Indian T20 League 2024: Bengaluru vs Lucknow, Match 15 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Bengaluru (BAN) will face Lucknow (LUC) in the 15th match of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Tuesday (April 2) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Bengaluru have won one out of three matches, while Lucknow have won and lost one game each.

Bengaluru took on Kolkata in their last match, where Kolkata won the toss and elected to bowl. Bengaluru scored 182 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli was the highest scorer for the team and remained unbeaten on 83 runs off 59 deliveries. Kolkata reached the target of 183 runs in 16.5 overs with seven wickets in hand. Yash Dayal, Mayank Dagar, and Vijaykumar Vyshak took one wicket each.

Lucknow locked horns against Punjab in their last match and elected to bat after winning the toss. They scored 199 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. Quinton de Kock was the highest scorer and made 54 runs off 38 deliveries. Nicholas Pooran and Krunal Pandya also made decent contributions with the bat. Mayank Yadav, the debutant, was the talk of the town due to his pace. He picked up three wickets for 27 runs in four overs. Punjab could make only 178 runs for the loss of five wickets and lost the match by 21 runs. Mayank won the Player of the Match award for his bowling performance.

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Bengaluru vs Lucknow Head to Head

Bengaluru and Lucknow have faced each other on four occasions in the Indian T20 League so far. Lucknow have managed just a single win so far, while Bengaluru have been victorious thrice.

Lucknow beat Bengaluru last season for the first time at the M Chinnaswamy. They had chased down the target of 213 runs on the last delivery of their innings and won the match by one wicket.

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Probable Playing XIs

Bengaluru:

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Alzarri Joseph, Mayank Dagar, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

Lucknow:

Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran (c), Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report

The surface at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru might have a lot for the batters. The average first innings score in the last five T20 matches has been 189 runs. The team winning the toss might look to bowl here. The team winning the toss might prefer to bowl.

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Bengaluru vs Lucknow Key Player Battles

Marcus Stoinis vs Bengaluru’s bowlers

Stoinis has scored 243 runs in 10 innings against Bengaluru at an average of 34.71 and a strike rate of 156.77. He scored a half-century in his last outing against Bengaluru at the Chinnaswamy.

Stoinis has a batting average of 209 against Mohammad Siraj. His batting average is 55 against off-spinners. He has made 39 runs off 21 deliveries against Karn Sharma.

KL Rahul vs Bengaluru’s bowlers

The wicketkeeper-batter has scored 628 runs against Bengaluru in 14 innings at a strike rate of 144.03. One out of the four centuries made by Rahul has come against Bengaluru.

He has a batting average of 96 against Siraj and 60 against off-spinners. He has made 96 runs off 53 deliveries against Siraj. Rahul has made 19 runs off nine deliveries against Alzarri Joseph.

Virat Kohli vs Lucknow’s bowlers

Kohli has scored 117 runs against Lucknow in four innings at a strike rate of 118.18. He is the leading run-scorer this season and has amassed 181 runs in three matches at a strike rate of 141.4, including two half-centuries.

Kohli has scored 54 runs off 62 deliveries against Krunal Pandya. He has amassed a total of 36 runs off 41 deliveries against Ravi Bishnoi.

Nicholas Poorna vs Bengaluru’s bowlers

He has scored 162 runs in eight innings against Bengaluru at a strike rate of 167.01. Pooran has an average of 32 against Joseph. He has a strike rate of 204 between 17-20 overs. Pooran has made 21 runs off nine deliveries against Karn Sharma. 

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