Lucknow Super Giants' Rishabh Pant
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TATA IPL 2025 Match 59 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) - Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: May 9
Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the TATA IPL - Indian Premier League, Match 59 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), which will be played on the 9th of May at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
Match 59 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)
Current Form Lucknow Super Giants:
Lucknow Super Giants are currently placed at the 7th position on points table with 5 wins and 6 losses to their credit.
The NRR for Lucknow Super Giants is -0.469.
The top run scorer for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League is Nicholas Pooran with 410 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League is Digvesh Singh with 12 scalps under his belt.
Lucknow Super Giants have lost their previous match against Punjab Kings by a huge margin of 37 runs.
Punjab Kings batted first and they posted a total of 236 for 5 in 20 overs. Priyansh Arya got out without troubling the scorers much. After his dismissal, Prabhsimran Singh and Josh Inglis went all guns blazing. They smashed 91 and 30 runs respectively. Shreyas Iyer and Shashank Singh also contributed healthily as Punjab Kings once again entered the 200+ club in the tournament.
During the chase, Lucknow Super Giants lost top 3 batters cheaply including Nicholas Pooran. Rishabh Pant also continued his bad form in the tournament and got out after a score of 18. Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad smashed the bowlers to all parts and collected quick runs but failed to win the game for LSG as they eventually fell short by 37 runs.
Current Form Royal Challengers Bengaluru:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the other hand are currently placed at the 2nd position on points table with 8 wins and 3 losses to their credit.
The NRR for Royal Challengers Bengaluru is 0.482.
The top run scorer for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League is Virat Kohli with 505 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League is Josh Hazelwood with 18 scalps under his belt.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have won their previous match against Chennai Super Kings by a small margin of 2 runs.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru batted first and they posted a total of 213 for 5 in 20 overs. Jacob Bethell and Virat Kohli played really well at the top of the order. They scored 55 and 62 runs respectively to lay the foundation for a big total. The middle order failed to perform to their potential and it was Romario Shepherd who changed the course of the game with his whirlwind knock of 53 runs in 14 balls. He helped Royal Challengers Bengaluru achieve a competitive total of 213 in their innings.
During the chase, Chennai Super Kings lost Shaik Rasheed and Sam Curran cheaply. After their dismissals, Ayush Mhatre and Ravindra Jadeja batted superbly. They scored 94 and 77 runs respectively to almost seal the deal in favor of Chennai Super Kings. However, an untimely dismissal of Ayush Mhatre didn't help the team. MS Dhoni also failed to score quickly and Chennai Super Kings fell tantalizingly short by just 2 runs.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Rasikh Dar, Suyash Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Nuwan Thushara, Manoj Bhandage, Jacob Bethel, Devdutt Padikkal, Swastik Chhikara, Lungi Ngidi, Abhinandan Singh, Mohit Rathee
Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant (c), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bisnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Lucknow Super Giants
Who will win?- Lucknow Super Giants
Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants), Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Akash Singh (Lucknow Super Giants), Suyash Sharma (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
Most Sixes – Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants), Rajat Patidar (Royal Challengers Bengaluru)
Player of the Match- Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)
Team Scores Batting first – Lucknow Super Giants 175+, Royal Challengers Bengaluru 170+
Match Handicap: Lucknow Super Giants
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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