Lucknow Super Giants will take on Delhi Capitals at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow in the 26th match of the Indian Premier League 2024 on Friday. LSG have ticked the right boxes as they have won three out of their four matches whereas DC have managed a solitary win in their five matches and thus have failed to get going.
We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Lucknow Super Giants: W W W L
LSG’s bowlers deserve a lot of credit for their team’s success. Krunal Pandya and Yash Thakur were brilliant for the team as they picked three and five wickets respectively against GT. Marcus Stoinis also scored a fine fifty and he must have grown in confidence.
Delhi Capitals: L L W L L
Prithvi Shaw and Tristan Stubbs scored fine knocks in the previous match against Mumbai Indians and they are once again going to hold the key. DC has been hit by injury woes as Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, and Mukesh Kumar were unfit to play against MI.
Head to Head: Matches: 3, Won by LSG: 3, Won by DC: 0.
Players to watch out for: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, and Mohsin Khan will be the crucial players for LSG.
Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, and Tristan Stubbs will be the crucial players for DC.
LSG IPL 2024 Squad
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), KL Rahul, Nicolas Pooran (WI).
Batters: Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner (AUS).
All-rounders: Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers (WI), Marcus Stoinis (AUS), Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh Charak, David Willey (ENG), Arshin Kulkarni, Md. Arshad Khan.
Bowlers: Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG), Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddarth.
DC Squad: Rishabh Pant, Tristan Stubbs, Abishek Porel, Kumar Kushagra, Ricky Bhui, Shai Hope, Prithvi Shaw, Harry Brook, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, David Warner, Pravin Dubey, Axar Patel, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Vicky Ostwal, Sumit Kumar, Anrich Nortje, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Jhye Richardson, Rasikh Salem.
