Lucknow Super Giants Vs Punjab Kings, 21th Match of IPL 2023 dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Lucknow Super Giants Vs Punjab Kings, 21th Match of IPL 2023

Venue : Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Date & Time : 15th April, Saturday at 7:30 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 01
LSG won - 01
PBKS won - 00
NR - 00
Tied - 00,

Pitch Report :

The surface at the Ekana Cricket Stadium is a batting-friendly surface, and is expected to assist the Batters once again here. Pacers might get some help towards the latter half of the match while spinners may come in handy in the middle overs. If the first few overs batsmen get out with patience without losing wickets, then they can score runs at a fast pace in the middle overs and the end overs. Along with this, the due factor is often seen in the field of Mohali. In such a situation, whichever team wins the toss today can decide to bowl first.

The average first innings score on this wicket is 160 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 30°C on the Friday with 60% humidity and 5-7 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of precipitation during the game.

Probable XI :

Lucknow Super Giants :

Lokesh Rahul(C), Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran, Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi.

Punjab Kings :

Shikhar Dhawan(C), Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh.

Preview :

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will clash against inconsistent Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 21st match of the IPL 2023 at Lucknow's Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on April 15. Lucknow registered a thrilling one-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last game and currently occupies the second position in the points table with three wins from their opening four games. Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran recorded quick fifties to chase the 213-run target on the innings' final delivery.

Punjab Kings suffered two back-to-back defeats after recording two wins in the opening games. They managed to score just 153/8 while batting first against Gujarat Titans in their last game, with Matthew Short smashing 36 off 24 and Shahrukh Khan adding quick 22 runs. Kagiso Rabada featured in the playing eleven for the first time as the bowlers were impressive with their spells. But Gujarat survived a late scare to clinch two big points with a ball to spare. Liam Livingstone is available for the selection and might come into the playing eleven in Bhanuka Rajapaksa's place for this fixture.

Team Guide

Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.

Lucknow Super Giants

KL Rahul :

KL Rahul is one of the contenders for the highest run getter. He was the second-leading run-getter in IPL 2022 with 616 runs from 15 innings with two centuries and four fifties. In addition. Overall against PBKS, Rahul has scored 116 runs at an average incredible average of 29.00 and strike rate of 139.70. Rahul also scored just 43 runs at an average of 21.5 at the Ekana Stadium. Default c/vc pick.

Quinton de Kock :

Quinton de Kock is the fine opener, who was looking in brilliant form last season which earned him a total of 508 runs in 15 matches added with his performance behind the stumps that makes him a crucial contributor in the top order.

Nicholas Pooran :

Nicholas Pooran is the best hitter of the ball who's into this tournament on the back of decent white ball series against South Africa. He was part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last edition where he scored 306 runs at an average of 38.25.
It’s a big season for Nicholas Pooran. He is enjoying a promising year so far in T20 franchise cricket, with 531 runs in 16 innings at an average of 44.25 and strike rate of 150.20. Pooran hit 62, 36, 32 & 11* three inning in this tournament so far. Pooran managed to get his team an improbable victory by playing a fiery inning of 62 runs in just 19 balls in the last match.Pooran in IPL 2023: 141 runs, 47.00 avg, 220.31 SR, 23 boundaries. He has been in superb touch this season. Must have pick.

Deepak Hooda :

Deepak Hooda is the star Indian big-hitter struggled for runs during India's latest T20I series against New Zealand but scored 451 runs from 14 innings for Lucknow Super Giants last season and will be looking to pick from where he left. Deepak Hooda when batting at number three in all T20s in 35 innings scored 1004 runs at an average of 29.72, SR 140.29. Punt pick.

Kyle Mayers :

Kyle Mayers is an attacking batting allrounder, who's coming off an excellent 73 off 38 balls after that smashed 53 off just 22 in second match. He was also bowled also couple of over but didn't succeed to gets any wickets. Good pick.

