Lucknow Super Giants will be up against the Rajasthan Royals in the 44th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Saturday. LSG has won five out of their seven matches whereas RR has won seven out of their eight matches.

Ergo, both of these two teams will aim to continue the winning momentum. RR’s batting unit has done a good job and Sanju Samson, who has 314 runs in eight games, will aim to continue the good show.

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Jos Buttler needs three more boundaries to reach 350 fours in the tournament.

Sanju Samson needs five sixes to complete 200 maximums in the tournament.

Riyan Parag needs 82 runs to complete 1000 runs in the IPL. The in-form right-hander needs three more sixes to reach 50 maximums.

Out-of-form Devdutt Padikkal needs eight sixes to complete 50 sixes in the IPL.

Krunal Pandya needs 10 fours to complete 150 boundaries in the tournament.

RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal needs 103 runs to reach the 1500-run mark in the IPL.

RR SQUAD FOR IPL 2024

Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.

LSG IPL 2024 Squad

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), KL Rahul, Nicolas Pooran (WI).

Batters: Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner (AUS).

All-rounders: Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers (WI), Marcus Stoinis (AUS), Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh Charak, David Willey (ENG), Arshin Kulkarni, Md. Arshad Khan.

Bowlers: Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG), Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddarth.