Both the Lucknow Super Giants and the Punjab Kings are neither on the rise nor on the decrease. They are indecisive. Mid-tablers like Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore are only separated by Net Run Rate in a tightly packed points table. The Royals have the opportunity on Thursday (April 27) to do what LSG and PBKS will want to do when they meet on Friday (April 28) – break away from the middle muddle. Both teams have won four of their seven games and are anxious to break free from the tug of war and reach to the level of the Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings.
Both teams have traveled to Mohali for their next game after contrasting performances in their previous games: LSG squandered a dominant position at home to lose to GT in a low-scoring thriller, while PBKS held their nerves against Mumbai Indians in a high-scoring encounter at Wankhede Stadium.
Both teams have traveled to Mohali for their next game after contrasting performances in their previous games: LSG squandered a dominant position at home to lose to GT in a low-scoring thriller, while PBKS held their nerves against Mumbai Indians in a high-scoring encounter at Wankhede Stadium.
While one team is concerned about its leader’s impressive play, the other is dealing with the absence of its injured captain, Shikhar Dhawan. In his absence, the Indian domestic batsmen – Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, and Harpreet Bhatia – have made useful contributions, but their batting is far from lethal, especially with the foreigners yet to dominate consistently.
pbks vs lsg – Team Watch
Punjab Kings
Injured/Unavailable: Shikhar Dhawan and Kagiso Rabada have been absent from the team in recent games. The team has yet to announce their availability.
Tactics & Matchups: Kyle Mayers has struggled this season against left-handed pitching, striking out at 87.88. To keep the left-hander quiet on the powerplay, PBKS has the option of playing both Sam Curran and Arshdeep Singh.
Probable XI: Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
Impact Substitute: Depending on the outcome of the toss, Prabhsimran Singh or Arshdeep Singh could be employed as a replacement.
Lucknow Super Giants:
Injured/Unavailable: Mark Wood has been ruled out of the last few games. His injury status has yet to be updated by LSG.
Tactics & Matchups: Nicholas Pooran has a high strike rate of 189.38 versus left-arm pacers. The death overs battle between him and the duo of Arshdeep Singh and Sam Curran could be entertaining.
Probable XI: Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Shivam Mavi, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, KL Rahul
Impact Substitute: Depending on whether LSG bats or bowls first, K Gowtham or Amit Mishra could be replaced by Ayush Badoni.
Did you know?
Quinton de Kock, who is yet to play a game this season, has struck two fifties in two IPL games in Mohali. He strikes at a rate of 162.32 at the venue.
What they said:
“We knew we had to shoulder that duty without Shikhar. Our gang is coming together nicely. Shikhar will be back in shape soon. We won four of the seven games, so we’re not in awful shape. Management and the local guys have been extremely supportive. The boys are having fun, and there is still a long way to go, so the most important thing is to enjoy the game and not put too much pressure on ourselves.” – Sam Curran, the stand-in captain for PBKS
“I’m not sure how it happened, but it did.” I’m not sure what went wrong, but we lost two points today; this is cricket; these things happen; we’ll have to accept it. But there is still a long way to go.” — KL Rahul, LSG captain, following the loss against Gujarat Titans.
pbks vs lsg – Squads:
| Punjab Kings | Lucknow Super Giants |
| Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sikandar Raza, Kagiso Rabada, Rishi Dhawan, Mohit Rathee, Shikhar Dhawan, Shivam Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Gurnoor Brar | KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Prerak Mankad, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Quinton de Kock, Krishnappa Gowtham, Swapnil Singh, Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Karan Sharma |
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