IPL 2025: Key player battles and batter-bowler match-ups for RR vs LSG

Both RR and LSG are heavily dependent on their batting line-up for the win, especially their top order, which means the battle today will come down to who puts on a better show with the ball

In what would be the last straight fixture of IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals (RR) will host Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur today. This will be a crucial match for both sides as, with the league stage of the tournament almost halfway done, the race for playoffs will start to heat up from now on.

 

LSG, who lost their last game to Chennai Super Kings, will be looking to jump back into the top four rankings if they manage to overcome the RR challenge, who, on the other hand, desperately need a win to keep themselves alive in the tournament. 

 

Both teams are heavily dependent on their batting line-up for the win, especially their top order, which means the battle today will come down to who puts on a better show with the ball.

 

For the home side RR, the burden of bowling will fall on the shoulders of Jofra Archer and Sandeep Sharma, who, despite the team losing games regularly, have been consistent in their last few matches. Their spinners, however, need to step up their game vs LSG if they wish to win.

 

On the other hand, for LSG, it is their spinners Ravi Bishnoi and Digvesh Rathi who are keeping their bowling line-up intact, but the pacers leaking runs in the powerplay and at the death will be something they need to take care of vs RR.

 

So, before these two teams tackle the field in Jaipur against each other, let us take a look at how their batters and bowlers have performed against each other so far, in the IPL and T20s overall.

 

RR vs LSG key player battles

 

RR Batters vs LSG Bowlers
Batter	Bowler	Format	Inns	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	Avesh Khan	IPL	3	20	0	—	154
Yashasvi Jaiswal	Shahbaz Ahmed	IPL	3	17	1	17	213
Yashasvi Jaiswal	Shardul Thakur	IPL	4	26	0	—	200
Sanju Samson	Avesh Khan	IPL	4	28	1	28	108
Sanju Samson	Ravi Bishnoi	IPL	7	75	0	—	167
Sanju Samson	Shardul Thakur	IPL	9	40	1	40	129
Sanju Samson	Shardul Thakur	T20s	11	46	2	23	118
Nitish Rana	Avesh Khan	IPL	5	29	2	14.5	126
Nitish Rana	Ravi Bishnoi	IPL	3	10	1	10	91
Nitish Rana	Ravi Bishnoi	T20s	4	23	1	23	115
Nitish Rana	Shardul Thakur	IPL	6	29	1	29	121
Riyan Parag	Akash Deep	T20s	2	33	0	—	157
Riyan Parag	Ravi Bishnoi	IPL	3	15	1	15	100
Riyan Parag	Shardul Thakur	IPL	2	10	1	10	91
Riyan Parag	Shahbaz Ahmed	T20s	6	52	1	52	141
Dhruv Jurel	Ravi Bishnoi	T20s	3	10	0	—	111
Shimron Hetmyer	Avesh Khan	T20s	5	53	1	53	212
Shimron Hetmyer	Mitchell Marsh	T20s	3	25	1	25	125
Shimron Hetmyer	Ravi Bishnoi	T20s	6	24	3	8	65
LSG Batters vs RR Bowlers
Batter	Bowler	Format	Inns	Runs	Outs	Avg	SR
Aiden Markram	Maheesh Theekshana	T20s	10	86	1	86	139
Aiden Markram	Wanindu Hasaranga	T20s	4	17	2	8.5	71
Mitchell Marsh	Wanindu Hasaranga	T20s	4	32	1	32	160
Nicholas Pooran	Fazalhaq Farooqi	T20s	4	37	0	—	176
Nicholas Pooran	Jofra Archer	T20s	7	39	3	13	108
Nicholas Pooran	Maheesh Theekshana	T20s	8	103	0	—	159
Nicholas Pooran	Sandeep Sharma	IPL	6	33	2	16.5	144
Nicholas Pooran	Tushar Deshpande	IPL	4	21	1	21	175
Nicholas Pooran	Wanindu Hasaranga	T20s	7	31	2	15.5	155
Rishabh Pant	Jofra Archer	IPL	3	25	0	—	167
Rishabh Pant	Jofra Archer	T20s	6	40	1	40	174
Rishabh Pant	Riyan Parag	IPL	4	51	0	—	222
Rishabh Pant	Sandeep Sharma	IPL	8	28	1	28	97
Rishabh Pant	Wanindu Hasaranga	T20s	4	35	0	—	135
David Miller	Jofra Archer	T20s	4	17	2	8.5	94
David Miller	Sandeep Sharma	IPL	3	13	2	6.5	118