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IPL 2024 RCB vs LSG: Will KL Rahul lead Lucknow or remain impact player?

In pre-match practice, Rahul faced the net bowlers and the throwdown specialists for about 15 minutes, then did mobility training before having a long chat with head coach Justin Langer

IPL 2024: RCB vs LSG head-to-head, Bengaluru pitch report, weather forecast

In the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants have come up against each other four times, and it is the hosts RCB which has dominated the head-to-head tie

IPL 2024 RCB vs LSG: How menacing Mayank could threaten Kohli and Co?

If an Englishman who has been brought up playing at Headingley for Yorkshire is getting beaten for pace, it indeed says a lot about Mayank's ability to rush the players.

IPL 2024, RCB vs LSG Preview: Faltering RCB eye collective improvement

An inconsistent Royal Challengers Bengaluru would be eager to hit the turnaround button when they host Lucknow Super Giants, who will keep an eye on regular skipper KL Rahul's fitness, in the IPL here on Tuesday. The Royal Challengers are currently eighth on the table with two points from three matches, and alarmingly, their net run rate too has dipped to -0.71 after a heavy defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders here last week. This is not to undermine the side under Faf du Plessis, who himself is struggling for big runs, but its ability to dish out consistent cricket is a matter of debate at this point. Several reasons are there for that overbearing feeling. It starts with the RCB batting line-up in which Virat Kohli is the only constant with two fifties from three matches. But Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar and Cameron Green, who constitute the cream of RCB's top and middle-order, have so far made up for a faltering coalition. The quartet's collective returns from three

IPL 2024: Who is Mayank Yadav? The god-fearing West Delhi boy from Sonnet

Mayank Yadav now guarantees instant destruction. But growing up with the aspirations and anxieties of ordinary Indians, he has had his fair share of struggles while transforming from a frail 15-year-old to a frighteningly quick fast bowler. His father Prabhu Yadav was always determined to embrace the struggles usually associated with the middle class, in order to see Mayank excel on the cricket field. Life has changed overnight for the Yadav family from West Delhi's Punjabi Bagh with the 24 deliveries that their 21-year-old son bowled for Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL game against Punjab Kings on a Saturday evening. Mayank has become the toast of the nation in 15 minutes flat and every Indian cricket fan would pray that he brings glory to the country for the next 15 years. "If Ustaadji and Devender bhai had not been around, my son wouldn't have come this far. I wanted him to play cricket but they prepared him for all the big tests," Prabhu couldn't thank the late Tarak Sinha ...

IPL 2024: Here's why KL Rahul did not lead Lucknow in LSG vs PBKS match

Pooran explained the situation saying that Rahul was injured and hence he has been included in the playing 11 as an impact substitute

IPL 2024. LSG vs PBKS preview: LSG eye all-round effort to pull things back

Lucknow Super Giants will aim for an improved all-round effort when they take on Punjab Kings in their second Indian Premier League match here on Saturday. K L Rahul-led LSG faltered in the opening game against Rajasthan Royals, losing by 20 runs in Chandigarh. Barring Krunal Pandya, all the LSG bowlers leaked runs and also looked ineffective. In the absence of Mark Wood and David Willey, LSG's pace battery looks thin with the likes of Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, and Yash Thakur expected to do the heavy lifting. Fighting for a place in the upcoming T20 World Cup squad, Ravi Bishnoi too looked ordinary in the team's tournament opener. Skipper Rahul, who has decided to play the wicketkeeper-batter's role keeping the T20 World Cup in mind, made 58 in his comeback game and would be looking to build on that. He would be hoping his opening partner Quinton de Kock returns to his belligerent best against Punjab after missing out against Royals. The team is also banking on the likes of De

IPL 2024 LSG vs PBKS Highlights: Mohsin, Mayank mat Punjab; Lucknow win big

IPL 2024, Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings Highlights: Mayank Yadav got three wickets for just 27 runs while Mohsin Khan got two wickets in one over as Lucknow won by 21 runs to get first points

IPL 2024: Matt Henry replaces David Willey in Lucknow Super Giants squad

Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday named New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry as a replacement for England all-rounder David Willey. Henry joins LSG at his base price of Rs 1.25 crore. Willey had withdrawn from the tournament citing personal reasons. Willey joined the Super Giants through the auction last year after representing Royal Challengers Bengaluru during IPL 2022 and 2023. The left-arm seamer had also complained of fatigue after spending more than two months on the road after appearing in other T20 tournaments like ILT20 (Abu Dhabi Knight Riders) and Pakistan Super League (Multan Sultans) earlier this year. Willey is the second England pacer to be unavailable for LSG after Mark Wood was pulled out by ECB to manage his workload ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup. Wood was replaced by West Indian pacer Shamar Joseph. For Henry, LSG is his third IPL team after being a part of Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings, for whom he played two matches in IPL 2017. Overall, the 32-ye

Mumbai's Rohit to LSG's KL Rahul: Watch IPL teams celebrate Holi in style

Lucknow Super Giants players were seen in traditional colourful caps, which are worn especially on Holi in Central, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Western Bihar, the Bhojpuri belt

