Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals, 63rd Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: Indian Premier League 2022 Venue: Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Date & Time: May 15, 07:30 PM LOCAL

Can LSG secure their playoff spot tonight? © BCCI/IPL

RAJASTHAN ROYALS WIN A clinical all-round display by Rajasthan Royals - with bat, ball and on the field helped them secure a 24-run win over Lucknow Super Giants and strengthen their chances of qualifying for the playoffs. Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal and Yashasvi Jaiswal played handy knocks while Obed McCoy and Trent Boult bagged a brace each. With this result, Lucknow Super Giants' wait to secure the playoff berth has been lengthened.

Three wickets in seven balls derail LSG's chase completely. Deepak Hooda is out stumped by Yuzvendra Chahal. Obed McCoy follows that with a two-wicket over, dismissing Jason Holder and Dushmantha Chameera to dent LSG. Too much remains to be done by Marcus Stoinis. Gautam Gambhir doesn't look too pleased with this performance!

FIFTYDeepak Hooda's good form has continued. He has scored a crucial half-century in relatively quick time to keep his team in the run chase.

WICKETRajasthan Royals finally strikes. Krunal Pandya takes the attack to R Ashwin but gets caught in the deep courtesy a fine relay catch from Jos Buttler to Riyan Parag. 94/4

FIFTY STAND Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya have revived LSG's innings with a half-century partnership and put them in a position to go for the target.

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WICKET For the second time this season, Avesh Khan has dismissed Jos Buttler. In fact, in three balls the two players have faced off in, Buttler has been dismissed twice without scoring a run. 11/1

Two cracking boundaries in the first over to get going. Yashasvi Jaiswal has helped Rajasthan Royals to a good start.

TOSSSanju Samson has won the toss and Rajasthan Royals have elected to bat. For LSG, Ravi Bishnoi returns in place of Karan Sharma.

Teams:

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (c), Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c/wk), Devdutt Padikkal, James Neesham, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy

UPDATE FROM ELSEWHERE: Gujarat Titans are assured of a top-two finish with this win over Chennai Super Kings. If Lucknow Super Giants beat Rajasthan Royals later tonight, GT will meet LSG in the first qualifier.

Hello and welcome to Match 63 of IPL 2022 - set to be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Rajasthan Royals at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. It has been the highest scoring venue this season, and it won't be a surprise if we see another high-scoring encounter today. Both teams are eyeing a sealed spot in the playoffs. We will be bringing you the live updates from the contest. You can join in as well with your views and questions. Tweet to us using #CricbuzzQnV