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Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 21 Apr 2026

Simon Lewis 21 Apr 2026

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Lucknow Super Giants are looking to break a horror run of three straight defeats.
Rajasthan Royals’ phenomenal start to the season has hit a bump, including a shock defeat at the hands of bottom-of-the-table Kolkata Knight Riders.
Explore betting opportunities in handicaps, batters to Score Over/Under Runs, bowlers to Take Over/Under Wickets markets and Match Sixes.

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This Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. Both sides will be throwing everything at their opponents as they look to break their collective bad runs of form.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Latest Odds

The Royals’ dominant start to the season ended after scoring in the 150s in back-to-back defeats, while the Sunrisers’ losing run extended to three matches.

Match Details

Match	Lucknow Super Giants vs Rajasthan Royals
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	22 April 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Lucknow Super Giants	WWLLL
Rajasthan Royals	WWWLL

Both sides have experienced stunning reversal of fortunes, with the Royals showing their vulnerability in the middle order. The Super Giants’ last two defeats have been against the top two sides in the IPL, the Royal Challengers and the Punjab Kings.

Head-to-Head Record

Date	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
19 April 2025	Lucknow Super Giants	2 runs wickets	IPL
27 Apr 2024	Rajasthan Royals	7 wickets	IPL
24 Mar 2024	Rajasthan Royals	20 runs	IPL
19 April 2023	Lucknow Super Giants	10 runs	IPL
15 May 2022	Rajasthan Royals	24 runs	IPL

In their brief history the Royals have won four of their six clashes. Neither side has posted a score of 200-plus in these six matches, with the Royals’ highest being 199 and the Super Giants 196.

Team News

Lucknow Super Giants: The Super Giants have blown hot and cold all season but despite losing their last three matches on the bounce they are likely to keep the faith in their current starting XI.

Possible XI: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c), Matthew Breetzke, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Mohsin Khan.

Rajasthan Royals: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Prince Yadav are near the top of the runs and wickets list, so the Royals’ dip in form is unlikely to last. They will be hoping Riyan Parag finds form after a top score of just 20 in the first six matches of the season, while Shimron Hetmyer and the rest of the middle-order have also been struggling with consistency and the Super Giants attack will look to target them.

Possible XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Sandeep Sharma.

Key Stats

Lucknow Super Giants’ Aiden Markram has scored 45, 22, 30 & 42 in his 6 IPL innings.
Lucknow Super Giants’ Ayush Badoni has scored 54, 38 & 35 in his last 4 innings.
Lucknow Super Giants’ Prince Yadav has taken 3/32 & 2/25 in his last 2 matches.
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 4th on the IPL runs list (246 runs, S/R 236.5).
Rajasthan Royals’ Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 55, 77* & 39 in his last 5 knocks.
Rajasthan Royals’ Ravi Bishnoi has taken 4/41, 2/25 & 2/32 in his last 5 matches.

Match Analysis

The pitch at Ekana is a lot slower than most IPL pitches, so expect scores sub-165, with well under 15 sixes. Batters should struggle to push the run rate early on, which also affects the possible second innings target.

The forecast is for a temperature in the range of 33°C at the start of the match, with dew forming as the evening temperatures dip to 28°C later in the evening. There’s no expectation of rain, but the clouds and warm weather should add to the humidity factor.

The slow nature of the pitch will be a boost for spinners as well as pacemen willing to hit the deck hard. The tricky nature of the pitch makes chasing preferable knowing the run rate required. A first innings score of 180 is usually tough to chase.

The boundary is large, measuring 81m straight and 76m square, so there’s unlikely to be a sixes bonanza.

Betting Markets to Watch

Best Rajasthan Royals Bowler

Ravi Bishnoi is backed to be the best Royals bowler as he sits 4th in the IPL runs list with 10 wickets in six matches.

Score Over/Under Runs

Royals’ star batters Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi are both in the top seven of the IPL runs list and have been scoring consistently. Sooryavanshi is ahead on the runs list so I’m backing him to score over 28 runs. Nicholas Pooran continues to fail with the bat, scoring 8, 1, 13, 19, 1 & 9 in his six ILP innings this season. He is worth backing to score under 24 runs in this match.

Take Over/Under Wickets

Prince Yadav is 3rd in the IPL wickets list with 11 wickets in six matches. His figures this season include returns of 2/20, 2/34, 3/32 and 2/25.

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Lucknow Super Giants Win	2.25
Rajasthan Royals Win	1.57
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

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Verdict

Lucknow Super Giants v Rajasthan Royals

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is backed to score over 28.5 runs, with Ravi Bishnoi worth backing to be the best Rajasthan Royals batter.

Prince Yadav is backed to take 2 wickets or more, while Nicholas Pooran’s poor run of form makes him a solid bet to score under 24 runs.

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