🏏IPL 2025,M40 LSG vs DC on Apr22nd @Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow 🏏 - Page 2

Stats and trivia: Pooran vs Kuldeep

Forty batters have faced at least 100 balls this season, and Pant's strike rate of 98.14 is the lowest. Nicholas Pooran, though, leads the charts with 205.58.

Pooran started this IPL by bashing 75 from only 30 balls against DC. But facing Kuldeep, he managed only 10 runs off 6 deliveries. Kuldeep has the wood over Pooran, who has scored only 74 runs from 70 balls in T20 cricket, and has fallen to the wristspinner five times.

DC's entire top seven against GT - Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, Rahul, Axar Patel, Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma and Nigam - have a strike rate of at least 147 this season.

DC have so far used four opening pairs this season, the most by any side. Their average first-wicket stand of 21.28 is the lowest of the 10 teams.

What they said:

"I just focus on the execution, just back 100% whatever ball I have decided to bowl. Mostly it is the yorker, even if it is 15 required or 20 required. I back myself on the yorker, and that is very important in the IPL" - Avesh Khan.

LSG vs DC Probable Best Performers

Probable Best Batter of the Match: Aiden Markram

LSG opener Aiden Markram could be the standout batter in the upcoming clash against DC. With 274 runs in eight matches, Markram has been in brilliant form and has already scored three fifties. In recent games, where Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, and Rishabh Pant couldn’t provide valuable runs, the South African stepped up as a crisis manager. Notably, on the three occasions he crossed the 50-run mark, LSG emerged victorious.

Probable Best Bowler of the Match: Kuldeep Yadav

Ace spinner Kuldeep Yadav could prove to be the difference-maker with the ball in DC’s next match against LSG. The left-arm spinner has been excellent so far in IPL 2025, picking up 12 wickets in seven games at an average of 14.58, and currently holds second position on the highest wicket-takers’ tally. The last time these two sides met, the 30-year-old claimed two wickets and will be keen to replicate that performance.

Scenario 1

Lucknow Super Giants win the toss and bowl

PP Score - 65-75

DC - 160-180

Lucknow Super Giants win the match

Scenario 2

Delhi Capitals win the toss and bowl

PP score - 55-65

LSG - 180-200

Delhi Capitals win the match

Disclaimer: The prediction is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While making your prediction, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.

Thanks Soni for the tag and informative thread ..Hope the best team wins..

Thanks for the tag, difficult to pick one 😁

Today it is Rahul vs Goenka. Who will have the last laugh?

شکران for the tag۔ KL Rahul shoukd do well۔ A slap in the face of Goenka is all I need۔

Thank you, Soni, for the thread and for tagging me.

We all want to see a thrilling match between these two teams.

Riding high on confidence from the last-over thrilling win in Jaipur, the Lucknow Super Giants return home to host the Delhi Capitals. LSG has not been consistent this season, but somehow, they still managed to get 10 points in eight matches. The bowling attack has produced special performances despite the absence of an overseas star bowler. However, the poor form of Rishabh Pant remains a big area of concern for them. Apart from a half-century against CSK, Pant has failed to live up to his hefty INR 27 crore price tag. Against Delhi, Pant will have to deal with an excellent bowling unit comprising Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Vipraj Nigam and Mukesh Kumar.