Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Faf du Plessis won the all-important toss and elected to field in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on April 2 (Tuesday). RCB made one change to their playing XI with Reece Topley replacing Alzarri Joseph. LSG also made one change with Yash Thakur replacing Mohsin Khan.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Cameron Green, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat(w), Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Quinton de Kock(w), KL Rahul(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav
The Royal Challengers Bengaluru have played three matches in the tournament so far. Faf du Plessis' men have lost two games while they registered to win in one contest. In their previous match, RCB were comprehensively beaten by the Kolkata Knight Riders.
On the flip side, the Lucknow Super Giants have played two matches in the competition thus far. LSG started their season with a defeat but bounced back to win their second match. In their last match, LSG defeated the Punjab Kings.
Squads
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan.
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