Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will kick off their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 campaign at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on March 24. Rajasthan have suffered two setbacks before entering the game: their key bowlers Prasidh Krishna and Adam Zampa are missing due to injuries. Meanwhile, Lucknow captain KL Rahul is making his return after being sidelined by injury.
Sanju Samson‘s side failed to make it to the playoffs in IPL 2023 after finishing in fifth position with seven wins and seven losses. Meanwhile, Lucknow reached the playoffs in both of their IPL stints.
RR vs LSG weather report
On Sunday, Jaipur will experience extremely hot temperature at 36 degrees, according to weather.com. Humidity will be 29% with no possibility of rainfall.
RR squad
Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Abid Mushtaq, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Zampa, Nandre Burger, Avesh Khan.
LSG squad
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan.