IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Highlights: Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel star as Rajasthan Royals win by 7 wickets

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: We might not witness another 200-run plus total on Saturday night as the pitch at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow is expected to be on a slower side. The two teams also have potent bowling attacks who can make things work if the pitch assists them even a little bit.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: LSG would be seeking revenge after having lost the first tie to RR by 20 runs this season. Besides revenge, LSG would look to register a hat-trick of victories aand scale up in the leaderboard. KL Rahul's side is also on a high after two successive win, but the India player knows the shortcomings in the top order. When Rahul and his opening partner Quinton de Kock are on fire, LSG's batting looks ominous.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Riyan Parag has been the flavour of the season for RR in the batting department. The youngster reinvented himself and has been the team's highest scorer with 318 runs from eight games. The return to form of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was struggling a bit this season, has further strengthened RR's batting. While chasing a 180-run target in the last game against Mumbai Indians, Jaiswal smashed an unbeaten 104 off 60 balls to power his side to a comfortable nine-wicket win.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: RR boast of a potent bowling attack comprising the experienced Trent Boult, Avesh Khan and Sandeep Sharma, whose 5 for 18 against Mumbai Indians has really fired up the side. The team's spin department is also in the safe hands of the experienced duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and R. Ashwin, although the latter has struggled this season. Chahal, however, is RR's best bowler with 13 wickets from eight games.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Lucknow Super Giants assistant coach Sridharan Sriram confirmed that young speedster Mayank Yadav is "pretty close" to returning to on-field action after staying time on the sidelines due to injury. "He's bowling today in the nets. So we'll find out how he pulls up after today, he's pretty close, so ya hopefully, fingers crossed," Sriram said in the pre-match press conference.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: It has been a hot and cold season for KL Rahul thus far as he has scored 302 runs in 8 matches thus far. The LSG skipper has set high standards for himself, but this season, he managed to hit just a couple of half-centuries. His strike also came under the scanners on a couple of occasions. His form will be crucial for LSG in the second half of the season to get a place in the playoffs for third season on a row.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Both teams have met each other on four occasions where the Rajasthan Royals lead with 3 wins in the head-to-head. The Royals also won their previous encounter against LSG earlier this season, which was held at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The Ekana Stadium is considered a slightly deceptive surface due to its slow nature. Out of the 11 games played at this venue, only 4 matches have been won by the team batting second.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Rajasthan Royals have won the last three matches and will look to put their one foot in the playoffs but Lucknow might put up a giant task in front of them. KL Rahul and Co. are already riding high on confidence after outclassing CSK in the last two matches. 

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Things are turning bad to worse for Devdutt Padikkal this season, The left-handed batter is having a forgettable season as his highest score this season thus far is 13 and he managed to hit just 38 runs in six matches at a dismal average of 6.33. The time is running out for him and might have already run out, as it will be interesting to see whether KL Rahul and Justin Langer will continue to back him in the ongoing second half of the season.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Yuzvendra Chahal will be key for Rajasthan Royals in the mega clash against Lucknow Super Giants as he has the mega task to stop two power-hitters Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran in the middle-overs. Stoinis came up big versus Chennai Super Kings in the last match, while Pooran also has played a couple of crucial knocks for LSG, but Chahal knows how to outsmart the batters in the middle overs, and he will also look to get the purple cap back on his head.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal is back to his best with a brilliant century in the last match against Mumbai Indians. His dry spell was the only area of concern for Rajasthan Royals, but the century boosted his and the team's morale. They have the most in-form batting unit with the top 4 - all in some serious good form.

IPL 2024, LSG vs RR IPL Live Score, Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals: After beating Chennai Super Kings in back-to-back matches, Lucknow Super Giants are riding high on confidence and looking to derail Rajasthan Royals winning momentum. KL Rahul and Co. played quality cricket in both home and away games against the defending champions to make a strong claim for the playoffs spot and but now they face an uphill task against the table-toppers.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match no. 44 of IPL 2024 where Lucknow Super Giants host Rajasthan Royals at the Ekana Stadium. Stay tuned for more updates!