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A place in the top 4. Whereas Rajasthan Royals also looked like a solid side on paper and played some impressive cricket in the first three matches out of which they emerged victorious twice.
Lucknow will add more strength to their side as Marcus Stoinis returns to join the team from the Pakistan tour. The Australian all-rounder was picked by Lucknow ahead of the auction as he has been a proven match winner in the shortest format of the game.
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KL Rahul’s team lost its first game to teammate Gujarat Titans, but have since registered comprehensive victories over defending champions Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad and a very formidable Delhi Capitals outfit.
As far as the bowling is concerned, the fast-spin duo of Avesh Khan and Ravi Bishnoi have managed to hold their own against some of the most established names in T20 cricket.
However, it is easy to say when against a team like RR, who have emerged as one of the strongest teams in the competition so far, Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a loss in their last outing.
Before the reverse against RCB, RR won two matches beating Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians by 61 runs and 23 runs respectively.
Arguably one of the best batsmen in the shortest format, Jos Buttler has been on a stellar run after his blistering century of 70 off 47 balls against RCB.
Butler in form is a huge positive for RR, who can also look to Devdutt Padikkal and Shimron Hetmyer for quick runs. And then there is skipper Sanju Samson, who can break any bowling attack by coming in the middle.
squads
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (capt/wk), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pranam Krishna, Riyan Parag, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Karun Nair, Rassi van der Dussen , James Neesham, Anunay Singh, Daryl Mitchell, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Garhwal, Kuldeep Yadav, Kuldeep Sen, Obed McCoy, Tejas Baroka, KC Cariappa.
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (C/W), Quinton de Kock (WK), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Evin Lewis, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Kyle Meyers, Avesh Khan, Dushmantha Chamira, Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Badoni, Manan Vohra, Krishnappa Gautam, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajput, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Karan Sharma.
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