IPL 2023: Match 43, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Predicted Playing XI vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

After a massive win against Punjab Kings in their last match, KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are riding high on the victory ahead of their forthcoming assignment. LSG host Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Monday, May 1.

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In their previous meeting, LSG snatched the game away from RCB at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, courtesy of Nicholas Pooran’s (62 off 19 balls) Player of the match performance. The two sides have crossed swords on three occasions in IPL history. While LSG won the last outing, it is RCB with two wins off the three meetings thus far.

LSG will be raring to maintain their momentum and add two more points to climb up the points table. On the other hand, RCB will look to avoid a second straight defeat against the home side in the ongoing edition.

Here’s Lucknow Super Giants’ predicted XI against Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Openers: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers

Just when there was speculation surrounding a change in the top order regarding Quinton de Kock joining the XI in place of Mayers, the latter carved out a spectacular knock against Punjab. The Caribbean explosive hitter clobbered 54 off mere 24 balls, with seven fours and four sixes. Considering that the matches are approaching thick and fast, the LSG think tank will continue to back Mayers. However, de Kock could likely feature in the Impact Players list. 

On the other hand, skipper KL Rahul was dismissed early when LSG recorded the second-highest score in IPL history (257 runs). Rahul could only manage to get 12 runs off nine balls before he was sent packing. The skipper is under tremendous pressure of being unable to play his natural game and adapting to a slow approach. Rahul would want to move up in the race of IPL Orange Cap and help his side get some solid starts in the forthcoming games. 

Middle Order: Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni

Prior to the match against PBKS, Ayush Badoni was having a hard time getting the big runs for Lucknow. However, the batter saw a change in his fortunes as he played an instrumental knock against Punjab in the last outing. Badoni got three sixes and as many fours to score a quickfire 43 off 24 balls. Moreover, he raised a vital 89-run stand with Marcus Stoinis in the middle order. Badoni will look to maintain this kind of form in the forthcoming match against Bangalore.

The league has witnessed Pooran’s aggressive batting exploits on a number of occasions and his explosive batting was on full show yet again as he slammed seven boundaries and one maximum in his blazing 45 off 19 in the previous game.

Moreover, it was against RCB in the first meeting this season that Pooran scored 62 off mere 19 balls, which included seven maximums and four boundaries at a stunning strike rate of 326.31 to win the game for his team. The southpaw will be gunning to score the big runs once again when he faces Bangalore at home.

All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda

Marcus Stoinis relished a fabulous outing with the bat against Punjab in the previous match. Coming in the middle order, Stoinis slammed 72 runs off 40 balls, which included six boundaries and five maximums at an impressive strike rate of 180. With the ball, he leaked 21 runs off 1.5 overs but got the prized scalp of skipper Shikhar Dhawan to keep PBKS reeling in the chase.

It is worth mentioning that Stoinis took a blow to his left index finger in the second over while attemptig a catch and walked off the field. While there is no update on any injury, the star all-rounder is likely to feature in the XI for the RCB match.

Against PBKS, Krunal Pandya and Deepak Hooda remained unbeaten in the first innings as they scored five and 11 runs, respectively. While Hooda did not get his chance with the ball, Krunal was targeted by the rival team for 13 runs in his solitary over.

Though Krunal has shown glimpses of what he is capable of down the order and with the ball, Hooda has failed to create any sort of impact. In any case, the all-rounder pair will look for an improved outing when the side will be up against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Bowlers: Naveen-ul-Haq, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur

After posting a mammoth first innings total in the previous match, LSG decided to use as many as nine options in their bowling unit during the chase. However, Naveen-ul-Haq and Ravi Bishnoi were the only two bowlers to complete their four overs. Despite scalping two wickets, Bishnoi proved to be expensive as he gave away 41 runs at an economy rate of 10.25. On the other hand, Naveen-ul-Haq was decent as he gave mere 30 runs and claimed three wickets at an economy of 7.50.

Avesh Khan was given just two overs against the Kings and leaked runs at a massive rate of 14.00 without any breakthroughs. However, prior to the match against Punjab, Avesh returned economical figures of 6.25 in his four overs against Rajasthan and will aim to get back to his fine form in the forthcoming fixture. 

In his 3.5 overs against the Kings, Yash Thakur proved to be slightly expensive with the ball as he gave 37 runs at an economy of 9.65. However, he made up for the runs as he returned a four-wicket haul to dent the middle-order in the chase. While there is still lots to improve for the bowling unit, LSG will look to have an improved outing with the ball against RCB at home.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Probable Playing 11:

KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Naveen-ul-Haq, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Probable Impact Players:

Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jaydev Unadkat, Prerak Mankad, Krishnappa Gowtham, Quinton de Kock