Ayush Badoni :

Ayush Badoni is the young batter made his debut last season and was decent with his performances. He scored one fifty but managed to score just 161 runs from 13 matches in IPL 2022. Punt pick.

Marcus Stoinis :

Marcus Stoinis is one of the first names in most of allrounders. However, his recent T20 form doesn't looks convincing. Since the start of 2021, Marcus Stoinis has scored 403 runs at an average of 37.80 and strike rate of 210.00 between overs 17-20 in franchise cricket. He was played finest inning of 65(30) in the last game. Good pick.

Krunal Pandya :

Krunal Pandya is the man of the match for his incredible allrounder performance recently against the SRH picked up three wickets & also scored valuable 34 runs. He's always effective again the PBKS, in 12 innings he's picked up 7 wickets with the economy of 6.87 & also scored 137 runs at an average of 19.57 against the Punjab. Which make him best c/vc pick for grand league.

Mark Wood :

Mark Wood is the wicket taking pacer who has taken 28 wickets in his last 11 T20s. 12 of those scalps came at the death, where he conceded just 6.67 per over and struck every six balls. The purple cap holder was the star performer in first match gets his first IPL five wickets haul. Must have pick if plays.

Mohsin Khan :

Mohsin Khan is the young Indian left-arm pacer enjoyed a breakthrough last season and will be leading the LSG's pace attack this season. Mohsin took 14 wickets from just nine innings. Mosin was destroyed Punjab Kings batter in last year were he's scalped 3 wickets, giving away just 24 runs in his three overs and will be a great punt pick for this match.

Avesh Khan :

Avesh Khan finished as the leading wicket-taker for Lucknow Super Giants in the previous edition, while picking up 18 wickets in 13 matches with the best figures of 4 for 24. He's a middle overs marvel. In all domestic T20s since the start of 2021, Avesh has taken 17 wickets between overs 7-16 at an average of 11.8 and strike rate of 10.9. Avesh looking in good shape in first match picked up two wickets. Good pick.

Ravi Bishnoi :

Ravi Bishnoi is the quality spinner who's picked up 2/31 against DC in first match & 3/28 against the CSK. Overall he's gets 13 wickets in 14 matches in last season. He's now selected by 70% of the teams as he will be a must have pick.

Punjab Kings :

Jitesh Sharma :

Jitesh Sharma is the talented batter who's showing great potential in last years smashed 234 runs at an average of 29.25 with the healthy strike rate of 163.64. He has a magnificent record batting at five in T20s, with 431 runs in 15 innings at an average of 53.8 and strike rate of 189.14. Punt pick.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa is an attacking batter, he has managed to play an essential batting role for his team with a total of 206 runs in 6 matches last year along with his consistent contributions behind the stumps. He was top run getter for PBKS in first match scored 50 runs off 32 balls. Punt pick.

Shikhar Dhawan :

Shikhar Dhawan an excellent inexperienced opener for PBKS, who's the going through a magnificent form and now he's top run getter in his tournament with 233 runs at an impressive average of 116.5. He's played just a game against the LSG and managed to scored just 5 runs in that match. Default c/vc pick.

Shahrukh Khan :

Shahrukh Khan is the big hitter of the ball in Indian domestic circuit. He has played 22 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 304 runs, with an average of 19.30, with his highest IPL score being 47 runs. Punt pick.

Liam Livingstone :

Liam Livingstone is especially known for his strong hitting ability. He was the 2nd highest run scorer of his team behind Shikhar Dhawan in last season with 437 runs at an impressive average of 36.42, SR is 182.10, which includes four half-centuries and also taken 6 wickets with the ball. Livingstone will be our vice-captain because of his ability to help the side with consistent batting and bowling efforts.

Sikander Raza :

Sikander Raza is the one of the best allrounder from associated nations, who's played his 1st IPL match for Punjab Kings against the KKR and succeed to given impact ful allround performance ( 16 runs + 1 Wkt) in the first game. He is in his prime. He was one of the most dangerous all-rounders of the T20 World Cup 2022. And the condition of India will suit him and he's coming from decent PSL2023 were he's scored 223 at an average of 31.86 and also gets 4 wickets. Must have pick if plays.

