RCB Eye Top-Two Finish As They Face Formidable LSG In Final League Clash-OxBig News Network

As Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) takes on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in a vital closing league stage match of the Indian Premier League (IPL), they are going to be tackling their in-form, hard-hitting prime order which has displayed immense consistency and attacking intent this season.

RCB, at present third on the factors desk with 17 factors, could have an opportunity to seal their prime two end in the event that they defeat LSG at Ekana Stadium on Tuesday. However, ready for them is the duo of Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran, who’ve been the largest positives for the hosts, together with opener Aiden Markram, in what has been a combined bag season. Markram is not going to be enjoying this match attributable to his ICC World Test Championship closing commitments with South Africa.

Marsh and Markram, LSG’s opening pair, have scored 574 runs collectively as a partnership. An enormous 218-run partnership, although unlikely, might assist them go previous the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) pair of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow (791 runs in 2019) for the best variety of runs scored by an abroad pair in an IPL version.

Marsh, Markram and Pooran have 16 fifty-plus scores between them, with Marsh having a century and 5 fifties, Markram having made 5 fifties, and Pooran having made 5 half-centuries.

So far this season, Marsh has been the franchise’s prime run-getter and general fourth, with 560 runs in 12 innings at a mean of 46.66, strike price of 161.84, with a century and 5 fifties. His finest rating is 117.

Pooran is the workforce’s second-highest run-getter with 511 runs in 13 innings at a mean of 46.45 and a strike price of just about 199, with 5 half-centuries and the most effective rating of 87*. He is the Tenth-highest run-getter this season.

At the thirteenth spot within the 2025 chart is Markram, with 445 runs in 13 innings at a mean of 34.23, with a strike price of 148.82. He has made 5 fifties, with the most effective rating of 66.
Squads:

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad: Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Tim David, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Swapnil Singh, Liam Livingstone, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Nuwan Thushara, Blessing Muzarabani

Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Mitchell Marsh, Aryan Juyal, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, William ORourke, Akash Maharaj Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Manimaran Siddharth, David Miller, Arshin Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Matthew Breetzke, RS Hangargekar, Yuvraj Chaudhary.