The defending champions Gujarat Titans will compete against Lucknow Super Giants. The match will be held at Ekna Sports City. Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans have been performing excellently since their debut season. Their competence hasn’t been affected in any matter this season as well. They are currently in the fourth position on the points table. Lucknow Super Giants at the same time is standing above Gujarat Titans. LSG has played a total of six matches and has won four of them. This match will entirely change the position of the top three teams present in the points table. The coming matches will be crucial for all the teams.
Pitch Report
The match will be hosted at Lucknow Super Giant’s home stadium Ekna Sports City. The pitch is equally assistive for batters and bowlers. From the previous matches, it is quite evident that there is a high potential for batters to hit runs. Spinners and pacers also have an advantage in this pitch. As per the weather reports, the location would have cloudy weather with 28-39% humidity. The temperature might rise from 25 degree Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius.
Performance in recent matches
Gujarat Titans had a stellar start this season. They began this IPL Season by defeating four-time title winners Chennai Super Kings. Shubman Gill took an explosive run of 63 balls with just 36 balls. Vijay Shankar and Wriddhiman Saha also took runs to take the score further ahead. They had two back-to-back victories. Their second match was against Delhi Capitals. GT won the match by 6 wickets. The third match was a blow to their confidence as KKR won against them by 3 wickets. They had a comeback after that by winning against Punjab Kings. GT had another loss in the next match against Rajasthan Royals.
Lucknow Super Giants had three consecutive wins in this IPL. In the first match, Lucknow Super Giants won against Delhi Capitals by 50 runs. They had a win against Chennai Super Kings in the next match. After that, they competed against Sunrisers Hyderabad and won by 5 wickets. Consecutively they won against Royal Challengers Bangalore. They experience one failure after that against Punjab Kings.
Lucknow Super Giants Squad
KL Rahul(c), Nicholas Pooran(wk), Quinton de Kock(wk), Ayush Badoni, Manan Vohra, Daniel Sams, Deepak Hooda, Amit Mishra Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, , Swapnil Singh, , Arpit Guleria, Avesh Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh, Romario Shepherd.
Gujarat Titans Squad
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya(c), Srikar Bharat(wk), Matthew Wade(wk), Urvil Patel, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Sai Sudharasan, Shubman Gill, Dasun Shanaka, Odean Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, , Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Yash Dayal, Wriddhiman Saha, Alzarri Joseph, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little.
Both teams are extremely competent. We are about to witness an electrifying match today. Create a fantasy team of your own for the match and double the fun.
