LSG vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Records & Stats at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

In the 11th match of Indian Premier League 2024 to be held on Saturday, the Lucknow Super Giants will host the Punjab Kings at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. This will be the first match at Lucknow this season. 

Punjab Kings got off to a great start by beating Delhi Capitals at Mullanpur in their first match but lost to RCB at Bengaluru. LSG meanwhile have played only one match where they failed to chase a daunting 193 in Jaipur against Rajasthan Royals. 

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Both teams will be hoping to avoid a second consecutive loss and LSG will want to open their account on the points table. 

Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report

Throughout its entire history, the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow has been a very two-paced and very slow pitch which often doesn't result in very high totals. Nothing else can be expected when the stadium hosts its first match of IPL 2024 on Saturday. Batting will be a tough ordeal on this ground and neither the scores nor the run rates will be particularly high. 

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IPL Stats & Records at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow 

Only seven matches have been played at this ground so far, there has been one no result, but as many as four matches have been won batting first. The highest total successfully chased here is just 159 while the average total is a paltry 152. 

LSG vs PBKS Strategies & Match-ups:

At the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, the slow nature of the pitch means that chasing will be a very tall task, hence it is preferable to bat first and put up a par total that the nature of the pitch will make difficult to chase. If batting second, it becomes important to not slip behind the run rate as the chance to catch up might not always appear. The important match-ups for this contest are: Ravi Bishnoi vs Liam Livingstone and Arshdeep Singh vs KL Rahul. 

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LSG vs PBKS Player Battles to Watch Out For:

KL Rahul vs Arshdeep Singh:

In two innings that they have been face-to-face, Arshdeep has bowled 18 deliveries to Rahul. In this time, Rahul has scored only 17 runs while being dismissed once. 

Ravi Bishnoi vs Shikhar Dhawan:

Across three innings, Bishnoi has bowled 22 balls to Dhawan and dismissed him only once. Dhawan on the other hand has scored 36 runs from these 22 deliveries.

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X-factors for LSG vs PBKS:

Lucknow Super Giants: 

On a pitch expected to be very slow and very supportive of spin, India's frontline T20I spinner Ravi Bishnoi will hold the key to dismantling Punjab Kings' rather strong batting and constricting them to a below-par total. 

Punjab Kings: 

Jitesh Sharma's hitting abilities will be very useful on a slow pitch where spin is expected to rule. If he can get two or three boundaries in, that might just be able to create the much-needed albeit narrow difference between the two sides.