Lucknow Super Giants will square off against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the last league stage match of the season at Lucknow on Tuesday. RCB has the top-2 fate in their hands and if they manage to beat LSG, they will confirm their Qualifier 1 meeting with Punjab Kings.
If Rajat Patidar’s team loses, they are going to face Mumbai Indians in the Eliminator contest. RCB has received a huge boost as ace fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has joined the team. The Australian has played an instrumental role in the success of the franchise in this season, taking 18 wickets in 10 matches at 17.28.
RCB’s batting had crumbled from a commanding position in the last game against SRH and they wouldn’t want to make the same mistake in this must-win game.
On the other hand, LSG would want to end their campaign on a winning note. Mitchell Marsh had scored his maiden century in the last game against GT and he is going to hold the key at the top of the order. Furthermore, Rishabh Pant had scored a cameo of 6-ball 16, which would have given him some confidence.
LSG will miss the services of Aiden Markram, who has been asked by Cricket South Africa, to prepare for the WTC Final against Australia.
Head to Head: RCB 3 – 2 LSG
LSG Probable XII: Mitchell Marsh, Aryan Juyal, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(wk/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur/Akash Singh, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, William O’Rourke
RCB Probable XII: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma(wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood/Blessing Muzarabani, Suyash Sharma
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Liam Livingstone, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Blessing Muzarabani
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Mitchell Marsh, Aryan Juyal, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, William ORourke, Akash Maharaj Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Manimaran Siddharth, David Miller, Arshin Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Matthew Breetzke, RS Hangargekar, Yuvraj Chaudhary