IPL 2024 RR vs LSG Highlights: Sandeep, Samson lead Royals to big home win

IPL 2024 Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants Highlights: Sandeep Sharma bowled a brilliant spell of 1/22 at the death and Samson hit an unbeaten 85 off 52 balls to take Royals to a 20-run win

IPL 2024, RR vs LSG preview: Focus on fit-again LSG captain KL Rahul

The focus will be on KL Rahul's form and fitness when he returns from a quadriceps injury to lead the Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL opener against Rajasthan Royals here on Sunday. Rahul missed the last four Tests against England due to pain in his right quadriceps. He was out for four months last year after undergoing a thigh surgery. LSG captain will look to hit top gear not only as a batter but also as a leader, especially after guiding the team to successive playoffs in the first two seasons. Rahul is likely to play purely as a batter, at least in the initial phase of IPL, but the additional burden of keeping strengthen his chances of making the T20 World Cup squad. His opposite number on Sunday, Sanju Samson, is also a candidate for the wicket-keepers' role in the India squad for the ICC event and he too will be keen to find his rhythm right from the start. RR had come tantalisingly close to clinching a second title before Gujarat Titans broke their heart in the final in 2

IPL 2024 FAQ: Double bouncers to smart play system, all you need to know

For IPL 2024, the IPL Governing Council (GC) has made several changes to the existing rules and introduced new ones such as the Smart Play System as well

If Rahul performs in IPL 2024, reward will be T20 World Cup slot: LSG coach

If KL Rahul leads Lucknow Super Giants to their maiden IPL title, he will automatically be rewarded with a spot in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, reckons head coach Justin Langer, who wants his team's national hopefuls to "concentrate" on doing well for the franchise first. Rahul, who is coming back from a quadriceps injury and is not expected to keep wickets at the beginning of the IPL, is still not a certainty in the Indian T20 squad and only a good IPL with both the bat and gloves can seal the deal for him. Asked how he would balance his skipper's personal ambition with the team's interests, Langer said it isn't all that complicated. "If the team does well, everyone gets rewarded. If KL can captain LSG to IPL title, that means he would have captained well, batted well and kept wickets well," Langer replied to a PTI query during a season-opening media interaction on Wednesday. Apart from Rahul, the other serious T20 World Cup contender from LSG is leg-spinner Ravi ...

IPL 2024: Langer sidesteps question on coaching India, terms Dravid lucky

Justin Langer got a 'probing delivery' on his possible future as coach of the Indian national team but the former Australian opener like his playing days, judged it perfectly and left the one bowled on the "corridor of uncertainty". Langer, who took a two-year-break after his much publicised acrimonious exit from Australian team's head coach's position in 2022, is back as the head coach of IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants. He got a straight question first up. Will he be considering a possibility of coaching Indian team in the near future? He first laughed as the franchise very rightly wanted to keep it strictly about themselves but the gritty Aussie very nicely skirted the question. "I was talking to Ricky Ponting and I cannot believe depth of talent in India. My mind is blown away. India is blessed to have so much of talent and Rahul Dravid must be waking up really excited with amount of talent that he gets to work with," said Langer, carefully side-stepping the issue. For the

IPL 2024 playoffs predictions: Which teams could secure knockout berths?

According to the Crystal Ball prediction report, Rajasthan Royals (54.8%), Chennai Super Kings (48.9%), Kolkata Knight Rider (46.4%), and Mumbai Indians (44.6%) could make it to the IPL 2024 playoffs

IPL 2024: Shubman to Russell - list of all MVPs in Indian Premier League

The IPL governing body follows a points system to select the most valuable player (MVP) in an entire season. However, the number of runs scored holds no value in the selection of the MVP.

SKY to Coetzee: Full list of unavailable players, replacements in IPL 2024

The start of the Mumbai Indians' campaign is expected to be marred by the injuries of some key players. Surya, Coetzee, Madhusanka are not fully fit ahead of Indian Premier League 2024

IPL 2024: WI pacer Shamar Joseph roped in by LSG as Mark Wood's replacement

West Indies pace sensation Shamar Joseph, who single-handedly won a Test against Australia last month, was on Saturday roped in by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the upcoming IPL season as replacement for England's Mark Wood. The 24-year-old Joseph destroyed the star-studded Australian batting line-up in their second innings with amazing figures of 7 for 68 to help West Indies notch up a famous win at Gabba, Brisbane, last month to emerge as one of the most sought-after fast bowlers in the world. He will join LSG for RS 3 crore and this will be Joseph's first stint in the IPL. "Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) named Shamar Joseph as replacement for pacer Mark Wood for the upcoming edition of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024," the IPL said in a statement. "Joseph will join LSG for INR 3 Crore. The speedster was recently at the forefront during West Indies' Test win at the Gabba. He picked 7 wickets in the 2nd innings to script a historic win in Australia for West Indies." The ..

Indian Premier League 2024 likely to take place from March 22 to May 26

With IPL 2024 expected to be the first MS Dhoni's last edition in the world's richest cricket league, this season, too, CSK's caravan is anticipated to witness many MSD fans in the stands.