Match Preview:
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the 70th and the final group stage match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. After bowing out of the playoffs race, LSG delivered a splendid performance against Gujarat Titans (GT) away from home, and they would like to play quite similarly to that, to end their IPL 2025 campaign on a high.
On the other side, RCB, who have already made it through to the playoffs, have a genuine chance to finish in the top two with a win over LSG, which will give them two cracks at making the IPL 2025 final. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the LSG versus RCB IPL 2025 70th match.
LSG vs RCB Match Details
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Match Number |
70 |
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Teams |
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) |
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Venue |
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow |
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Time |
7:30 PM (IST) |
| On-Field Umpire | Michael Gough, Virender Kumar Sharma |
| Third Umpire | Ulhas Gandhe |
LSG vs RCB Head-to-Head Stats & Records
Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru have faced each other five times in the history of the IPL. Out of these five matches, RCB have won three times, while LSG have defeated them twice, and with that, their rivalry is starting to brew into something bigger in times to come.
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Lucknow Super Giants |
vs |
Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
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5 |
Matches Played |
5 |
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2 |
Won |
3 |
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213 |
Highest Score |
212 |
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0 |
No Result |
0 |
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108 |
Lowest Score |
126 |
| 3 | Tosses Won | 2 |
| 0 | Elected To Bat | 1 |
| 3 | Elected To Field | 1 |
| 1 | Won Toss And Match | 1 |
| 0 | Toss Won, Batting First, Match Won | 1 |
| 1 | Toss Won, Bowling First, Match Won | 0 |
| 171.6 | Avg. Runs | 175.8 |
| 7.6 | Avg. Wickets | 6.2 |
LSG vs RCB Pitch Report
The pitches of the Ekana Cricket Stadium have been very good for batting this year unlike the previous years where the bowlers had advantage. It provides a fair contest between bat and ball that could lead to a competitive IPL 2025 match. Over the years, the team batting first at this ground have won nine times, while the chasing team came out victorious on 11 occasions in the tournament history. The average first innings score here in the league is 173.
LSG vs RCB Probable Playing XIs
LSG: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c)/(wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi, Will O’Rourke
Impact Player: Akash Deep
RCB: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal
Impact Player: Suyash Sharma
LSG vs RCB IPL 2025 Full Squads
LSG: Rishabh Pant (c)/(wk), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke, Will O’Rourke
LSG's Last Five Matches: Performance
| Win | Loss | Loss | Loss | Loss |
RCB: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Liam Livingstone, Phil Salt (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Krunal Pandya, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Swastik Chhikara, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee, Tim Seifert, Mayank Agarwal
RCB's Last Five Matches: Performance
| Loss | ABD | Win | Win | Win |
LSG vs RCB, IPL 2025 Match 70: Top Players to pick
Mitchell Marsh: Mitchell Marsh has hit a purple patch in the IPL 2025 season, managing to score a lot of fifties, to set up big totals for LSG on a regular basis, especially in recent matches.
Aiden Markram: Aiden Markram has turned a corner with the bat in the IPL this season, and his bowling has come good at times for LSG as well.
Phil Salt: Phil Salt made his return from illness and injury in style with a swashbuckling fifty in the previous match for RCB in the IPL 2025.
Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli has been ever-consistent in the IPL for years and years, and he has managed to find himself in the orange cap race in the current season too.
LSG vs RCB, IPL 2025 Match 70: Players to avoid
Shahbaz Ahmed: Shahbaz Ahmed did reasonably with the ball in his recent outing for LSG after quite some time, but he can be a player to avoid in the fantasy team due to less expectation of doing something big in the upcoming IPL match.
Mayank Agarwal: Mayank Agarwal got his first go in the IPL 2025 in RCB colours as a replacement player, but with not much game time under his belt, he might not be able to impact the next fixture in a massive way.
LSG vs RCB Match 70 Fantasy Team (Grand League)
Wicketkeepers: Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant, Phil Salt
Batters: Mitchell Marsh (VC), Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli (C)
All-Rounders: Aiden Markram, Romario Shepherd
Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Will O’Rourke
LSG vs RCB Match 70 Fantasy Team (Head-To-Head)
Wicketkeepers: Nicholas Pooran, Jitesh Sharma, Phil Salt
Batters: Ayush Badoni, Mitchell Marsh (VC), Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli (C)
All-Rounders: Aiden Markram, Krunal Pandya
Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood, Will O’Rourke
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