IPL 2023 | RR vs LSG | 26th Match, 19th April, 7:30 PM | Match Preview

Series: Indian Premier League 2023

Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants, 26th Match 19th April evening seven thirty PM

Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur

Rajasthan Royals will be playing the Lucknow Super Giants in their first home game of the season. Sanju Samson played a fine knock at number 4 scoring 60 off 32 balls taking RR to their 3rd consecutive win.

LSG failed to continue their winning run after their batting failed in Lucknow in sticky conditions. Rahul’s 74 off 56 helped LSG finish with 159 runs batting first against Punjab.

It may not look like a big total, but it would have been enough and there were chances that LSG failed to capitalize in the second innings of the match. KL Rahul suggested they were 10 runs short,
but we reckon it was just the failure to execute the bowling plans at the death.
Nevertheless, he does have some batting concerns to address. They cannot always depend on Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran to rescue them and need the likes of Rahul, Pandya, and Hooda to step up and deliver.

Rajasthan Royals Preview
Sanju Samson is definitely knocking on the door for the World Cup selections. The RR skipper was out for a duck in two consecutive matches before he led the comeback in the last game against GT.

Rajasthan Royals found themselves at 55 for 4 in the 11th over while chasing 178 runs in Ahmedabad. Samson and Hetmyer together added 59 off 27 balls for the 5th wicket.

In the 19th Over, R Ashwin also played a handy knock scoring 10 off the 3 balls ensuring that RR were comfortably placed to chase down the target in the last over.
Trent Boult who’s been expensive lately, can be a key bowler for RR given the playing conditions here in Jaipur. The spinners would also enjoy a good time and that makes Chahal and Zampa key players to watch out for.

Lucknow Super Giants Preview
Lucknow Super Giants lost a close game at home while defending a par score against Punjab Kings. KL Rahul and co. had their chances in the game and if the bowling and fielding were a little better at the death,
they could have ended as the winning side.

Coming to Jaipur, Mark Wood and Jaydev Unadkat will be ones to watch out for in the LSG squad. Unadkat has played here before while Wood can get some help from the surface if Giants win the toss and bowl
first. KL Rahul looks in good touch and needs to improve his strike rate at the top.

Pitch Report
The pitch has a bit of green on it that will help the fast bowlers early in the match. The bounce is even and the ball comes on to the bat quickly allowing batters to freely play their strokes.
Moreover, dew is also likely to come into play and that will make scoring runs a lot easier in the second innings.
The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur will be hosting its first match of IPL 2023 as RR take on LSG. The average 1st innings score here in the T20s is 158 runs. The outfield at this venue is fast and since batting gets easier with the dew coming in later in the night,
team batting first should target 180+ score to give themselves a good chance of winning.

key players RR : Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Sanju Samson, Ravichandran Ashwin

key players LSG: KL Rahul , Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya

Prediction: Our prediction is for Rajasthan Royals to win

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