Rajasthan Royals will kick-start their Indian Premier League 2024 campaign against the Lucknow Super Giants at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur in Sunday’s first match.
The RR vs LSG match on March 24 is scheduled to start at 3.30 PM IST. The IPL 2024 game will be available to watch on live streaming for free in India.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravichandran Ashwin and Dhruv Jurel are back in the Rajasthan Royals squad after their successful stint with the Indian cricket team which beat England 4-1 in the recently concluded five-match Test series.
The Royals will miss the services of pacer Prasidh Krishna, who has been ruled out of IPL 2024 due to injury.
This will be the first time that Avesh Khan and Devdutt Padikkal face off against their old sides, after their trade swap before the IPL 2024 auction in December last year.
RR vs LSG form in IPL
Rajasthan Royals have won two of their last five matches in IPL 2023 coming into this contest and the Super Giants have three wins out of five.
Rajasthan Royals last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Match Date | Margin |
PBKS | Dharamsala | Won | May 19, 2023 | 4 wickets |
RCB | Jaipur | Lost | May 14, 2023 | 112 runs |
KKR | Kolkata | Won | May 11, 2023 | 9 wickets |
SRH | Jaipur | Lost | May 7, 2023 | 4 wickets |
GT | Jaipur | Lost | May 5, 2023 | 9 wickets |
Lucknow Super Giants last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Results | Match Date | Margin |
MI | Chennai | Lost | May 24, 2023 | 81 runs |
KKR | Kolkata | Won | May 20, 2023 | 1 run |
MI | Lucknow | Won | May 16, 2023 | 5 runs |
SRH | Hyderabad | Won | May 13, 2023 | 7 wickets |
GT | Ahmedabad | Lost | May 7, 2023 | 56 runs |
The two teams have played each other thrice in the IPL. The Royals have trumped the Giants twice, with Lucknow winning their last encounter by 10 runs in Jaipur in IPL 2023.
RR vs LSG venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium records
Rajasthan Royals’ highest score at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur is 214/2 against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, achieved during IPL 2023.
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | |
Highest team total | 217/6 by SRH vs RR, 2023 |
Lowest team total | 59/10 by RR vs RCB, 2023 |
Highest individual score | 105 by Ajinkya Rahane, RR vs DC, 2019 |
Best bowling figures | 6/14 by Sohail Tanvir, RR vs CSK, 2008 |
Highest partnership | 163 by Sachin Tendulkar and Dwayne Smith, first wicket, MI vs RR, 2012 |
Win rate batting first | 30% (3 Won; 7 Lost) |
Average first innings score | 166 |
Avg first innings winning score | 176 |
RR vs LSG, IPL 2024: Players to watch out
Yashasvi Jaiswal was the Royals’ top run-getter in the previous edition of IPL with 625 runs, the most by an uncapped player in an IPL season. He averaged 48.07 and had a strike rate of 163.61. In fact, last year he scored the fastest 50 in the IPL taking just 13 balls to reach the mark against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Jaiswal’s 124 against the Mumbai Indians, is the highest score by an uncapped player in the IPL and joint-highest score by a Royals batter in the tournament.
The left-handed Jaiswal had the most runs in the first six overs in the IPL 2023, scoring 361 coming at a fast clip of 174.00, the best strike rate among those who played more than 100 balls.
Riyan Parag, meanwhile, finished as the top run-getter amassing 510 runs, including seven half-centuries from 10 matches, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2023, the premier domestic T20 tournament.
The Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur has been a happy hunting ground for skipper Sanju Samson, who is the top-scorer in the current team at this venue with 649 runs coming at a strike rate of 130.06.
Yuzvendra Chahal with 21 wickets from 14 matches was the most successful bowler for the Royals in 2023. The leg spinner surpassed Dwayne Bravo last season to become the highest wicket-taker in the IPL with 187 dismissals.
Chahal has been one of the most consistent performers in the IPL, breaching the 20-wicket barrier in a season five times including the last two years with the Royals, the most by any player.
The 33-year-old Chahal has also added another aspect to his bowling repertoire, death bowling. He has picked 25 wickets in the last two seasons of the IPL to be highest wicket-taker in overs 16-20. He is also the Royals’ most successful bowler in this squad at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium with 14 wickets from 11 matches.
RR vs LSG stats and milestones to watch out
- 50: Yashasvi Jaiswal is six sixes away from completing 50 sixes in IPL
- 150: Jos Buttler is one six away from 150 sixes in the IPL
- 1000: Jos Buttler is one four away from hitting 1000 fours in T20s
- 1000: Donovan Ferreira needs 67 runs to complete 1000 runs in T20s
- 4000: Shimron Hetmyer needs 76 runs to complete 4000 runs in T20s
Where to watch RR vs LSG IPL 2024 live
Live streaming of the Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants match will be available on the Jio Cinema App and website. The RR vs LSG match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India. The match will start at 3.30 PM IST.
RR vs LSG squads
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Tanush Kotian
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Ayush Badoni, Devdutt Padikkal, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Arshin Kulkarni, Prerak Mankad, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, David Willey, Arshad Khan, Shamar Joseph, Amit Mishra, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddarth, Mayank Yadav, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh
