Tomorrow's IPL Match: RCB vs LSG; who’ll win Bengaluru vs Lucknow match? Fantasy team, pitch report and more

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Tomorrow's IPL Match: Royal Challenger Bengaluru (RCB) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will clash at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 2. This will be RCB’s fourth match in IPL 2024 while LSG will play their third match.

Bengaluru, with 2 points from 3 matches and a Net Run Rate (NRR) of -0.711, are at number nine on the points table. Lucknow have two points from 2 matches, and are at number 6 with an NRR of +0.025. RCB lost to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their first IPL match on March 22 by 6 wickets.

Then, they won against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) by 4 wickets on March 25. RCB became the first team to lose a home match after they were defeated by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 7 wickets on March 29. Lucknow lost to Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 20 runs in their first match on March 24, but won the next against PBKS by 21 runs on March 30.

Bengaluru and Lucknow have played only 4 IPL matches since LSG debuted in IPL 2022. RCB have won 3 of those and Lucknow 1. Bengaluru’s highest total against LSG so far is 222, and Lucknow’s highest score against RCB is 213.

The only time LSG emerged victorious against RCB was in April 2023, when they won a close contest by 1 run. K L Rahul (WK & VC), Devdutt Padikkal, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Virat Kohli (C), Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Dinesh Karthik The Bengaluru pitch will offer enough support for batters and promises to be a high-scoring encounter, which is exactly what fans want to see. The Chinnaswamy pitch won’t provide any bounce, swing or spin.