Today in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) will face Lucknow Supergiants (LSG). The 15th match of the league will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 7.30 pm. The toss will take place at 7 pm.
This will be RCB's fourth match of this season. The team got two defeats and only one win in the match. At the same time, this will be LSG's third match of the season, the team has won one and lost one. In the points list, Lucknow is at sixth place and Bengaluru is at 9th place.
A total of 4 matches have been played between the two teams in the IPL so far. RCB won 3 matches and LSG won only one match. The team also got this one victory in Bengaluru last season, when LSG won the thrilling match that lasted till the last over by one wicket.
Lucknow captain Nicholas Puran did this against Punjab. Regular captain KL Rahul could not field due to injury. He batted as an impressive player. In such a situation, there is a possibility that Rahul will play today's match also as an influential player.
Virat Kohli is the top run scorer of RCB, with 181 runs in 3 matches with 2 half-centuries. Both Fifty came to Bengaluru. Yash Dayal is the top wicket taker of the team, he took 1-1 wicket in every match.
This will be LSG's third competition. The team lost the first match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 20 runs. In the same match, the team defeated Punjab Kings by 21 runs.
Nicholas Pooran is LSG's top scorer. Puran has played innings of 64 and 42 runs in 2 matches of this season. Mayank Yadav, who impressed everyone with his pace in the team's second match, became the bowler taking the highest wicket. He has 3 wickets in his name.