Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore - 43rd match - May 1st

The 43rd match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore on the 1st of May, 2023 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore Form Guide:

Royal Challengers Bangalore are currently placed at the 6th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Royal Challengers Bangalore is Faf du Plessis with 422 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Royal Challengers Bangalore is Mohammed Siraj with 14 scalps under his belt.

Royal Challengers Bangalore have lost their previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 21 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and they posted a total of 200 for 5 in 20 overs of play. Jason Roy continued his form and smashed the bowlers to all parts of the ground to collect 56 runs in 29 balls. He hit 5 sixes during the process. Nitish Rana in the middle order scored 48 runs in 21 balls to help Kolkata Knight Riders get to a strong total of 200 in 20 overs.

During the chase, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis started off very strongly. However, once Faf du Plessis was dismissed, RCB lost couple of wickets subsequently leaving them in big trouble. Mahipal Lomror and Virat Kohli were involved in a brilliant partnership of 55 runs and kept RCB in the hunt. Lomror's wicket in the 12th over changed things for RCB as they were eventually restricted to 179 for 8 in 20 overs, losing the match by 21 runs.


Lucknow Super Giants Form Guide:

Lucknow Super Giants are placed at the 3rd position on points table.

The top run scorer for Lucknow Super Giants is Kyle Mayers with 297 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Lucknow Super Giants is Mark Wood with 11 scalps under his belt.

Lucknow Super Giants have won their previous match against Punjab Kings by a big margin of 56 runs.

Lucknow Super Giants batted first and they posted a massive total of 257 for 5 in 20 overs of play. Kyle Mayers provided a thundrous start to the Giants as he smashed 54 off just 24 balls. Ayush Badoni also played well and scored 43 off just 24 balls. It was Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran who provided the required punch to the innings with their knocks of 72 and 45 runs respectively to take Lucknow Super Giants to a huge total of 257 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Punjab Kings got off to a terrible start and lost 2 wickets early on. Atharva Taide at number 3 played a beautiful knock of 66 in 36 balls but he kept losing partners in regular intervals. Jitesh Sharma tried his best to take Punjab Kings over the line. He smashed 24 off just 10 balls but failed to do any damage to Lucknow Super Giants as Punjab Kings were bowled out for 201, losing the match by 56 runs.


Let’s have a look at the squads:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis (C), Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Rajat Patidar, Shahbaz Ahamad, Siddharth Kaul, Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Manoj Bhandage, Will Jacks, Himanshu Sharma, Reece Topley

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (C), Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Charak, Naveen-ul-Haq, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Nicholas Pooran


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Royal Challengers Bangalore

Who will win? -   Royal Challengers Bangalore

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants), Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Krunal Pandya (Lucknow Super Giants), Mohammed Siraj (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Most Sixes – KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants), Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Player of the Match - Faf du Plessis (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Team Scores Batting first – Royal Challengers Bangalore 160+, Lucknow Super Giants 150+

Match Handicap:  Royal Challengers Bangalore 

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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