RR vs LSG IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals clash with Lucknow Super Giants during their upcoming IPL 2026 match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday. The Rajasthan-based franchise's regular skipper, Riyan Parag, misses out, prompting Yashasvi Jaiswal to step up and command the team. He seized the toss and opted to bowl first in this high-octane encounter against the Lucknow-based franchise.
Its the second time n the ongoing season that Riyan Parag has been dropped from the playing XI owing to an injury. And thats why Yashasvi Jaiswal is leading the team from the front.
RR vs LSG: Toss Report
Both the skippers- Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rishabh Pant came on the ground for the coin toss. Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and chose to bowl first.
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Talking about the changes in the playing XI, the host have made three changes to their side. It should be noted here that Ravindra Jadeja has been snubbed again owing to a niggle. As far as LSG is concerned, Mohammed Shami has been dropped from the playing XI.
Playing XIs
Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (wk/c), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh, Prince Yadav
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal(c), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Donovan Ferreira, Shubham Dubey, Dasun Shanaka, Jofra Archer, Sushant Mishra, Sandeep Sharma, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja
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RR vs LSG: Captains Thoughts
Rishabh Pant (Lucknow Super Giants Captain): "[Happy to bat?] Pretty confident. We know it's gonna be a good wicket to bat on. Happy to bat first and it doesn't matter.
[How do you carry forward the good work?] Definitely, as I said in the last game, it's all to play for. We take pride in playing each game. We want to put our best foot forward because we have a team and we want to play well.
Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals Captain): "We wanna bowl first. I feel like it's good wicket to bat later on. There will be some dew I hope. [on leading the side] It means a lot to me, always proud to represent Rajasthan Royals.
[on nature of injury to Riyan] He has some hamstring injury. He will be fine soon.
RR vs LSG: Impact Subs
Rajasthan Royals - Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh, Aman Rao, Ravi Bishnoi, Riyan Parag
Lucknow Super Giants - Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Arshin Kulkarni, Mukul Choudhary