Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

There are two matches across Friday 9th May and Saturday 10th May in the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket and we've got betting selections in each of them.

On Friday, Lucknow Super Giants will face Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, while Saturday sees Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. 

Friday IPL Betting Tips

Lucknow Super Giants v Royal Challengers Bangalore

On Friday we will be back in Lucknow and the first tip for this match is to side with the Away team on the "1st Over Highest Score Market". 

Through the tournament RCB have liked to get off to quick starts, whether it's Phil Salt or Jacob Bethell facing up in this match, they will both go hard at the first over. RCB average 8.6 runs in the 1st over this tournament while LSG only average 5.5. 

Bhuvneshwar is expected to be back bowling for the 1st over for RCB today which is another positive for the bet, as during his career he has been especially economical in his 1st over of the match. RCB Highest 1st over is available at 11/10 with Sky Bet in a market that should be decent odds on.

The second tip for this match comes in "Player Total Wickets Market" (with Betway). Lungi Ngidi has come back into the RCB team at a crucial time in their season, and was successful in his first game taking three wickets, whilst helping them to defend their 1st innings score. 

Ngidi has taken 28 wickets in his 15 career IPL matches and the fact he will be a death bowler in this RCB bowling attack, over 1.5 wickets for him at 12/5 looks a fantastic price. 

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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Saturday IPL Cricket Tips

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders

We then move over to Hyderabad where scores have been all over the place so far in this tournament. Ajinkya Rahane has had a consistent tournament for KKR and is yet to record a single figure score. 

An average of 37.5 in tournament makes his Total Runs over 24.5 a bet at Paddy Power or William Hill, but with some guesswork around what pitch we will get for this game, preference is to side with him in the "Top KKR Batsman Market" at 4/1 with Sky Bet (or 7/2 Paddy/Betfair). 

Rahane has won this market in four of 12 matches this season and has been close on other occasions. With the slap-dash style of Narine and Gurbaz at the top, it's often fallen on Rahane to guide KKR to a score, setting a platform for hitters such as Rinku Singh and Russell to come in later to finish the innings off. 

4/1 is a fantastic price and would take 10/3 or better if you can't get that.

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