Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will lock horns against Axar Patel’s Delhi Capitals (DC) in match No 40 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
With five wins in seven games, DC are placed at the second place on the points table, whereas LSG are at fifth position with 10 points in eight games.
For Lucknow the poor form of their captain Rishabh Pant is a big worry. He has merely 106 runs from eight games and 63 of those came in a single match. His strike-rate of 98 is also a tad worrisome.
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On the other hand, Axar too will have some concerns about their skipper — Axar Patel. Axar has led well and made 140 runs at a strike-rate of 159, but those improvements have masked his diminishing returns as a bowler — just a solitary wicket from seven matches at an economy of 9.36.
LSG vs DC: Pitch Report
This season, LSG have played four matches at home, two each on black and red soil surfaces, respectively. The black soil pitches have favoured the team’s strengths and brought two victories, while the team has lost both matches played on the red soil pitch, which will be used for Tuesday’s game. Rishabh Pant and Co. will be keeping their fingers crossed heading into this one.
LSG vs DC: Predicted Playing XIs
LSG predicted XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav
LSG Impact Sub: Digvesh Rathi
DC Predicted XI: Abhishek Porel, KL Rahul (wk), Karun Nair, Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Impact Sub: Donovan Ferreira
LSG vs DC: Head-to-Head
Total Matches Played: 6
LSG won: 3
DC Won: 3
LSG vs DC: Weather Report
AccuWeather forecasts a temperature drop from 36°C at the start of the match to 29°C by the end, with no rain expected.
LSG vs DC: Livestreaming details
Catch the match between LSG vs DC on the Star Sports Network on TV, with livestreaming available on JioHotstar from 7:30 PM IST onwards.
LSG vs DC: Squads
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (wk/captain), Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, David Miller, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Shamar Joseph, Manimaran Siddharth, Aryan Juyal, RS Hangargekar, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Maharaj Singh, Mayank Yadav, Arshin Kulkarni.
Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel (c), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul(w), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Sameer Rizvi, Darshan Nalkande, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Dushmantha Chameera, Faf du Plessis, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari.
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