Indian T20 League 2024: Lucknow vs Delhi, Match 26 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Lucknow (LKN) will host Delhi (DEL) in the 26th match of the Indian T20 League (ITL) 2024 on Friday (April 12) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Both teams have had a completely different campaign so far. Lucknow have won three out of four matches, while Delhi have lost three out of four.

Lucknow defeated Gujarat in their last outing by 33 runs after posting a total of 163 runs for the loss of five wickets on the board. Delhi lost their previous game against Mumbai by 29 runs. They failed to chase down the target of 235 runs. 

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LUC vs DEL Head-to-Head Record: 

Delhi and Lucknow have faced each other on three occasions so far. Lucknow have won all three games.

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LKN vs DEL, Match 26: Today's MPL Opinio Prediction

LKN vs DEL Probable Playing XIs

Lucknow:

Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav 

Delhi:

David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Abishek Porel, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Jhye Richardson, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed 

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Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report

The surface at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium is likely to remain balanced throughout this match. The average first innings score in the last five T20 matches here has been 160 runs. The teams batting first have won the last five matches here and hence, the team winning the toss might look to bat here. 

LKN vs DEL Key Player Battles

Nicholas Pooran vs Delhi’s bowlers 

He is the leading run-scorer for Lucknow and has amassed a total of 178 runs in four outings at a strike rate of 169.52. Pooran has made 42 runs off 27 deliveries against Anrich Nortje, 71 runs off 43 deliveries from Khaleel Ahmed, and 43 runs off 13 deliveries off Axar Patel’s bowling. 

Quinton de Kock vs Delhi’s bowlers 

De Kock has 145 runs to his name in four matches for Lucknow at a strike rate of 140.77. He has a strong record against most of Delhi’s bowlers. He has scored 67 runs off 44 deliveries against the bowling of fellow Proteas Anrich Nortje. He has collected a total of 89 runs off 55 deliveries off the spin duo of Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav.

Tristan Stubbs vs Lucknow’s bowlers 

Stubbs has scored a half-century each in his last two matches in the tournament. He played one of the best knocks of the tournament in his last outing and remained unbeaten on 71 runs off 25 deliveries. Stubbs has a strike rate of 194 against Naveen Ul Haq and has an average of 149 against off-spinners. 

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David Warner vs Lucknow’s bowlers 

Warner has scored 158 runs in five matches for Delhi this season at a strike rate of 142.34. He has a batting average of 39 against Krunal Pandya and has made 39 runs off 26 deliveries.