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Lucknow Super Giants are taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the last league match of IPL 2025 at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. It is going to be a crucial game for RCB as they aim to finish at the top two in the points table. Ahead of an important match, RCB skipper Jitesh Sharma won the toss and opted to field first. However, RCB will miss the services of Tim David as the Australian batter suffered an hamstring injury in the last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Due to injury, Tim David will not be seen playing in the last league game for RCB. In his place, Liam Livingstone is back in RCB’s playing XI against LSG. Apart from that, Nuwan Thushara has also been included in place of Lungi Ngidi who left for national duties “Tim David misses out, Liam comes in, so does Thushara, he replaces Ngidi who left the team,” Jitesh Sharma said at the toss.
Digvesh Rathi returns in LSG playing XI, Matthew Breetzke replaces Aiden Markram
Talking about LSG, leg spinner Digvesh Rathi is back in the playing XI after serving a one-match ban against Gujarat Titans. Apart from that, South Africa’s Matthew Breetzke has replaced his country mate Aiden Markram as an opening batter as Markram has left to join the South African squad for the World Test Championship final.
LSG vs RCB playing XI
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Breetzke, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, William ORourke
Impact subs: Akash Maharaj Singh, Prince Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshin Kulkarni, Yuvraj Chaudhary
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w/c), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thushara, Suyash Sharma
Impact subs: Rajat Patidar, Rasikh Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Tim Seifert, Swapnil Singh.
