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Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL Match Today: Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals will face Rishabh Pant’s Lucknow Super Giants in 36th league match of IPL 2025. Check the weather report, predicted playing XIs, head-to-head stats, and key players ahead of the encounter.
Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL Match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)
Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants, IPL 2025: Inaugural edition winners Rajasthan Royals will face Lucknow Super Giants in their eighth league match of IPL 2025 on Saturday (April 19). The match is scheduled to take place at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The hosts, after losing three matches in a row, would like to return to winning ways and keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the playoffs. On the other hand, LSG will also be eager to earn two points after suffering a shock defeat against Chennai Super Kings in the last IPL match played in front of home fans at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
The visitors will have high expectations from their top-order overseas trio of Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran. The three foreign players are in red-hot form these days and have scored the bulk of the runs for the Lucknow-based franchise. On the other hand, RR batters have struggled with consistency. The likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana and Dhruv Jurel have looked good on a couple of occasions.
In the last IPL 2025 match played on Wednesday (April 16), RR suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the super over against Delhi Capitals, and the Jaipur-based franchise would like to make a fresh start in front of home fans.
Star Indian fast bowler Mayank Yadav has joined LSG camp and he is likely to play his first match of IPL 2025 on Saturday.
RR vs LSG Match: Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch and Jaipur weather report
The match between RR and LSG will be played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, where in the last match, played on Sunday (April 13), after getting an invitation to bat first, the Royals posted a total of 173 runs on the board. However, it didn’t prove to be enough, and RCB went on to win the match by 9 wickets. Fans can expect another high-scoring contest on Sunday evening in the Pink City.
As far as the weather forecast is concerned, there are negligible chances of rain playing spoilsport during the match, and the temperature will remain in the range of 28 to 30 degrees Celsius during the match hours.
RR vs LSG Match: Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants Head-to-Head Record
Total matches: 5
RR won: 4
LSG won: 1
No result: 0
IPL 2025 RR vs LSG Match: Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants Probable Playing XI
Rajasthan Royals: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (C & WK), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi
Lucknow Super Giants: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Nitish Rana, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande
Players To Watch Out For During RR vs LSG match
Nicholas Pooran: West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran has been in red-hot form these days, and with 357 runs to his name in seven matches played so far, he leads the Orange Cap race as well. The left-handed wicketkeeper-batter, who was retained for Rs 21 crore by the Lucknow-based franchise ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auctions, will be a key player for Rishabh Pant & Co. on Saturday, and he would like to extend his lead at the top of the leading run-getters list as well.
Yashasvi Jaiswal: Star Indian opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored back-to-back half-centuries for RR, but he failed to win the match for his team. The left-handed batter would like to maintain his good form with the bat on Saturday as well and score big runs to help the Men in Pink win and keep their hopes alive of finishing in the top four and qualifying for playoffs.
Mitchell Marsh: Australia’s T20I captain Mitchell Marsh is playing as a pure batter in this year’s IPL, and with four fifties in six matches played so far, he has amassed a total of 295 runs. The right-handed batter has helped LSG get off to great starts in at least four matches, and he would like to come up with another big show in Jaipur.
Shardul Thakur: Indian fast bowler Shardul Thakur joined LSG as a replacement for Mohsin Khan ahead of the start of IPL 2025, and in seven matches played so far, he has accounted for the dismissal of 11 batters, which is the most by any player for the Rishabh Pant-led side.
