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

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 18 May 2026

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Simon Lewis 18 May 2026

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Rajasthan Royals are fighting with six sides for three playoff spots.
Lucknow Super Giants have found form too late in the day to make the playoffs.
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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Riyan Parag hits over the top against the Knight Riders (Getty Images).

This Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. The Royals are facing a fourth defeat on the bounce but need at least one win in their last two matches to make the playoffs, but even two might not see them through depending on other results.

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

The Super Giants season is done, but with two wins in their last three matches they are showing the sort of freewheeling form that could pose a real challenge for a Royals side desperate for wins.

Match Details

Match	Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	19 May 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Jaipur, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Rajasthan Royals	LWLLL
Lucknow Super Giants	LLWLW

The Royals had a dynamite start to the season but are struggling to rediscover their winning touch, with four defeats in five matches leaving them on the verge of missing out on the playoffs. The Super Giants broke a six-match losing streak by picking up two wins in three matches, which proves how dangerous a side can be once they have lost out on the chance of making it to the playoffs.

Head-to-Head Record

Season	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
2026	Rajasthan Royals	40 runs	IPL
2025	Lucknow Super Giants	2 runs	IPL
2024	Rajasthan Royals	7 wickets	IPL
2024	Rajasthan Royals Giants	20 runs	IPL
2023	Lucknow Super Giants	10 runs	IPL

The two sides have met just seven times in the IPL, with the Royals running out winners in five of those matches, losing twice. The Royals boast the highest score in their meetings of 199, while the Super Giants were dismissed for the lowest score of 119.

Team News

Rajasthan Royals: The Royals have been brilliant at times and awful, but they are likely to stick with their first choice side because when they fire they are close to unbeatable.

Possible XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja.

Lucknow Super Giants: The Super Giants will come into this match buoyed by two wins in three matches and with no pressure on them. Although their batters have failed to fire consistently, they have some potent firepower in their top order and on this runs-heavy track they could post a big total.

Possible XI: Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c), Aiden Markram, Mukul Choudhary, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Rathi, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav.

Key Stats

Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 6th in the runs list (486 runs, S/R 234.8).
Rajasthan Royals’ Riyan Parag hit 5 sixes in his 50-ball 90 vs Delhi Capitals.
Rajasthan Royals’ Jofra Archer is 4th in the IPL wickets list (17 wickets, S/R 15.52).
Lucknow Super Giants’ Mitchell Marsh has scored 44, 111 & 90 in his last 4 matches.
Lucknow Super Giants’ Nicholas Pooran hit 63, 38 & 32* in his last 4 knocks.
Lucknow Super Giants’ Akash Singh took 3/26 against the Chennai Super Kings.

Match Analysis

In the three matches played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur in this season’s IPL the first-innings average score has been just over 225, with teams scoring over 220 runs in five of the six innings played, so we should be in for a bumper runs fest with the two sides’ big-hitters fired up and ready to cash in on runs.

The track at Jaipur has provided sides with value for both bat and ball, although batters have enjoyed their time a lot more than the bowlers as the short straight boundaries have made well-chosen strokeplay highly lucrative.

There is decent grip and turn for the tweakers in the middle overs, but batting becomes a lot easier in Jaipur when the lights are on, so sides will be looking to bowl first if they win the toss.

Betting Markets to Watch

Result

The Royals’ form is terrible, but they are under pressure and have a potent top-order, so I’m backing them to come good against the Super Giants in time to keep their playoff hopes alive.

Best Rajasthan Royals Batter

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has scored 103, 43, 36 and 46 in his last five matches and is my pick to be the best batter for the Royals.

Score Over/Under Runs

Riyan Parag has scored 20, 29, 90 and 51 in his last five matches and is worth backing to score over 22 runs in this match.

Take Over/Under Wickets

Jofra Archer has taken 2/33, 2/37, 3/20, 2/34 and 2/35 and is a good call to back to take more than one wicket in the match.

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Rajasthan Royals Win	1.68
Lucknow Super Giants Win	2.05
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

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Verdict

Rajasthan Royals v Lucknow Super Giants

I’m backing the Rajasthan Royals to take the win, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to be their best batter once again.

Riyan Parag is backed to score 23 runs or more, with Jofra Archer my pick to take two or more wickets.

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