LSG vs RCB, Eliminator, Indian Premier League 2022
Date
Toss
Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and opt to bowl
Time
Venue
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires
Michael Gough, Jayaraman Madanagopal
Third Umpire
Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee
Manu Nayyar
Lucknow Super Giants Squad
Playing
Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (c), Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Dushmantha Chameera, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
Bench
Manish Pandey, Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Nadeem, Kyle Mayers, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gowtham
Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad
Playing
Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj
Bench
Akash Deep, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Jason Behrendorff, Chama V Milind, Finn Allen, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Sherfane Rutherford, Aneeshwar Gautam, Siddarth Kaul
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Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (LKN vs BLR)
League
TATA IPL
Date
Wednesday, 25th May 2022
Time
08:10 PM (IST) - 02:40 PM (GMT)
Match Venue: Eden Gardens , Kolkata , India
LKN vs BLR Pitch Report
Talking about the Eden Gardens pitch and the stadium, the pitch of this ground is considered to be a better batting track, although the possibility of helping spin bowlers increases as the match progresses. Fast bowlers have also found success on this pitch after changing the soil used for this pitch. Also, hitting sixes on this ground is usually easy due to the small boundary of the stadium, so high-scoring matches can be expected.
All league matches of IPL 2022 were played in Maharashtra, but now the Indian Cricket Board has selected Kolkata and Ahmedabad to organize the playoffs. Out of which Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Lucknow Super Giants Qualifier-2 will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Talking about the Eden Gardens ahead of the Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans match, it will be challenging for the batsmen and they will have to choose their strokes carefully.
You all will be very excited about this qualifier match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants. At the same time, the X factor of this match is its weather. Because this match is going to be played in Kolkata, weather information becomes even more important. At present, it is raining in most places of India.
Kolkata is passing through a phase where it is raining incessantly in the evening after sweltering heat throughout the day. According to Weather.com, on the night of May 25, the temperature will be around 27 to 35 degree Celsius on Tuesday and there is a possibility of 50% rain. Apart from this, the wind will blow at a speed of 13 kilometers per hour.
The Eliminator of IPL 2022 between LSG and RCB will be played on May 25 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. This match is going to be very exciting because the team which loses this match will have to go back home and watch the IPL 2022 title dream shattered. In such a situation, there will be tremendous competition between the two teams.
The Indian Premier League 2022 playoffs lineups are confirmed, with Gujarat Titans to face Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 1 and Lucknow Super Giants to meet Royal Challengers Bangalore in Eliminator.
Lucknow and Bangalore finished at 3rd and 4th position respectively in the point table, to win the Final, they will need to win 3 games.
Lucknow Super Giants (LKN) Team Updates
Lucknow were the second franchise to make it to the knockout stage of the competition following a last-ball thriller against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday.
Lucknow Super Giants had to wait for the result of the match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals to know who they would face - either Royal Challengers Bangalore or Delhi Capitals - in the Eliminator and eventually It will be Royal challengers.
Lokesh Rahul and Quinton de Kock will probably open the inning.
Quinton de Kock broke a lot of records in the last match, he scored 140 runs knock off just 70 balls.
Deepak Hooda will bat at the one-down position.
Evin Lewis and Krunal Pandya will handle the middle-order batting.
Lokesh Rahul will lead the Lucknow Super Giants as a Captain. He is also a good Wicket-Keeper
Lokesh Rahul will do the Wicket Keeping for Lucknow Super Giants.
Krunal Pandya and Ravi Bishnoi will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Avesh Khan and Mohsin Khan will lead the pace attack of his team.
The onus will be on Mohsin Khan and Avesh Khan who will lead the pace charge to once again pick wickets for Lucknow.
Royal Challengers Bangalore did their part by defeating Gujarat Titans in their final league stage encounter on Thursday, however, had to wait for the outcome of the Mumbai vs. Delhi game to find out their fate in the IPL 2022.
To make the playoffs, RCB needed Mumbai to win their final game against Delhi Capitals. Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi by 5 wickets, ensuring that RCB qualified for the playoffs.
The best part was Virat Kohli getting his form back, as he smashed 73 runs in the last game.
Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli will probably open the inning.
Rajat Patidar will bat at the one-down position.
Glenn Maxwell and Mahipal Lomror will handle the middle-order batting.
Faf du Plessis will lead the BLR as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman
Dinesh Karthik will do the Wicket Keeping for BLR.
Wanindu Hasaranga and Shahbaz Ahmed will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Wanindu Hasaranga is having topmost fantasy points in this series. He is the 2nd highest wicket taker of the season.
Harshal Patel and Josh Hazlewood will lead the pace attack of his team.
LKN vs BLR Head to Head
LKN - 0 Won BLR - 1 Won
As far as the head to head records are concerned, Bangalore leads the battle by 1-0 against Lucknow.
Last Encounter
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 18 runs when the last time these two sides met in the IPL 2022.
LKN vs BLR Live Telecast
LKN vs BLR match will be live telecast on Star Sports and Disney Plus Hotstar
POINTS TABLE -
#
Team
Played
Won
Lost
Tie
NR
NRR
Points
Recent Forms
1
Gujrat Titans - Q
14
10
4
0
0.316
20
LWWLL
2
Rajasthan Royals - Q
14
9
5
0
0.298
18
WWLWL
3
Lucknow Super Giants - Q
14
9
5
0
0.251
18
WLLWW
4
Royal Challengers Bangalore - Q
14
8
6
0
-0.253
16
WLWWL
5
Punjab Kings - E
14
7
7
0
0.126
14
WLWLW
6
Delhi Capitals - E
14
8
6
0
0.204
14
LWWLW
7
Sunrisers Hyderabad - E
14
6
8
0
-0.379
12
LWLLL
8
Kolkata Knight Riders - E
14
6
8
0
0.146
12
LWWLW
9
Mumbai Indians - E
14
4
10
0
-0.506
8
WLWLW
10
Chennai Super Kings - E
14
4
10
0
-0.203
8
LLLWL
Recent Forms: W = Won, L = Lost,
T = Tie, D = Draw, NR = No Result
Recent Forms:
LKN - W L L W W BLR - W L W W L
LKN vs BLR Fantasy Tips
Looking by the pitch behaviour, Picking top order batters would be cruicial here.
Death over bowlers are must to have in your fantasy team.
In Wicket Keeping, Lokesh Rahul, Quinton de Kock are the best choice.
