The 59th game of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG). This match will be played at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow on May 9 at 7:30 PM IST. Both teams have not played each other before in this season.
LSG vs RCB: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Lucknow SuperGiants | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
|---|---|
| Aiden Markram ✈️ | Jacob Bethell ✈️ |
| Nicholas Pooran ✈️ | Virat Kohli |
| Rishabh Pant (w/c) | Mayank Agarwal |
| Abdul Samad | Rajat Patidar (c) |
| Ayush Badoni | Jitesh Sharma (w) |
| David Miller ✈️ | Tim David ✈️ |
| Akash Maharaj Singh | Krunal Pandya |
| Digvesh Singh Rathi | Romario Shepherd ✈️ |
| Avesh Khan | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Mayank Yadav | Lungi Ngidi ✈️ |
| Prince Yadav | Yash Dayal |
LSG vs RCB Squad
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Lucknow SuperGiants |
|---|---|
| Rajat Patidar (c) – Top-order batter | Rishabh Pant – Wicketkeeper Batter (c) |
| Mayank Agarwal – Batter | Abdul Samad – Batter |
| Swastik Chikara – Batter | Ayush Badoni – Batter |
| Tim David ✈️ – Middle-order batter | Matthew Breetzke ✈️ – Batter |
| Virat Kohli – Top-order batter | Himmat Singh – Batter |
| Phil Salt ✈️ – Wicketkeeper batter | Aryan Juyal – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Jitesh Sharma – Wicketkeeper batter | David Miller ✈️ – Middle order Batter |
| Jacob Bethell ✈️ – Batting allrounder | Nicholas Pooran ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Manoj Bhandage – Allrounder | Yuvraj Chaudhary – Batting Allrounder |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ – Batting allrounder | Rajvardhan Hangargekar – Bowling Allrounder |
| Mohit Rathee – Allrounder | Arshin Kulkarni – Allrounder |
| Krunal Pandya – Allrounder | Aiden Markram ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Romario Shepherd ✈️ – Bowling allrounder | Mitchell Marsh ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Abhinandan Singh – Bowler | Shahbaz Ahmed – Allrounder |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ – Bowler | Akash Deep – Bowler |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Bowler | Akash Singh – Bowler |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ – Bowler | Avesh Khan – Bowler |
| Rasikh Salam – Bowler | Shamar Joseph ✈️ – Bowler |
| Suyash Sharma – Bowler | Prince Yadav – Bowler |
| Swapnil Singh – Bowler | Digvesh Rathi – Bowler |
| Nuwan Thushara ✈️ – Bowler | Ravi Bishnoi – Bowler |
| Yash Dayal – Bowler | Manimaran Siddharth – Bowler |
| Shardul Thakur – Bowler |
LSG vs RCB 2025: Injury Updates
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal has been ruled out of the tournament due to injury and has been replaced by Mayank Agarwal
Lucknow SuperGiants: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
