IPL 2022: Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore battle for supremacy
KL Rahul’s magnificence and Quinton de Kock’s flamboyance will likely be pitted towards the ending abilities of Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell when Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore conflict within the IPL right here on Tuesday.
LSG and RCB head into the match after wins over Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals, respectively and each groups, who’ve eight factors from six outings, can be eager to proceed their profitable streak.
Up towards the second-placed Super Giants, RCB might want to tackle their top-order woes. While skipper Faf du Plessis has failed to fireside because the opening recreation, opener Anuj Rawat has seemed scratchy.
Virat Kohli continues to have a irritating season. Despite wanting in good type, the previous RCB captain has didn’t get the massive runs.
However, the arrival of Maxwell has strengthened the facet. The Australian all-rounder blasted 55 of 34 balls to get the momentum going within the chase towards DC.
RCB beat DC by 16 runs of their final match. (Deepak Malik / Sportzpics for IPL)
Meanhwile, Karthik is revelling in his position as a finisher, single-handedly profitable matches for his new facet.
The seasoned wicketkeeper batter has not put a foot incorrect within the ongoing season, enjoying a few of the best knocks as he bids to make a comeback for the nationwide staff. He has been instrumental in RCB’s rise into the highest 4 of the league desk.
Engineer-turned cricketer Shahbaz Ahmed too has impressed together with his batting up to now.
On the bowling entrance, Josh Hazlewood bowled an distinctive spell towards DC that swayed the match in RCB’s favour and the Australian pacer can be wanting to proceed in the identical vein.
Alongside Hazlewood, Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga will likely be key in stopping Rahul and Co whereas dying overs specialist Harshal Patel may even need to play his position to perfection if RCB purpose to include a strong LSG batting unit.
On the opposite hand, Rahul (235 runs) has led the brand new entrants admirably. The skipper himself is in chic type. He registered his maiden century of the season towards Mumbai and sits solely behind Rajasthan Royals’ Jos Buttler (272 runs) within the main run-scorer chart.
LSG even have sufficient hearth energy in de Kock, who has displayed imperious type in current video games, younger Ayush Badoni, the big-hitting Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya to call just a few.
The new-entrants have additional been bolstered by the addition of the multi-talented duo of Jason Holder and Marcus Stoinis. The two including extra depth in each bowling and batting.
The pace-spin duo of Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi have managed to carry their very own towards a few of the most established names in T20 cricket.
Teams (From):
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Josh Hazlewood, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudesai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Rajat Patidar, Siddharth Kaul.
Match begins at 7.30 PM