Sam Curran :

Sam Curran is the star allrounder who's becomes the most expensive player in IPL history. In 16 T20s this year, he has scored just 167 runs and taken 11 wickets at an economy of 8.10. A big lift in form is needed. He was scored valuable unbeaten 22 runs & also gets a wicket in the last game. Safest c/vc pick.

Matthew Short :

Matthew Short is the BPL star, and he's a very talented all-rounder and will contribute with both bat and ball. He was the second leading run getter with 458 runs an impressive average of 35.23 in 14 matches & also gets 11 wickets in the last season of BPL. He was batted well in the last game scored valuable 36 runs and also bowled a over. He is a must-have pick if plays.

Arshdeep Singh :

Arshdeep Singh is the wicket taking pacer who's starts new season with the bang 3/19 & 2/47 and he was managed to find 10 wickets in 14 matches in the last season and he has didn't get any wicket in a match against LSG at an economy of 5.75 also he has since managed to make his way to the national team with a strong T20 World Cup that should keep him motivated to start this campaign with a similar attacking threat. Good pick.

Rishi Dhawan :

Rishi Dhawan is an underrated allrounder who's picked up six wickets in as many matches in last season. He was scored 22* runs but didn't succeed to get any wickets against the LSG in last season. Punt pick.

Kagiso Rabada :

Kagiso Rabada is the quality pacer, who was the leading wicket-taker from his side with 23 wickets in 13 matches last season added with his ability to score decent runs to help the tail end of the batting order. Rabada was destroy Lucknow's batting order in last meat took 4/38 in last season. Must have pick.

Nathan Ellis :

Nathan Ellis is the an excellent pacer who has taken 61 wickets in 44 T20s since the start of 2022, took 3/30 for Australia against India last year and he was the man of the match for his incredible bowling performance (4/30) against the Rajasthan but unfortunately gone wicketless in the last game. Good pick.

Rahul Chahar :

Rahul Chahar is the frontline spinner for PBKS who's known for his wickets taking attitude. He was took 1/12 against KKR first match & 1/28 in the third game. He has managed to get two wickets in a game vs LSG at an average of 15.00 and strike rate of 12.00. Must have pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat Sheet

Lucknow Super Giants

WK :

Quinton de Kock -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
21(21), 100(44), 0(1), 43(20), 63(41),

KL Rahul (c) -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
18(20), 35(31), 20(18), 8(12), 5(5), 51(35), 50(32), 9(14), 9(12)

Batter :

Nicholas Pooran -

4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn,
62(19), 11(6)*, 32(18), 36(21), 41(19), 2(3), 16(7), 30(14), 5(8),

Deepak Hooda - Right Arm Off-break

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
9(10), 7(8), 2(6), 17(18), 2(2)*, DNB, 10(10), 4(2), 9(12),
DNB, 0/8(1), DNB, DNB, 1/17(4), 0/14(2), DNB, DNB

Ayush Badoni -

5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn
30(24), DNB, 23(18), 18(7), 11(15), 14(9)*, 20(8)*, 23(10), 32(15)*

Manan Vohra -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
12(15), 14(22), 52(43), 0(6), 72(66)*

Karan Sharma - Right Arm Off-break

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
22(31), 33(31), 0(4), 79(41)*, 52(50)
1/10(1), 3/19(3), 0/20(2), 1/16(3), 1/6(1)

All-rounder :

Marcus Stoinis - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn,
65(30), 10(13)*, 21(18), 12(10), 8(7), 36*(23), 52(28), 6(10), 74(35),
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/25(2), 1/31(3),

Krunal Pandya - Left Arm Orthodox

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn
0(2), 34(23), 9(9), 15(13)*, 31(24), 16(14), 57(38), 17(15)*, 8(8)
0/35(4), 3/18(4), 0/21(2), DNB, DNB, 2/25(4), 0/44(4), 2/30(4), 0/11(4)

