RCB vs LSG: Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore face KL Rahul‘s Lucknow Super Giants on the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Lucknow received the toss and opted to bowl first as Rahul made a few adjustments to the workforce. Notably, Quinton de Kock continues to remain out of the workforce.
Why Quinton de Kock is not playing for Lucknow?
Quinton de Kock was again with the squad for LSG’s third match of the season against SRH. He was not picked because the workforce did not choose to drop both of Kyle Mayers and/or Marcus Stoinis. Meanwhile, he is nonetheless out of the workforce.Â
At the toss, Rahul stated, “We will be bowling, Going by the history of the ground. Quite simple and straightforward. It is still home for me. I have grown up here and played all my cricket. We got close against CSK as we tried to chase down 220. The crowd will be getting loud and getting behind their side. Few changes- Wood comes back in, Yash is out.”
It appears that de Kock is not playing because of workforce mixture as they do not need to disturb the highest seven. Kyler Mayers has carried out very nicely in two of the three video games. Meanwhile, LSG need to go along with Marcus Stoinis and Mark Wood is their go-to quick bowler. Notably, a commentator was heard saying that Quinton de Kock will come into the workforce when he will get match, which hints he would possibly not be as much as 100% health. In the earlier match, LSG rested Avesh Khan and Mark Wood as the previous was injured, whereas the latter carried the flu. The duo is again for Rahu’s facet in place of Yash Thakur and Romario Shepherd.
RCB’s Playing XI:
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik(w), Anuj Rawat, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj
LSG’s Playing XI:
KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi
RCB’s squad:
Faf du Plessis (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sonu Yadav, Siddarth Kaul, Wayne Parnell, Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, Himanshu Sharma
LSG’s squad:
KL Rahul (c), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Badoni, Swapnil Singh, Avesh Khan, Prerak Mankad, Daniel Sams, Quinton de Kock, Mark Wood, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krishnappa Gowtham, Manan Vohra, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav
