Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants are set to lock horns in the 15th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023. Both teams will play this match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Notably, Lucknow Super Giants are coming off with a win in their last match. On the other hand, RCB faced a defeat in their last match.
Both teams will be eyeing to win this match to keep their winning momentum going in the tournament. There would be a few of the star players who might change the face of the game in the favor of either of the teams at any stage in the match.
With said that, here we’ll have a look at the three players to watch out for in this crucial clash between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants.
Virat Kohli
Former Bangalore skipper and batting superstar Virat Kohli couldn’t live up to the expectations in the last match. But apart from this, he has enjoyed a brilliant run of form with the bat lately in international cricket for India and also continued it in the first game of RCB in the IPL 2023 against Mumbai Indians.
Notably, Kohli has scored 325 runs in his last 10 appearances in T20 cricket with an average of 36.11. He could be a game-changing factor for the hosts while opening the innings with the current skipper Faf du Plessis.
KL Rahul
The senior Indian batter and LSG skipper KL Rahul returned to batting form in the last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He played a crucial knock to guide the team to the win by a margin of five wickets. Apart from this, he enjoyed a brilliant season with the bat last year in the Indian Premier League 2022.
KL Rahul has scored 311 runs in the last 10 T20 matches he played with an average of 34.55. He might give a great start to the team if he opts to come in the opening. Other than this, he can also provide stability to LSG batting in the middle order.
Ravi Bishnoi
The 22-year-old young leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi has enjoyed a very good season far in the three matches he played for Lucknow Super Giants. He has scalped six wickets so far in the three matches he appeared in. Apart from this, the young leggie has been very economical for LSG.
He could produce amazing stuff of spin bowling for the Super Giants in the middle overs by providing some crucial breakthroughs. In the last 9 T20 appearances, Bishnoi has scalped 13 wickets to his name with a decent strike rate of 16.15.