On May 1, 2023, at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium, match number 43 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place between Royal Challengers Bangalore and the aggressive Lucknow Super Giants.
In the first half of the season, LSG had some impressive performances, winning five of their eight games.
Meanwhile, RCB has four victories from eight games.
IPL 2023: The upcoming player battles can be seen during LSG vs RCB match
1 Mohammed Siraj vs KL Rahul
Mohammed Siraj has been an imposing force with the new ball this year, taking seven wickets during the powerplay (ER: 5.05).
The LSG captain KL Rahul was dismissed by him earlier this season, and he would not mind repeating his feat.
Rahul has faced Siraj six times in the IPL, scoring 96 runs overall at a strike rate of 181 points thirteen.
In this conflict, he has only been fired once.
2 Nicholas Pooran vs Harshal Patel
Earlier this season, Nicholas Pooran smashed a 15-ball fifty against RCB. The southpaw has amassed 25 runs off just 10 balls against RCB’s death-over specialist Harshal Patel in IPL play without being dismissed.
Even though Harshal has been giving up runs at a rate of 11.73 in death overs (16-20) this season, he has still claimed eight wickets. This season, Pooran’s strike rate in these overs was 169.64.
3 Avesh Khan vs Faf du Plessis
With 422 runs this season, Faf du Plessis has the most runs scored. Avesh Khan, the LSG new-ball bowler, must be targeted against him because he has dominated the powerplay overs.
Notably, Avesh has only managed to get rid of the RCB captain once in six IPL contests, costing his team 48 runs off 39 balls.
But this season, despite taking six wickets, he has been giving up runs at a rate of 9/52 in the powerplay.
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