RR vs LSG, Brabourne Stadium. Neither of the teams would want to make any mistake and lose this crucial game. The losing side will be facing complex mid-table calculations of points and net run rate. Rajasthan Royals is struggling without Shimron Hetmyer. RR has lost three of the last five games. Lucknow Super Giants are still trying to figure out the middle order combination, but they are winning the games.
The absence of Hetmyer is causing a shortage of at least 20-30 runs in the totals of RR. Also, Dussen or Parag is not as good finishers as Hetmyer. On the bright side, Ravi Ashwin has emerged as a floating all-rounder and smashed an excellent half-century in the last game. On top of that, Jaiswal has finally found his form back.
If RR bats first tonight, expect a huge sum of a total. The reason behind this is the matchups. Even top form bowlers of LSG have struggled against batters of RR. Buttler, Jaiswal, and Padikkal will be the key contributors to this run-fest.
Neither of the teams would be making any changes in the playing 11 unless there were unavoidable circumstances. Also, there is no reason for either RR or LSG to replace the current playing 11 from the previous game.
It will be better for RR if Boult does not bowl in the death overs. He has an economy rate of 14.28 in this season of IPL. It would be better if Samson uses his four-over quota in the first ten overs.
At Brabourner Stadium:
| Matches | Won | Lost | |
| LSG | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| RR | 5 | 3 | 2 |
The Last Match:
KL Rahul averages 53.00 against RR in 12 innings. The last time when these two teams met, Boult bamboozled the KL Rahul's stumps coming round the wicket. Later, Yuzi Chahal destroyed the rest of the batting order.
| S Hetmyer – 59(36) | K Gowtham – 2/30 | de Kock – 39(32) | Y Chahal – 4/41 |
| D Padikkal – 29(29) | J Holder – 2/50 | M Stoinis – 38(17) | T Boult – 2/30 |
| R Ashwin – 28(23) | A Khan – 1/31 | D Hooda – 25(24) | P Krishna – 1/35 |
| J Buttler – 13(11) | K Pandya – 22(15) | K Sen – 1/35 |
H2H Player Stats:
Many ducks for KL Rahul in the IPL 2022. But he always came back with a big inning in the reply of a duck. Both the venue and head-to-head stats favor Rahul, and we can expect a big inning from him tonight.
| M | I | R | 100 | 50 | 30 | Avg. | SR | |
| KL Rahul | 12 | 12 | 530 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 53.00 | 134.18 |
| M Pandey | 14 | 13 | 375 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34.09 | 134.89 |
| Q de Kock | 9 | 9 | 370 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 46.25 | 141.22 |
| M Stoinis | 8 | 8 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.00 | 121.21 |
| K Pandya | 8 | 8 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.60 | 114.29 |
| D Hooda | 6 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22.50 | 160.71 |
| E Lewis | 2 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | 139.53 |
| S Hetmyer | 1 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 163.88 |
| D Padikkal | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.00 | 100.00 |
| R Ashwin | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | 121.73 |
| J Buttler | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 | 118.18 |
| S Samson | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 | 108.33 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| J Holder | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8.13 |
| A Tye | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7.25 |
| A Khan | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9.14 |
| K Pandya | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8.89 |
| Y Chahal | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10.25 |
| A Rajpoot | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10.00 |
| M Stoinis | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9.00 |
| K Gowtham | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7.50 |
| T Boult | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7.50 |
| P Krishna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.75 |
| K Sen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.75 |
Venue Stats:
(Overall T20 Stats)
| M | I | R | 100 | 50 | 30 | Avg. | SR | |
| KL Rahul | 2 | 2 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 143.00 | 166.28 |
| M Pandey | 6 | 6 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.00 | 125.00 |
| J Buttler | 1 | 1 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103.00 | 168.85 |
| Q de Kock | 2 | 2 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42.50 | 146.55 |
| S Samson | 4 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.33 | 176.32 |
| D Hooda | 5 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.67 | 140.00 |
| D Padikkal | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 133.33 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| Y Chahal | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7.88 |
| A Khan | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8.50 |
| R Bishnoi | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7.25 |
| R Ashwin | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7.94 |
| J Holder | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.50 |
| P Krishna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.75 |
Probable Playing 11:
LSG: KL Rahul (C), Q de Kock (WK), D Hooda, A Badoni, M Stoinis, K Pandya, J Holder, K Gawtham/M Pandey, A Khan, D Chameera, M Khan
RR: Y Jaiswal, J Buttler (WK), D Padikkal, S Samson (C), R Dussen, R Parag, R Ashwin, T Boult, Y Chahal, P Krishna, K Sen
Fantasy Picks:
WK – KL Rahul, J Buttler, Q de Kock
Batters – D Hooda, M Stoinis, D Padikkal
AR – R Ashwin
Bowlers – Y Chahal, T Boult, M Khan, A Khan
Punt picks – D Hooda, M Khan, M Stoinis, K Gowtham
Common C/VC – KL Rahul, J Buttler, Q de Kock, Y Chahal
Punt C/VC – D Hooda, M Stoinis, J Holder, R Ashwin
RR Batters vs LSG Bowlers:
J Buttler:
vs Avesh – 1W
vs A Rajpoot – 1W
S Samson:
vs Avesh – 1W
vs Holder – 3W
vs Tye – 1W
D Padikkal:
vs Gowtham – 1W
vs Holder – 1W
Y Jaiswal:
vs Gowtham – 1W
vs Stoinis – 1W
R Dussen:
vs Gowtham – 1W
S Hetmyer:
vs Holder – 1W
R Parag:
vs Holder – 2W
vs A Khan – 1W
LSG Batters vs RR Bowlers:
Q de Kock:
vs T Boult – 1W
vs P Krishna – 2W
vs R Ashwin – 4W
vs Saini – 1W
vs Chahal – 6W
KL Rahul:
vs Boult – 2W
vs P Krishna – 1W
vs Chahal – 1W
vs R Ashwin – 1W
M Pandey:
vs T Boult – 1W
vs N Saini – 1W
vs Y Chahal – 4W
vs R Ashwin – 2W
vs Krishna – 1W
D Hooda:
vs Sen – 1W
vs Chahal – 1W
vs R Ashwin – 1W
vs Krishna – 1W
K Pandya:
vs T Boult – 1W
vs Chahal – 2W
A Badoni:
vs Chahal – 1W
Interesting Records:
- Chahal and Ashwin dismissed Quinten de Kock ten times in the T20s combined.
- No bowler from the current LSG squad dismissed Ewin Lewis in the T20s.
- Manish Pandey has been dismissed by Chahal and Ashwin six times in the T20s combined.
- KL Rahul averages 143.00 at Brabourne Stadium and 53.00 against RR.
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