Today's second IPL encounter pits Lucknow against Rajasthan; Supergiants take on the Royals for the fifth time, with this being the first meeting between the two teams in Ekana.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will include two matches on a single day. Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will play their second game of the day. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium (Ikana), Lucknow. The throw is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. This season's second meeting between the two teams will take place. Rajasthan had defeated Lucknow by 20 runs in the previous game.

The Mumbai Indians (MI) and Delhi Capitals (DC) will play the opening game of the day. The game is scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm at Delhi's Arun Jaitley Stadium.

A sneak peek at the second game...

Head-to-head, Rajasthan is ahead.

There have only been four IPL matches between Rajasthan and Lucknow thus far. Rajasthan won three, Lucknow won one. The two teams have not yet faced off in a game at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Lucknow's home field.

For LSG, Rahul scored the most runs.

Lucknow will play nine games this season. After five victories and three losses out of eight games, the club has ten points, good for fourth place in the standings. KL Rahul, the team's captain, has scored the most runs. With the most wickets taken, Yash Thakur.
Riyan Parag

will be Rajasthan's ninth encounter in RR's top scorers' league. The group won seven of its eight games and only lost one. With 14 points, RR is at the top of the standings. The team's top scorer is Riyan Parag. In eight games, he has 318 runs scored. Yuzvendra Chahal, on the other hand, leads the squad in wicket-taking with 13.
Pitch Report: In the IPL, the Lucknow pitch was dominated by the spinners. There were low scoring games played here, and it was quite hard for the batsmen to score runs. So date, 11 IPL matches have taken place here. This year's LSG victory over Punjab Kings has the highest team score of 199/8. The team batting first in the first six innings and the team chasing in the final four have won each time. One match, however, had no outcome.

Conditions: Lucknow will get overcast cover on Saturday, but rain is not expected. There will be a lot of wind as well. On the day of the match, the weather here will range from 40 to 25 degrees Celsius.

Potential starting eleven for the two Kolkata Super Giants teams are: Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Quinton de Kock, and Marcus Stoinis.
Player with Impact: Devdutt Padikkal.

The Rajasthan Royals are led by captain and wicketkeeper Sanju Samson, and include Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Rovman Powell, and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact: Buttler, Jos.

27/04/24