Match Details
- Date: May 5, 2024
- Time: 7:30 PM IST
- Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
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Preview
Lucknow Super Giants will host Kolkata Knight Riders in the 54th match of the IPL 2024 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Following an easy win against MI in the tournament, LSG have taken one more step towards making the IPL playoffs for the third time in succession. For KKR, a one-sided victory against DC helped them to consolidate their second place in the IPL 2024 points table.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow have been allowing the batters to play freely in the IPL 2024, which wasn’t the case in the T20s played here in the last couple of years. That’s why, the average first innings score of 160 here in the history of the IPL has fast become a below-par total for teams to defend in the ongoing tournament.
Team Analysis
Lucknow Super Giants
The batting lineup of Lucknow Super Giants is quite reliant on their captain KL Rahul to bat long, and the rest of the batters, including the likes of Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, and Nicholas Pooran, to build the innings around him. LSG bowlers have been delivering consistent performances as a collective unit, with Yash Thakur, Krunal Pandya, Mayank Yadav, and Mohsin Khan playing a key role for them with the ball.
IPL 2024 Squad of Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohd. Arshad Khan. Players injured/withdrawn: Mark Wood, David Willey, Shivam Mavi.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have been one of the best opening pairs in the IPL 2024, scoring runs at a high tempo right throughout their innings, allowing the rest of the KKR batters to keep their foot on the accelerator. On the bowling side of things, Sunil Narine has been picking key wickets at a great economy rate for Kolkata Knight Riders, while the other bowlers, namely Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, and Varun Chakravarthy, have complimented him with decent performances too.
IPL 2024 Squad of Kolkata Knight Riders
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain. Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Lucknow Super Giants didn’t have a good outing against Kolkata Knight Riders in away conditions earlier in the IPL 2024 season, and the trend might continue in their upcoming battle in Lucknow.
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