Delhi: The 70th and last league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is being played at Shri Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium in Lucknow. In this exciting match, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) is facing Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). Before the start of the match, the toss Bangalore captain Jitesh Sharma won and decided to bowl first.
Do or die for RCB
The importance of this match is very special for RCB. If the team wins this match, it will reach the top-2 in the points table and make it to the qualifier-1 directly. But if the team gets defeat, then he will have to play eliminator, in which it will face Mumbai Indians.
Jitesh Sharma gave information about change in the team
During the toss, captain Jitesh Sharma said that the team will field with two changes in this match. The first major change is the absence of Tim David. David suffered a hamstring injury during the last match, due to which he had to be out of this crucial match. He has been replaced by England’s aggressive all -rounder Liam Livingstone in the playing XI.
🚨 Good News for RCB Fans 🚨
– Jitesh Sharma confirms josh hazelwood & Tim david will be available for the next match in the playoffs. pic.twitter.com/krs083io0g
– tanuj (@imtanujsingh) May 27, 2025
Josh Hazlewood also out of the team
The second major shock is RCB in the bowling department. Veteran Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has not been a part of this match due to fitness. Captain Jitesh Sharma said that Hazlewood is not fully fit and the team does not want to take any risk. It is expected that he will be available for the qualifier or eliminator match. In his place, young bowler Nuwan Tushara has been given a chance in the team.
Bengaluru And playing Lucknow 11
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing Xi) | Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI) |
|---|---|
| Philip salt | Mitchell Marsh |
| Virat Kohli | Matthew Bretzke |
| Mayank Aggarwal | Nicholas puran |
| Liam Livingstone | Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper/captain) |
| Jitesh Sharma (Wicketkeeper/captain) | Ayush Badoni |
| Roomario shepherd | Abdul samad |
| Krunal Pandya | Himmat Singh |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Shahbaz Ahmed |
| Yash Dayal | Digvesh Singh Rathi |
| Nuwan tushara | Avesh Khan |
| Suyash Sharma | William O’Rurke |
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