Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the IPL 2022 match between Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants from the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

LIVE COMMENTARY

RR 39/0 in 4 overs: Bishnoi into the attack. Padikkal collects one with a flick at deep mid wicket. Buttler takes a single at long off after Bishnoi darts in a wide. Padikkal smashes two consecutive fours through the off side as Bishnoi offers room outside off. Dropped! Bishnoi drops an easy one as Padikkal handed it straight back to him with off a defensive shot. Padikkal keeps strike with a single at long off.

RR 27/0 in 3 overs: FOUR! Pitched up a little too full and Padikkal serenely unleashes an aerial drive for a boundary down the ground. Drags his length back a bit on leg stump and Padikkal tucks it off his hips for a single behind square. Buttler is deceived a bit with the lack of bounce and clumsily flicks the ball behind as de Kock dives behind to keep it to a single. Padikkal dabs to third for a single and keeps strike.

RR 19/0 in 2 overs: Holder from the other end. Starts off on off stump, full and Buttler defends back. Two more dots follow. Buttler pokes tentatively outside off and it goes off the inside edge to trickle on the off. He wants one but is sent back. SIX! Buttler finally cuts loose as he makes this full delivery outside off disappear over the boundary at long off. FOUR! Intelligent batting as Buttler shuffles across outside off and flicks past short fine leg to collect four more.

RR 9/0 in 1 over: Buttler and Padikkal open the innings. Buttler takes a single at point off the first ball. FOUR! Padikkal opens his account with a boundary. FOUR! Bishnoi has a shy at the non-striker’s end and the ball raced to the boundary for four overthrows. LBW appeal and given out but Padikkal reviews and he survives he gets an inside edge on that. Two dots to end the over.

Sanju Samson has lost his fourth consecutive toss in four matches this season, but his team is the only one which has defended a total on two occasions in IPL 2022. Meanwhile Lucknow skipper KL Rahul has a staggering record at Wankhede, with 399 runs in nine matches at an average of 57 and strike rate of 145.62. He also struck his maiden IPL hundred at this venue against Mumbai Indians in 2019.

RR VS LSG PLAYING XI

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Rassie van der Dussen, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c)(wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Sen, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Krishnappa Gowtham, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.

TOSS: Lucknow wins the toss and elects to bowl. Two changes for both teams. Dushmantha Chameera and Marcus Stoinis come in for Evin Lewis and Andrew Tye for the Super Giants. For the Royals, Kuldeep Sen and Rassie van der Dussen replace Navdeep Saini and Yashasvi Jaiswal.

RR vs LSG PREDICTED XI

Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton De Kock (wk), Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, K Gowtham, Jason Holder, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi.

Rajasthan Royals Top Performers (IPL 2022)

Lucknow Super Giants Top Performers (IPL 2022)

MATCH PREVIEW

Rajasthan Royals will be aiming to return to winning ways when it faces Lucknow Super Giants in an Indian Premier League fixture at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.

After starting its campaign with two consecutive wins, Rajasthan Royals lost its last outing against Royal Challengers Bangalore, and before taking on one of the formidable teams of the tournament, the Rajasthan outfit needs to regroup.

Royals will be relying on Jos Buttler, who has had success so far. However, with Yashasvi Jaiswal struggling, it needs to change its opening combination.

Over the last couple of years, the middle-order had hurt the Royals, but this time, that looks sorted with Shimron Hetmyer, Sanju Samson and Devdutt Padikkal among runs. And going forward, the team would be hoping for its Indian recruit Riyan Parag to fire.

While the spin bowling department is taken care of by R. Ashwin and the in-form Yuzvendra Chahal, pacer Navdeep Saini – who has leaked runs in the previous outings – needs to fight rhythm and support Trent Boult and Prasidh Krishna.

After a defeat in its opening game against Gujarat Titans, Lucknow fought back with victories against Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals. While captain K.L. Rahul has spearheaded the batting department, the middle-order looks formidable with Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni around.

The presence of Jason Holder has added more depth to its batting and bowling departments, while Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi have been able to prove their mettle against some of the big names of T20 cricket.

THE SQUADS

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, KC Cariappa, Navdeep Saini, Anunay Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Dhruv Jurel, Tejas Baroka, Kuldip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Daryl Mitchell, Obed McCoy.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye*, Dushmantha Chameera, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Kyle Mayers, K Gowtham, Evin Lewis.

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