KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants are set to lock horns against an unpredictable Royal Challengers Bangalore outfit on Monday (May 1) at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
It will be an intense battle between the two sides as they look to topple each other. LSG won the reverse fixture in Bangalore earlier this season, and would be keen to complete a double over RCB.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore
Match Date: Monday, May 1
Time: 7.30 pm IST
Venue: Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
Captains: KL Rahul (LSG) and Virat Kohli (RCB)
LSG Squad: KL Rahul (C), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak
RCB Squad: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli (C), Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Reece Topley (replaced by Wayne Parnell), Himanshu Sharma, Will Jacks (injured, replaced by Michael Bracewell), Manoj Bhandage, Rajan Kumar, Avinash Singh, R Sonu Yadav, Vijaykumar Vyshak (replacement for Rajat Patidar)
LSG Team News vs RCB: LSG have a full squad available for the upcoming match on Monday. They demonstrated elite batting display in the PBKS match but the Ekana Stadium may induce a different approach.
KL Rahul and the LSG think tank will be keen to field an unchanged team for the RCB match.
RCB Team News vs LSG: Royal Challengers Bangalore will be commencing the first of their five consecutive away matches. They have a full squad available for the LSG tie. Virat Kohli looks set to lead them again as Faf du Plessis will be used as an Imapct Player.
In terms of the selection, Shahbaz Ahmed can make way. The all-rounder has been pale in the last few matches and Karn Sharma or Manoj Bhandage can come in to replace him. Vijaykumar Vyshak, who has been excellent for RCB after joining mid-season, looks set to continue in the starting lineup.
LSG Playing 11 vs RCB: KL Rahul (C), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur
LSG Imapct Players - K Gowtham, Amt Mishra, Mark Wood, Prerak Mankad, Manan Vohra
RCB Playing 11 vs LSG: Virat Kohli (C), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga, Michael Bracewell, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj
RCB Impact Players - Faf Du Plessis, Anuj Rawat, Akash Deep, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey