Indian T20 League 2024: Lucknow vs Punjab, Match 11 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Lucknow will take on Punjab in the 11th match of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Saturday (March 30) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. It will be the second game of the season for Lucknow. Punjab have won and lost one game so far.

Lucknow faced Rajasthan in their first game of the season, where Rajasthan elected to bat after winning the toss. They scored 193 runs for the loss of four wickets in 20 overs. Naveen-ul-Haq was the pick of the bowlers for Lucknow and took two wickets for 41 runs in four overs. KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran scored a half-century each for Lucknow but it was not enough. They could make 173 runs for the loss of six wickets and lost the match by 20 runs.

Punjab locked horns against Bengaluru in their last game, where Bengaluru elected to bowl after winning the toss. Punjab scored 176 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Shikhar Dhawan scored 45 runs off 37 deliveries and was the highest scorer for the team. Bengaluru reached the target of 177 runs in 19.2 overs and won by four wickets. Kagiso Rabada and Harpreet Brar took two wickets each for Punjab. 

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Lucknow vs Punjab Head to Head

Lucknow and Punjab have faced each other on three occasions so far in the Indian T20 League. Lucknow have won two out of these three matches, while Punjab have been victorious one time. Last season, both teams won one game each.

LKN vs PUN Probable Playing XIs

Lucknow:

KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur

Punjab:

Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar 

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Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report

The surface at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium might have a decent offering for both batters and bowlers. The average first innings total in the last five T20 matches at this venue.

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Lucknow vs Punjab Key Player Battles

Jonny Bairstow vs Lucknow’s bowlers

The English batter has a strike rate of 175 against Ravi Bishnoi and has scored 35 runs off 20 deliveries. He has a strike rate of almost 200 in overs 17 to 20.
Bairstow has scored 21 runs off nine deliveries against Naveen-ul-Haq. Against Marcus Stoinis, Bairstow has collected 20 runs off 13 deliveries.

Shikhar Dhawan vs Lucknow’s bowlers

The skipper of Punjab has an average of 36 against Bishnoi. His average is over 40 in overs 7 to 11. Dhawan has scored 12 runs off seven deliveries against Yash Thakur and has made 15 runs off 12 deliveries against Krunal Pandya.

KL Rahul vs Punjab’s bowlers

He has scored 202 runs in eight innings against Punjab at an average of 33.66 and a strike rate of 136.48. Rahul has a batting average of 48 against Harshal Patel and has scored 48 runs off 33 deliveries against him.

Naveen-ul-Haq vs Punjab’s batters

He takes a wicket every 16 deliveries against right-handed batters. Naveen has picked almost 50% of wickets between overs 17 to 20.

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