Rajasthan Royals win the toss and elect to bat first against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024

Sanju Samson has won the toss and elected to bat first against Lucknow Super Giants in the fourth game of the Indian Premier League 2024. “The wicket looks good, and we were ready for both, but with new combinations in the team, I feel batting first is the right call.

“A lot of young players have become big stars from our team and that’s a good thing for the franchise. I am looking forward to the game,” Sanju Samson said.

KL Rahul would have batted first as well. “We would have batted first as well. The pitch looks good, but I don’t think it will change a lot. We have the same team as last year. It is good to be back on the field. Injuries have become my best friend over the last few years but that’s part and parcel the game. We have prepared well as a group,” KL Rahul said.

Rajasthan Royals: 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Jos Buttler, 3 Sanju Samson (capt & wk), 4 Riyan Parag, 5 Shimron Hetmyer, 6 Dhruv Jurel, 7 R Ashwin, 8 Sandeep Sharma, 9 Trent Boult, 10 Avesh Khan, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

RR Impact Subs: Nandre Burger, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotiam, Shubham Dube, Kuldeep Sen

Lucknow Super Giants: 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 KL Rahul, 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Ayush Badoni, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Nicholas Pooran, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Mohsin Khan 10, Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Yash Thakur

LSG Impact Subs: Deepak Hooda, Mayank Yadav, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, K Gowtham