOW

Matches played: 4

Won: 2

Lost: 2

Win%: 50.00

Last result: Lost to Gujarat Titans by seven runs (2023)

Longest winning streak: 2 matches (April 2023)

Longest losing streak: 2 matches (April 2023)

Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

IPL stats

First Match 01/04/2023

Last T20 Match 22/04/2023

Matches Played 4

Highest Individual Innings 74 K L Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants) 15/04/2023 v Punjab Kings

Best Bowling 5/14 M A Wood (Lucknow Super Giants) 01/04/2023 v Delhi Capitals

Highest Team Innings 193/6 (Lucknow Super Giants) 01/04/2023 v Delhi Capitals

Average Runs per Wicket 20.47

Average Runs per Over 7.50

Don't forget to send your predictions for Match 43

Date: 01/05/2023

Deadline for toss prediction: 7:00PM IST

Deadline for rest of the predictions: 7:30PM IST

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Edited to add Pitch report.

Pitch report: The square boundaries - one side is 72 metres, the other side is 63 metres. Straight it is 78 metres. It is a black soil pitch, so the bounce is relatively low. May not be high-scoring, but expect a bigger score than 145 - with inputs from Sanjay Manjrekar and Rohan Gavaskar.

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Edit to add playing 11 and subs list.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(w), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood

Substitutes: Harshal Patel, Sonu Yadav, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Krishnappa Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur

Substitutes: Ayush Badoni, Daniel Sams, Quinton de Kock, Prerak Mankad, Avesh Khan

Royal Challengers Bangalore XI: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Karn Sharma, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj

Originally posted by: WildestDreams

Thanks for the tag and thread, Raji!❤️

Is it just me or threads are becoming earlier and earlier...by the end of IPL season we will be getting them a week in advance🤣