Indian T20 League 2024: Lucknow vs Chennai, Match 34 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Lucknow (LKN) will take on Chennai (CHE) in the 34th match of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Friday (April 19) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. It will be the seventh game of the season for both teams.

Lucknow have won and lost three matches each, while Chennai have won four out of six games so far. Chennai defeated Mumbai in their last outing by 20 runs. Lucknow lost their last game against Kolkata after Kolkata chased down the target of 162 runs in 15.4 overs with eight wickets in hand. 

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LUC vs CHE Head-to-Head Record: 

Chennai and Lucknow have faced each other on three occasions in the Indian T20 League. Both teams have won one game each, while the last match between them in 2023 was abandoned due to rain. 

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Lucknow vs Chennai, Match 34: Today's MPL Opinio Prediction

LKN vs CHE Probable Playing XIs

Lucknow:

Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Shamar Joseph, Yash Thakur 

Chennai:

Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (wk), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman 

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Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report 

The average first innings score in the last 10 T20 matches here has been a mere 138 runs. The surface is likely to remain balanced, and both batters and bowlers are likely to get enough help. The teams batting first and second have won an equal number of matches in the last 10 matches. The team winning the toss here might look to bat. 

LKN vs CHE Key Player Battles

Ruturaj Gaikwad vs Lucknow’s bowlers 

Chennai’s skipper has made 58 runs off 35 deliveries in two matches against Lucknow. Ruturaj has scored 22 runs off 12 deliveries against Krunal Pandya and 17 runs off 10 deliveries against Ravi Bishnoi. 

Shardul Thakur vs Lucknow’s batters 

Shardul has taken six wickets in three games against Lucknow at an average of 16. He has dismissed KL Rahul twice and Nicholas Pooran on five occasions. Shardul has a bowling average of 23 against Quinton de Kock. 

KL Rahul vs Chennai’s bowlers 

Rahul has scored 455 runs in 12 matches against Chennai at an average of 45.5 and a strike rate of 140.9. Rahul has a batting strike rate of 187.5 against Shardul Thakur. He has made 48 runs against Ravindra Jadeja at a strike rate of 114.3 and is yet to be dismissed. 

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Nicholas Pooran vs Chennai’s bowlers 

Pooran has made 192 runs in eight outings against Chennai at a strike rate of 146.6. His batting strike rate against Tushar Deshpande is 187.5. Pooran has made 46 runs off 28 deliveries against Jadeja. Jadeja has not dismissed Pooran in the Indian T20 League since 2020.