R Ashwin OUT? Riyan Parag DEMOTED? Rajasthan Royals Playing 11 vs LSG: IPL 2024, Match 44
Published - 27 Apr 2024, 04:20 PM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 01:10 AM
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Rajasthan Royals takes on Lucknow Super Giants in the reverse fixture in Lucknow on Saturday. The match starts at 7.30 pm IST with RR looking for their eighth win of the season Another win will almost guarantee them a spot in the playoffs.
The Royals are topping the points table heading into this game. They are on 14 points having won seven games and losing just one. They have not yet lost away from home.
In the last two games, they won a close contest against KKR and beat MI by nine wickets in a run-chase. Jos Buttler and Yashasvoi Jaiswal have scored centuries in back-to-back games for RR. Yuzvendra Chahal with 13 wickets is second on the wicket-taking list.
Jos Butler and Riyan Parag are on the top run-scorer's list. The team has a good balanced side and has found ways to win close games. Their win against KKR was a prime example of the big-match players stepping up in big games. After a convincing win against MI, they are unlikely to make any changes to their lineup.
Rajasthan Royals Playing 11 vs LSG: IPL 2024, Match 44
Jos Buttler
Jos will continue to open the batting. He is fresh off a match-winning hundred against KKR. He scored 35 off 25 balls against MI and added a 74-run opening stand with Yashasvi Jaiswal. The England batter has scored 286 runs in seven matches at a strike rate of nearly 150.
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jaiswal will open the batting with Joa Buttler. After struggling for form, he scored a century against MI in a 180-run chase. So far this season, he has scored 225 runs in 8 matches at a strike rate of nearly 160.
Sanju Samson (C/WK)
Skipper Samson will slot in at three. He scored an unbeaten 38 off 28 deliveries and took RR home against MI. He scored 314 runs at an average of 62.80 this season so far.
Riyan Parag
Parag will slot in at four. He is RR's top-scorer this season so far with 318 runs. He did not bat in the match against MI. His rise at four has been one of the positives for RR this season.
Dhruv Jurel
Jurel will slot in at five. He is being groomed as the finisher in the side but has not made the most of the opportunities so far this season.
Shimron Hetmyer
Hetmyer will slot in at six. He has played a few important cameos for Rajasthan Royals. One of his major contributions was against PBKS when he scored 27 off 10 balls. He has scored 70 runs so far at a strike rate of 194.44.
Rovman Powell
Powell will slot in at seven. His first game was against KKR, where he played a decisive innings of 26 off 13 in the run-chase, He did not bat against MI.
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ashwin will slot in at eight He has been a great backup for Yuzvendra Chahal but has not picked up too many wickets himself. He has batted at number five in a few games. Ashwin has picked up just one wicket so far this season.
Trent Boult
Boult will lead the pace attack. He has picked up nine wickets in 8 games so far this season. He is on 114 wickets from 96 IPL games. He is four short of 100 IPL games and has played 34 games so far for RR.
Avesh Khan
Avesh Khan will share the new ball with Trent Boult. He was drafted in from LSG ahead of the start of the season. He has picked up 8 wickets from 8 games so far this season.
Yuzvendra Chahal
Chahal concludes the likely lineup for RR. He is second on the Purple Cap list with 13 wickets from 8 games. He became the first bowler in IPL to take 200 wickets in the league.
Impact Sub: Sandeep Sharma
RR has been using Sandeep Sharma in the Impact Sub role. He missed a few games with an injury but made a return in the last game against MI picking up 5/18.
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