Kyle Mayers – Right Arm Medium

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
0(3), 13(14), 53(22), 73(38), 17(10), 51(27), 6(2), 28(15), 11(20),
DNB, 0/5(1), 0/16(2), 0/7(1), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/12(2), 0/9(1),

Daniel Sams - Left Arm Fast Medium

DNB, 4dwn,4dwn, DNB 4dwn,
DNB, 28(18), 5(6), DNB,9(12),
1/44(4), 1/27(3), 0/47(4), 1/45(4), 4/18(4),

Krishnappa Gowtham - Right Arm Off-break

6dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, DNB, DNB, 6dwn
17(11)*, 6(1)*, 30(14)*, DNB, DNB, DNB, 2(4)
0/20(1), 0/23(4), 1/49(4), 3/17(4), 2/13(4), 1/12(4), 0/20(4)

Romario Shepherd – Right Arm Medium

4dwn, 7dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn,
0(1), 44(22)*, 41(18)*, 3(6), 38(14)*, 15(11)*,
DNB, 0/44(4), 0/44(4), 1/20(2), 0/54(4), 0/29(3),

Prerak Mankad - Right Arm Medium fast

4dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 3dwn
61(25), 12(11), DNB, 9(9), 18(14)
DNB, 2/26(3), 0/12(2), 0/15(2), 0/8(1)

Swapnil Singh - Left Arm Orthodox

4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, DNB
0(0), 4(7), 1(2), 16(16), DNB
0/21(3), 1/2(4), 1/26(4), 2/23(4), DNB

Bowler :

Avesh Khan - Right Arm Medium Fast

0/53(4), 1/39(3), 2/29(4), 1/53(4), 0/20(2), 2/17(4), 0/47(3), 1/31(2), 1/43(4),

Mark Wood - Right Arm fast

1/32(4), 3/49(4), 5/14(4), 1/24(2), 3/26(4), 1/25(3), 3/34(4), 2/23(4), 3/34(4)

Ravi Bishnoi - Legbreak Googly

0/39(4), 1/16(4), 3/28(4), 2/31(4), 1/19(3), 2/29(4), 3/24(4), 1/28(4), 0/24(4)

Jaydev Unadkat - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/27(2), 0/26(3), 0/39(3), 0/39(4), 1/26(4), 2/17(4), 2/24(4), 2/37(4)

Mohsin Khan - Left Arm Fast Medium

1/25(4), 3/20(4), 0/43(4), 1/18(4), 1/6(3), 4/16(4),

Amit Mishra - Legbreak

1/18(2), 2/23(4), 0/30(2), 0/21(3), 2/16(4), 0/21(3), 2/12(4)

Naveen-ul-Haq - Right Arm Medium

1/26(4), 1/19(2), 0/41(4), 1/43(4), 1/37(4), 2/36(4),

Yash Thakur - Right Arm Off-break

1/23(3), 0/36(4), 0/25(3), 4/29(4), 2/23(4), 2/32(4), 2/24(3)

Yudhvir Singh Charak - Right Arm Medium Fast

0/30(3), 0/15(1), 0/23(2), 1/15(2), 0/18(2)

Mayank Yadav - Right Arm Medium

1/16(2), 3/20(4), 0/24(3), 1/19(4), 2/23(4)

Punjab Kings

WK :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa -

2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn,
20(16), 1(1), 50(32), 28(18)*, 41(25), 24(14), 1(3), 6(6), 0(1), 3(4), 9(9),

Jitesh Sharma -

3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn
25(23), 4(9), 27(16), 21(11), 46(24)*, 15(11), 14(14)*, 3(6)*, 50(21)*

Prabhsimran Singh -

Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
0(1), 0(1), 60(34), 23(12), 8(10), 4(6), 64(36), 80(49)*, 23(20)

Batter :

