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Lucknow Super Giants will kick start their IPL 2023 edition by facing Delhi Capitals at Lucknow tomorrow (7:30 PM IST). Speaking about LSG they will continue to play under the leadership of KL Rahul and they would miss out on Mohsin Khan's service this year unfortunately, who played an extraordinary role with the ball and helped their side to qualify for IPL 2022 playoffs. Delhi Capitals will be without their skipper Rishabh Pant for this IPL season and in his absence David Warner will lead DC in IPL 2023.
Numbers and Stats before start of LSG vs DC game:
2 - Khaleel Ahmed need 2 more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 50 wickets in IPL overall.
2 - David Warner has played 2 games as Captain of DC in IPL and he has lost both those matches in 2013 to CSK and RCB
2 - Avesh Khan need 2 more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 100 wickets in T20 Cricket overall.
3 - Ravi Bishnoi has dismissed David Warner 3 out of 3 times in T20 Cricket overall.
David Warner vs Ravi Bishnoi in T20 cricket:
Inns - 3
Runs - 5
Avg - 1.66
Outs - 3
Bat S.R - 83.33
Also Read: IPL 2023 Live Score | IPL 2023 Points Table
35 - David Warner as skipper won 35 games in IPL overall.
Most matches won by an Overseas player as Captain in IPL:
Adam Gilchrist - 35 (74 games)
David Warner - 35 (69 games)
Shane Warne - 31 (55 games)
If DC win tomorrow, then Warner will go past Gilchrist to become most successful overseas captain in IPL.
61 - Rovman Powell needs 61 more runs to complete 3000 runs in T20 Cricket overall.
3164 - KL Rahul has scored 3164 runs at a strike rate of 138.89 at a batting average of 55.5 in IPL since 2018. His consistency with the bat at top order will be a key factor for LSG.
Most runs in IPL since 2018:
KL Rahul - 3164
Shikhar Dhawan - 2683
Jos Buttler - 2304
KL Rahul runs season-wise in IPL since 2018:
2018 - 659 runs (14 inns); S.R : 158.41; Avg : 54.92
2019 - 593 runs (14 inns); S.R : 135.39; Avg : 53.91
2020 - 670 runs (14 inns); S.R : 129.34; Avg : 55.83
2021 - 626 runs (13 inns); S.R : 138.8; Avg : 62.6
2022 - 616 runs (15 inns); S.R : 135.38; Avg : 51.33
