Kathmandu. Lucknow Supergiants will face Delhi Capitals on Friday in the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket. The match between Lucknow and Delhi will start at 7:45 pm at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee (ECANA) Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
This is the 26th match to be played in the 17th edition of IPL. This is the fifth match that Lucknow is going to play in the ongoing IPL. Lucknow has won three of the four matches played earlier. Lucknow lost in one match. Lucknow is at the third place in the table with 6 points. Delhi Capitals are about to play the sixth game. Delhi have won only one of the five matches played earlier. Delhi has lost in four matches. Delhi, which has been performing very disappointingly in the ongoing season, is at the bottom 10th position in the table with only two points. Delhi Capitals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs in the only match.
Lucknow ahead in Head to Head
A total of three matches have been played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League so far. Lucknow has defeated Delhi in all the three matches played so far. So far only one match has been played between these two teams in Lucknow.
Lucknow beat Delhi by 50 runs in that match. Therefore, Delhi will be in the mood to get their first win against Lucknow in the match to be played on Friday. On the other hand, Lucknow will be looking to maintain their unbeaten streak against Delhi.
Lucknow's top scorer is Nicolas Puran
Lucknow's start in the current season's IPL was not fast. However, later Lucknow made an excellent comeback. Lucknow Super Giants have been winning consecutively in the last three matches.
Lucknow beat Punjab Kings by 21 runs, Royal Challengers Bangalore by 28 runs and Gujarat Titans by 33 runs in their last three matches. Left handed batsman Nicholas Puran is the highest run scorer for Lucknow so far.
Punar has scored a total of 178 runs for Lucknow in the four matches played so far. Mayank Yadab is the bowler who has taken the most wickets for Lucknow in the ongoing season. However, it is unlikely that he will play Friday's game. Yash Thakur is second in the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets for Lucknow. He has taken 6 wickets so far.
Khalil Ahmed is a successful bowler from Delhi
The performance of Delhi Capitals in the IPL of the current season is very disappointing. Delhi has won only one out of five matches. Delhi lost to Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians. Delhi's only win was against Chennai Super Kings.
Tristan Stubbs is the most run-scoring batsman for Delhi in the current season's IPL. Wicketkeeper batsman Tristan has scored a total of 174 runs in five matches so far. The highest wicket taker for Delhi is Khalil Ahmed. He has taken seven wickets so far.
Chances of Mayank Yadab playing are very low
Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Mayank Yadav is unlikely to play in the match against Delhi Capitals. He bowled only one over in the previous match against Gujarat.
He will likely be absent from the match against Delhi due to health related problems. Lucknow Chief Executive Officer Vinod Bist has also said that Mayank Yadav has a stomach problem. Therefore, Lucknow does not want to take any risk by playing him in the match against Delhi. He has already taken 6 wickets in the current season's IPL.
A pitch that supports the spin bowler
The Atal Vihari Vajpayee (Ekana) Stadium, where the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals will take place on Friday, is especially supportive of spin bowlers. So far, it seems that the spinners have dominated the matches played in this stadium.
Therefore, it seems that relatively less runs are made in this stadium. A total of nine IPL matches have been played in this stadium so far. The highest total made by any team in this stadium is 199 runs with the loss of eight wickets. This total was made by Lucknow against Punjab Kings in this year's IPL.
No chance of rain
It is said that the weather in Lucknow will be clear on Friday, the day of the match between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants. The Department of Agriculture and Meteorology has said that there is no chance of rain. The temperature in Lucknow on Friday is expected to be between 24 and 39 degrees Celsius.
A potential team
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal or Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Kunal Pandya, Ravi Bisnoi, Yash Thakur, Mohsin Khan and Naveen Ul Haq.
Impact Player: Krishnappa Gautam.
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel, Akshar Patel, Alit Yadav, Joy Richardson, Ishant Sharma, Khalil Ahmed and Enrich Norje.
Impact Player: Kumar Kushagra.
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