Rajasthan Royals, batting first, had put 159 runs on the board. After this the team did wonders by winning the match by 40 runs. This was a miraculous victory for Rajasthan. In the chase, Lucknow was all out for 119 runs in 18 overs.

This will be the 7th match of both the teams. Rajasthan has won 4 out of 6 matches played so far, while facing defeat in the remaining 2. Lucknow has won only 2 out of 6 matches. The team has had to face defeat in 4 matches.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals Head to Head

So far 6 matches have been played between Lucknow and Rajasthan. In these matches, Rajasthan has gained the lead and has won 4. Lucknow has won the remaining 2 matches. Rajasthan seems to have the upper hand in this record. Rajasthan’s performance in the season is also looking excellent. Therefore, Rajasthan team can overwhelm Lucknow.

Let us tell you that Rajasthan is at fourth position in the points table. Lucknow is at number nine due to poor performance. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see which team strengthens its position after today’s match.

Rajasthan Royals squad

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ryan Parag (captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Joffra Archer, Nandre Berger, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Yashraj Punja, Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Tushar Deshpande, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra, Yudhveer Charak, Kwana Mafaka, Vignesh Puthur, Aman Rao Perla.

Lucknow Super Giants Squad

Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (wk/captain), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Chaudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Mohsin Khan, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Matthew Bretzke, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singh, George Linde, Josh Inglis, Anrich Nortje, Arjun Tendulkar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Maharaj. Singh, Akshat Raghuvanshi, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals Score: The pitch of Ekana Stadium in Lucknow has again proved to be low-scoring. Rajasthan Royals batsmen lost their sweat in scoring 155 runs. Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel flopped once again. Ravindra Jadeja somehow saved the honor of Rajasthan team by playing a fighting inning of 40 runs. Rajasthan batsmen added 43 runs in the last 3 overs.

Ravindra Jadeja saved his shame

At one time Rajasthan Royals had lost three wickets at the score of 32. Within no time, by the time they reached 77 runs, half of the Rajasthan team had returned. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored only 8 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal got the start, but he too was out after scoring 22 runs in 12 balls. Dhruv Jurel could not even open the account and captain Riyan Parag contributed 20 runs.

When Ravindra Jadeja came to bat, Rajasthan Royals had lost 4 wickets at the score of 62 in 9 overs. From here Jadeja took over the innings. Jadeja kept himself in check till the 19th over, because by the end of the 19th over, he was playing after scoring 23 runs in 23 balls. In the last over, he scored a total of 20 runs targeting Mayank Yadav. Jadeja returned unbeaten after scoring 43 runs in 29 balls. Shubham Dubey, who came as an impact player, scored 19 runs in 11 balls.

Will 159 runs be defended?

The pitch at Ekana Stadium has been of slow nature throughout the IPL 2026 tournament. Today Rajasthan has to defend 159 runs, which is completely possible on this ground. Here 126 runs have also been defended, a feat which RCB had achieved against Lucknow Super Giants in 2023. In the 2023 season itself, Gujarat Titans had won on this ground by scoring 135 runs.

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