LSG Win Toss, Choose To Bat First Against RR; Sanju Samson Absent, Check Playing XIs

RR vs LSG, IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bat first against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 36th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on April 19 (Saturday) at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. Rajasthan Royals are struggling in eighth place with two wins and five losses, their latest defeat coming in a Super Over against Delhi Capitals. With their playoff hopes at risk, they aim to bounce back.

In contrast, Lucknow Super Giants are in a better position, sitting fifth with four wins and three losses, though they recently lost to Chennai Super Kings by five wickets. LSG will look to regroup and strengthen their place in the top half.

Here’s a look at the playing 11s for the RR vs LSG IPL 2025 match.

PBKS vs KKR IPL 2025 Playing 11s

Rajasthan Royals Playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag(c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore

Lucknow Super Giants Playing 11: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Ayush Badoni, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh

Here’s what LSG captain Rishabh Pant and RR captain Riyan Parag said at the RR vs LSG IPL 2025 match toss:

Riyan Parag: We were looking to bowl, it is a little bit warm under lights, should be better than the last time. Vaibhav the youngster comes in. It’s been kinda tricky, we’ve been doing small bits right but we haven’t been able to put a collective performance together, we’ve been having honest chats as a team. We love playing here, we know the conditions well, hope we can put that to good use.

Rishabh Pant: We’re going to bat first, wicket is looking dry so we want to take advantage. No dew so why not bat first. General thought process was to take the positives. We are lacking in small areas, want to improve on those and take the game forward. Was good to get back into form and contribute. I was not worried about, knew it was round the corner. Sometimes it takes time and I got time in the last game. Prince comes in for Akash Deep.