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Follow Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru live IPL 2025 match updates.
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the IPL 2025 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on May 27.
It’s the last league game of the season and the contest will decide which team finishes at the top of the Points Table. A win for RCB today will take it to the top two.
However, if Bengaluru loses today, Gujarat Titans will confirm its place in the Qualifier 1 along with Punjab Kings, which has already qualified. RCB will then have to play the Eliminator against Mumbai Indians.
RCB has won four out of five games while chasing this season. However, its only defeat while batting second came at this same venue, in its last game against SRH. However, it was chasing a mammoth 232 then.
Josh Hazlewood was not named in the starting XI of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2025 match against Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow on Tuesday.
Lucknow is without Aiden Markram, who has left for national duty, but his opening partner partner Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran will set the stage on fire. They are the top six-hitters in the tournament. Pooran has 40 sixes while Marsh has 32 this season.
Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk (c), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara.
Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (wk (c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, William O’Rourke.
Matthew Breetzke is set to make his IPL debut, Rishabh Pant confirms at the toss. Digvesh Rathi also returns to the Playing XI for the hosts.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru wins the toss and elects to bowl. Jitesh Sharma says Tim David and Josh Hazlewood are not fit for today’s game, and Liam Livingstone and Nuwan Thushara come into the Playing XI.
Jitesh Sharma is again at the centre for the toss, so Rajat Patidar continues to be unavailable as fielder and captain. He had come on as Impact Player in RCB’s last game against SRH, and scored a sluggish 16-ball 18.
The square boundaries are 64m and 66, and the straight boundary is 74m. Matthew Hayden says the surface is hard and has a good covering of grass. The pacers are going to bowl a lot of cutters, he reckons and the spinners could also have a say. This doesn’t look like a 200 pitch.
Michael Clarke says on the broadcast that Josh Hazlewood is unlikely to play today. Is RCB keeping him fresh for the Playoffs?
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Virat Kohli is nearing two landmarks today. He is currently tied with David Warner for most fifties in the IPL. They are both on 62.
Kohli also just needs another 24 runs to complete 9000 runs for RCB.
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With victory over the Mumbai Indians in its last home league stage fixture, the Shreyas Iyer-led side has ensured it will have two shots at making just its second final.
The closing ceremony of IPL 2025 will be a tribute to the Indian armed forces. The BCCI has invited the Chief of Defence Staff, along with the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Navy staff and Chief of Air Staff for the ceremony at the Narendra Modi Stadium on June 3.
Nicholas Pooran, Philip Salt
Mitchell Marsh, Virat Kohli (VC), Ayush Badoni, Rajat Patidar (C)
Krunal Pandya
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Ravi Bishnoi
Team Composition: LSG 4-7 RCB | Credits Left: 8.5
Teams batting second have won five out of the seven games held at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow this season. Will the toss then play a decisive role tonight?
Royal Challengers Bengaluru spin-bowling coach Malolan Rangarajan has emphasised on the depth in the squad, while also acknowledging Josh Hazlewood’s significant impact on the team.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru spin-bowling coach Malolan Rangarajan emphasised on Monday the depth in the squad, while also acknowledging Josh Hazlewood’s significant impact on the team.
Batting 1st: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Mayank Agarwal, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal.
Bowling 1st: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma.
Impact Player options: Suyash Sharma, Swastik Chikara, Swapnil Singh, Mohit Rathee.
Batting 1st: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (wk/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Akash Deep, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.
Bowling 1st: Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (wk/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Akash Deep, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav.
Impact Player options: Prince Yadav/Mitchell Marsh, Manimaran Siddharth, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh.
Punjab Kings defeated Mumbai Indians in Jaipur and secured a top-two finish.
The Shreyas Iyer-led side was first in the standings after the result and will play Qualifier 1 in New Chandigarh on May 29.
This was the first time since 2014 that the side finished in the top two after the league stage. It had reached the final that season and lost to Kolkata Knight Riders in the title match.
IPL 2025 Points Table: Find the latest updated standings of the Indian Premier League after the Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians match in Jaipur on May 26.
Matches played: 5
LSG won: 2
RCB won: 3
In the ongoing Indian Premier League season, Josh Hazlewood is to Royal Challengers Bengaluru what Jasprit Bumrah has been to Mumbai Indians and India. So, with his return, RCB has a special reason to feel heartened as it takes on Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana stadium here on Tuesday.
The match will be televised live on the Star Sports Network in India and streamed live on the JioHotstar app and website.
Welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2025 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in Lucknow. Stay tuned for the live updates.
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