With the 16th edition of Tata IPL finally picking up pace, fans would be hoping this will continue when Lucknow Super Giants face the Punjab Kings on the evening of 15th April, at the Ekana Stadium, Uttar Pradesh.
Lucknow Super Giants heads into the match in 2nd position in the points table, having pulled of a miraculous win at Chinnaswamy. Lucknow must be happy since their foreign auction bets have fired so far and would hope that their Indian contingent joins the party.
Recent Form: W W L W
Strengths:
- Fiery Middle Order
- Spin Department with both Quantity and Quality
- Playstyle suited for the Ekana Pitch.
Weaknesses:
- Captain Rahul not firing and Big buy Avesh leaking runs.
Predicted XI:
Kyle Mayers, KL Rahul (C & WK) , Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Amit Mishra (Impact Players: Jaydev Unadkat/Yash Thakur)
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Punjab Kings started the tournament phenomenally but have lost their way and would be determined to restore their winning ways.
Recent Form: W W L L
Strengths:
- Reliable Openers
- Multiple All-Rounders
- Consistent performance of Rahul Chahar
Weaknesses:
- Lack of stability in the middle order.
- Harpreet Brar
Predicted XI:
Prabsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (C), Sikandar Raza, Bhanuka Rajapaksha, Jitesh Sharma (WK) , Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Bear, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh (Impact Players: Rishi Dhawan)
Pitch Report:
The last two matches has seen pitches tailor-made for spinners, especially the previous match between SRH and LSG. That's why we predict PBKS to bring in Raza in place of Short, despite the latter having played a crucial knock on debut. We expect this to be a low scoring affair, with the spinners controlling the game.
Interesting Facts:
- Head to Head: Both the teams have faced each other only once, where LSG emerged victorious thanks to an all-round show from Krunal
- KL Rahul needs only 30 runs to reach 4,000 career IPL runs, becoming the fastest to reach this milestone(104 innings).
- Shikhar Dhawan is 6 sixes away from reaching 150 career sixes.
- Kagiso Rabada has the 3rd most 4-fers in IPL history(6). He needs one more to be tied with Lasith Malinga for the 2nd spot.
Match Details:
Time- 7:30 pm
Date- 15 April 2022
Venue- Ekana Sports City, Lucknow
Live Streaming- Star Sports 1,2 and Jio Cinema
Dream XI Team:
