Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report, RR vs LSG: LSG win by 10 runs– Red-hot Rajasthan Royals led by Sanju Samson will take on KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants at their home ground in the 26th match of the ongoing IPL 2023 season. The match will be played on Wednesday, April 19 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. RR are the table toppers at the moment with 8 points and four wins from their 5 matches. LSG is just one spot behind RR with 6 points from their 5 matches, with KL Rahul’s form coming back, The Giants would hope to take the top sport away from RR. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
The Royals are having a great season both with bat and the ball. Openers Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal are both striking it well and have a strike rate of 149 and 163 respectively. Shimron Hetmyer he has dismissed just once while striking the ball at 184.84 and Sanju Samson played a captain’s knock in last match making 60 off 32. Trent Boult has been picking wickets in the power-play with Chahal leading the race for the purple cap.
KL Rahul found his rhythm in their last game against PBKS making 74 off 54. LSG have had a better time with the ball in hand, Mark Wood is currently placed in the race for the purple cap and has same number of wickets as Chahal while playing one match less. Meanwhile, Bishnoi occupies the 4th spot on the most wickets list with 9 wickets from 5 matches.
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Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report
The Rajasthan Royals have been used the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur as their home in the past and has hosted 47 IPL matches to date. The RR vs LSG match will be the first match at the venue this season and also Rajasthan’s return to the stadium for the first time since 2019.
The average 1st innings total here has been 157 runs and the stats heavily favor the side batting second. Sides batting first have won 15 out of the 47 matches played here.
The pitch has been historically bowler friendly for both pace and spin and is often remembered as the place where Sohail Tanvir took 6/14 in his four overs.
The pitch is so good for the bowler’s that no team has ever breached the 200 run mark here and only century has been made here.
The team that will win the toss will chose to bat second and fans can expect a tight match with great bowling performances.
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