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IPL 2025: RCB eye top-two finish as LSG look to play spoilers
The stage is set for a high-profile finale to the league stage of the Indian Premier League as Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Super Giants lock horns in a high-stakes encounter on Tuesday in Lucknow. While the two sides find themselves at opposite ends of the points table, the stakes remain high for both sides for their respective reasons.
RCB, who are sitting comfortably in third place, have already secured a playoff berth. However, they have their eyes set on a top-two finish, which would give them the crucial second chance to play the final. They have been in supreme form since the start of IPL 2025, dishing out clinical performances with both bat and ball. Their top order has fired consistently, and their pace attack has been relentless.
For LSG, they have endured another disappointing campaign and are officially out of the playoff race. However, they are coming off a morale-boosting win against GT and will be eager to end their season on a high. Playing for pride, they will look to crash RCB’s party and deny them that coveted top-two finish.
Head to head
Matches - 5
LSG won - 2
RCB won - 3
RCB probable XII: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma
LSG probable XII: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c&wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Will O'Rourke, Akash Singh
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