IPL 2025: RR vs LSG, Match 36 - Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Key Players, Top Captain & Vice-Captain Picks, Pitch Report & Key Stats

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Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be taking on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 36th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday, April 19. After losing their last three matches in the league, RR are in desperate need to win this match, to keep their chances alive as far as making the IPL playoffs this season.

On the other hand, LSG also suffered a tough defeat at the hands of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their previous match at home, so they can’t afford to slip up too many times as the business end of the tournament fast approaches. Let’s have a look at fantasy cricket tips, pitch report, probable XIs, captain, vice captain and more ahead of the RR versus LSG IPL 2025 36th match.

RR vs LSG Match Details

RR vs LSG Head-to-Head Stats & Records

RR have a superior record against LSG in the IPL in their five meetings thus far across the last three years, making it four wins to their just one. With two wins in the last season against Lucknow, Rajasthan will be looking to continue the trend at home, which will keep them in the hunt for the playoff spot in the IPL 2025.

RR vs LSG Pitch Report

The pitches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur are generally very good for batting with a little bit of turn for the slow bowlers to work with. Over the years at this venue in the IPL, teams batting first have won 20 times, while teams batting second have won 38 times. The average first innings score at this venue in the league is 162.

RR vs LSG Probable Playing XIs

RR Probable Playing 11 : Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c)/(wk), Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya

Impact Player: Shubham Dubey

LSG Probable Playing 11: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c)/(wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, David Miller, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi

Impact Player: Mayank Yadav

RR vs LSG IPL 2025 Full Squads

RR: Sanju Samson (c)/(wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Heymayer, Shubham Dubey, Kumal Singh Rathore (wk), Yudhvir Singh Charak, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Jofra Archer, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Akash Madhwal, Ashok Sharma

RR's Last Five Matches: Performances

LSG: Rishabh Pant (c)/(wk), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke

LSG's Last Five Matches: Performances

Top Captaincy and Vice-Captaincy Picks for RR vs LSG, Match 36, IPL 2025

Q. Why are Yashasvi Jaiswal and Nicholas Pooran good choices for captaincy picks?

Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored three fifties in his last four outings for RR in the IPL 2025, returning to some of his best form in the league in quite some time.

Yashasvi Jaiswal IPL 2025 Stats

Nicholas Pooran has taken the IPL by storm in the 2025 season, and he is one of the safests picks to be the captain of the fantasy team.

Nicholas Pooran IPL 2025 Stats

Q. Why are Sanju Samson and Aiden Markram good choices for vice-captaincy picks?

Sanju Samson is yet to get a big one for RR in the IPL 2025, but he has consistently made decent contributions with the bat in the ongoing season.

Sanju Samson IPL 2025 Stats

Aiden Markram has found consistency for the first-time in his IPL career this season, and he has been used with the ball by the LSG captain as well.

Aiden Markram IPL 2025 Stats

RR vs LSG, IPL 2025 Match 36: Top Players to pick

Nitish Rana: Nitish Rana has a couple of fluent fifties to his name in the RR colours in the IPL 2025, raising his stocks in the league this season.

Nitish Rana IPL 2025 Stats

Jofra Archer: Jofra Archer is easily the best bowler of RR in the IPL this season, but he hasn’t received consistent support from the rest of his teammates.

Jofra Archer IPL 2025 Stats

Mitchell Marsh: Mitchell Marsh has been in exceptional form with the bat for LSG in the league this year, surprising a lot of fans and critics in the process.

Mitchell Marsh IPL 2025 Stats

Digvesh Rathi: Digvesh Rathi is a revelation for LSG with his bag of tricks as a spin bowler, and he makes it quite difficult for the batters to get him away.

Digvesh Rathi IPL 2025 Stats

RR vs LSG, IPL 2025 Match 36: Players to avoid

Maheesh Theekshana: Maheesh Theekshana hasn’t been at his best with the ball in the IPL 2025, and his catching in the field has been quite awful at times in RR colours.

David Miller: David Miller hasn’t made a telling impact with the bat in LSG colours especially since he is often pushed down the batting order.

RR vs LSG Match 36 Fantasy Team 1

Wicketkeepers: Nicholas Pooran, Sanju Samson

Batters: Mitchell Marsh, Yashasvi Jaiswal

All-Rounders: Aiden Markram, Wanindu Hasaranga, Riyan Parag, Nitish Rana

Bowlers: Digvesh Rathi, Jofra Archer, Shardul Thakur

RR vs LSG Match 36 Fantasy Team 2

Wicketkeepers: Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson

Batters: Mitchell Marsh, Yashasvi Jaiswal

All-Rounders: Aiden Markram, Wanindu Hasaranga, Nitish Rana

Bowlers: Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi, Jofra Archer

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