Match: Today's 21th (twenty-first) match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 will be between Lucknow Super Giants(LSG)Vs Punjab Kings (PBKS).
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket. Stadium,Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh
Date and time: Saturday 15th April. 2023. At 7 : 30pm IST
Match prediction is given at the last
Pitch Report
Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow has hosted 12 International games and 6 T20 matches has been played in the venue.
2 matches of Indian Premier League (IPL) has been played in this stadium which was Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Vs Delhi Capitals (DC) where LSG won the match by 52 runs and LSG VS SRH where LSG won by 6 runs. So according to T20 matches the average 1st innings score is near 151 runs. So we can expect high scores in this match. Ekana Cricket Stadium is home ground of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).And according to the last track record of their performance they won both matches, So Lucknow Super Giants has advantage in today's match. Both the teams have amazing players so we can expect scores above 160 runs. If they perform well they can make target above 170 runs.
From 9 T20s the team who choose bowling first has won 4 times and the team who choose batting first has won 5 times. So there is a slight amount of chance that the team who will win toss chooses batting first and focus on setting target.
The pitch has black soil so the pitch is more favourable towards pacers than Spiners. So Spiners will enjoy bowling in this venue.
Dream playing 11/player's list of Punjab Kings (PBKS)
PRABHSIMRAN SINGH
SHIKHAR DHAWAN (C)
MATT SHORT
B RAJAPAKSA/ LIAM
JITESH SHARMA (WK)
SAM CURRAN
SHAHRUKH KHAN
HARPREET BRAR
KAGISO RABADA
RAHUL CHAHAR
ARSHDEEP SINGH
Dream playing 11/player's list of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
KL RAHUL (C)
KYLE MAYERS
DEEPAK HOODA
MARCUS STOINIS
KRUNAL PANDYA
NICHOLAS POORAN (WK)
AYUSH BADONI
JAYDEV UNADKAT
RAVI BISHNOI
AVESH KHAN
MARK WOOD
Best players among Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings IPL 2023
Probable Best/Opening batsman of Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan has gave an astonishing performance in the match against Sunrisers Hydrabad (SRH) by scoring 99 runs in 66 balls. Only 1 run to create his 3rd century in IPL (Indian Premier League). Though he didn't have the day in the previous match against Gujarat Titans (GT) where he only scored 8 runs. However he is one of the best player of the team and will be effective against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) today's match.
Extra information about Shikhar Dhawan
He is an Indian Professional cricketer of age 37 years. He has played 210 IPL matches till date and scored 6244 runs. He has slammed 2 IPL centuries and 48 IPL half centuries. His highest score in IPL (Indian Premier League) is 106 runs.
Arshdeep Singh
Abhishek Singh is an Indian Professional bowler of age 24 years.In his IPL career he has taken 43 wickets in 38 matches. Arshdeep Singh is more of swing bowler and has bowling speed around 130 kmph. He has given a stunning performance in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and taken 3 wickets. He has taken 1 important wicket in the match against Sunrisers Hydrabad (SRH) and 1 Wicket against defending champions Gujarat Titans(GT).He is one of the best bowler of the team and will be effective against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) today's match.
Probable Best/Opening batsman from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
KL Rahul:
KL Rahul is one of the best opening batsman of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) he is on a good pace. He is focused and with his vast experience and leadership skills he will be a key of success for the team against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in today's match.
Extra information about KL Rahul
KL Rahul is known as the best batsman in the IPL and has made 3889 runs in 110 games at a strike rate of 136.22.
Kyle Mayers:
Kyle Mayers gave an very important role in the previous match against Sunrisers Hydrabad (SRH) by scoring 34 runs in 23 balls. He will be one of the best opening batsman of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and his experience and skills will help the team to win in today's match against Punjab Kings (PBKS). Though he didn't have the day in the previous match against Gujarat Titans (GT) but he is still have the power to came on the track and to be a person who can be a key of success for the team.
Extra information about Kyle Mayers
Kyle Mayers is an Barbadian cricketer of age 30 years and known as one of the best player in IPL and has made 453 runs in 22 innings in T20s games at a strike rate of 126.1.
Prediction
By considering the previous match we can say that Lucknow Super Giants have an advantage of home ground. And they won both the matches played at the venue.
On the other hand Punjab Kings (PBKS) has lost their previous match against Gujarat Titans (GT). They still have the power to win today's match because they have big players with them.
So by considering the advantage of home ground Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have more chances to win today's match.
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