Can RCB take revenge of their defeat against Lucknow?, Pitch Report, Playing 11, Rahul Vs Kohli

The 43rd Match of the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2023, will be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on 1st May. Lucknow Super Giants were brutal with the bat in the previous match as they Registered IPL History Second Biggest Total of 257 runs, First Kyle Mayers along with Ayush Badoni and then came Marcos Stoinis show who scored 72 runs and in the end Nicholas Pooran 45 runs in just 19 balls was cherry on top for Lucknow. In the second innings Bowlers did well and the pressure was less because of the runs on board but Lucknow got a new hero in Bowling as Yash Thakur picked up 4 wickets and Naveen ul haq got 3 wickets as Lucknow Super Giants won the match by 56 runs. On the other hand they face Royal Challengers Bangalore, the last time Lucknow won the a thrilling match at the Chinnaswamy as they defeated RCB, can Banglore take revenge of their last defeat will be interesting to see. In the previous match RCB lost the match by 21 runs as on bowling first conceded 200 runs yet again, Hasaranga and V Vyshak both picked up 2 wickets each. In the second innings their skipper Virat Kohli was brilliant in the chase with 54 runs and he alongside Mahipal Lomror was also playing good and RCB were looking good to chase down but as soon as they got out RCB lost the match. Rcb's problem is their middle order as apart from Kohli, Faf and Maxwell no other batsmen have scored a 50. 

MATCH DETAILS:

Lucknow Super Giants Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Date: 1st May 2023, Monday 

Time: 07:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

Capacity: 50,000

Live Streaming Platform: Star Sports and Jio Cinema (for online streaming).

PITCH REPORT :

The Lucknow pitch is a very slow surface, for batsmen it is very difficult to score runs quickly. Previous match which was played here, Lsg were not able to chase even the target of 136 runs. Both Spinners and Fast bowlers are effective.

POSSIBLE PLAYING 11:

LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS:

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

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE:

Faf du Plessis(C), Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Hazelwood, Harshal Patel, Vyshak Vijayakumar, Mohammed Siraj.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD :

Total Matches Played: 3

Lucknow Super Giants: 1

Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2

Abandoned: 0

No Result : 0