Punjab Kings hope to arrest their decline as Lucknow Super Giants challenge lurks ahead
In a cracking double-header, if the Royal Challengers Bangalore versus the Delhi Capitals would serve as the deafening overture for the cricket fans, it is the Lucknow Super Giants taking on the Punjab Kings in a swashbuckling battle of hard-hitting against calculations to manifest as the glass-shattering crescendo.
LSG will be coming to this fixture on the back of a thrilling win against the Royal Challengers Bangalore as they secured a last-ball victory to remain in the hunt of being one of the top sides of the ongoing edition of the IPL. Their bowling was peppered to every single nook and cranny of the park before the duo of Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran who changed the game on its head.
The Punjab Kings, on the contrary, started the tournament on a rampant note as they got the better of KKR in a rain-dampened encounter that was followed by another rip-roaring victory. However, things started going south against the Sunrisers Hyderabad where they slumped down to a crushing defeat and then in a cruel turn of fortune, they were bent, fractured and bruised by the Gujarat Titans.
This is going to be an entirely different ball game as the Punjab Kings would be hoping to put their hard-hitting to the test while Lucknow would be hoping that their bowlers come back well after being whacked around by the RCB batsmen.
Head to head:
Matches played: 1
LSG: 1
PBKS: 0
Match Details:
Match: Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings
Venue: Ekana Sports City
Date: 15th April, 2023
Time: 7:30 PM
In a cracking double-header, if the Royal Challengers Bangalore versus the Delhi Capitals would serve as the deafening overture for the cricket fans, it is the Lucknow Super Giants taking on the Punjab Kings in a swashbuckling battle of hard-hitting against calculations to manifest as the glass-shattering crescendo.
LSG will be coming to this fixture on the back of a thrilling win against the Royal Challengers Bangalore as they secured a last-ball victory to remain in the hunt of being one of the top sides of the ongoing edition of the IPL. Their bowling was peppered to every single nook and cranny of the park before the duo of Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran who changed the game on its head.
The Punjab Kings, on the contrary, started the tournament on a rampant note as they got the better of KKR in a rain-dampened encounter that was followed by another rip-roaring victory. However, things started going south against the Sunrisers Hyderabad where they slumped down to a crushing defeat and then in a cruel turn of fortune, they were bent, fractured and bruised by the Gujarat Titans.
This is going to be an entirely different ball game as the Punjab Kings would be hoping to put their hard-hitting to the test while Lucknow would be hoping that their bowlers come back well after being whacked around by the RCB batsmen.
Head to head:
Matches played: 1
LSG: 1
PBKS: 0
Match Details:
Match: Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings
Venue: Ekana Sports City
Date: 15th April, 2023
Time: 7:30 PM
Squads:
Lucknow Super Giants:
KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Manan Vohra, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat, Romario Shepherd, Naveen-ul-Haq, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav, Swapnil Singh.
Punjab Kings:
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Raj Bawa, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Kagiso Rabada, Baltej Singh.
KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Manan Vohra, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat, Romario Shepherd, Naveen-ul-Haq, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav, Swapnil Singh.
Punjab Kings:
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Raj Bawa, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Kagiso Rabada, Baltej Singh.
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