Shikhar Dhawan (c) -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
8(8), 99(66)*, 86(56)*, 40(29), 37(27), 39(32), 19(16), 21(15), 12(16), 62(43)*, 5(13), 88(59)*,

Shahrukh Khan - Right Arm Off-break

5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 7dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 4dwn
22(9), 4(3), 11(10), 11(7)*, 9(5), 5(9), 1(5), DNB, 11(9)

Harpreet Singh - Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, DNB
27(24), 47(37), 13(22), 60(42)*, DNB

Atharva Taide - Left Arm Orthodox

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
29(22), 1(4), 4(8), 31(28), 30(17)

Shivam Singh -

Domestic
(5dwn, 6dwn), (4dwn, 4dwn), (4dwn), (5dwn, 5dwn,
(18, 45), (0, 11), (110), (9, 13)

All-rounder :

Liam Livingstone - Legbreak

5dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
1(1)*, DNB, 4(6), 20(14), 1(2)*, 29(21)*,
0/16(1), 0/21(3), 0/16(2), 0/26(3), 3/17(3), DNB,

Sam Curran - Left Arm Fast Medium

4dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn,
22(22), 22(15), 1(2)*, 26(17)*, 4(6), 12(16), 6(11), 2(5), 5(8),
1/25(4), 0/14(4), 0/44(4), 1/38(3), 0/28(4), 1/15(3), 0/18(2), 2/26(4), 3/26(4),

Sikandar Raza - Right Arm Off-break

4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
5(6), 1(2), 16(13), 1(2), 23(14), 1(3), 1(4)*, 20(7), 14(8),
DNB, 0/24(2), 1/25(3), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/14(1), 0/21(1), 1/10(1),

Rishi Dhawan - Right Arm Medium

7dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 2dwn
1(1), DNB, 1(3), 7(4)*, 9(3)*, DNB , 4(7)*
DNB, 0/15(1), 2/26(4), 3/25(4), 2/40(4), 0/2(1), 2/31(4)

Matthew Short - Right Arm Medium fast

1dwn, 1dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
36(24), 1(3), 0(3), 0(4), 40(24), 39(30), 20(9)
0/8(1), DNB, 1/26(3), 0/23(3), 1/16(2), 0/12(1), 0/14(2)

Raj Bawa - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 5dwn, 1dwn, DNB, 3dwn
30(31), 40(17)*, 8(11)*, DNB, 11(13)
DNB, 0/57(4), 2/16(4), 1/13(2), DNB

Bowler :

Kagiso Rabada - Right Arm fast

1/36(4), 2/50(4), 0/39(4), 0/27(3), 1/34(4), 3/22(4), 0/49(4), 3/34(4),

Arshdeep Singh - Left Arm Fast Medium

1/33(4), 1/20(3), 2/47(4), 3/19(3), 2/16(3), 2/7(2), 1/51(4), 3/20(4), 0/37(2), 4/37(4),

Rahul Chahar - Legbreak

0/24(3), 1/28(3), 0/31(4), 1/12(2), 2/20(4), 1/26(3), 2/18(4), 0/26(3), 0/27(4)

Nathan Ellis - Right Arm Medium

0/28(3), 4/30(4), 1/27(3), 2/26(4), 1/27(4), 1/42(4), 0/33(4), 4/27(4)

Harpreet Brar - Left Arm Orthodox

1/20(4), 0/26(4), 0/15(2), 0/7(1), 1/28(2), 0/32(3), 0/13(3), 1/30(4), 1/16(4)

Baltej Singh - Right Arm Medium

1/43(4), 1/46(4), 3/20(4), 3/26(4), 1/17(4)

Vidwath Kaverappa - Right Arm Medium

3/44(4), 2/26(4), 1/21(4), 3/22(4), 5/11(4)

Mohit Rathee - Legbreak

0/29(2),
Domestic
2/28(10), DNB, 1/18(5), 2/38(8), 2/22(8), 1/22(7)

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