IPL 2022, Match 57 LSG vs GT, Stats Preview: Players records and approaching milestones

Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans will be facing each other in the 57th match of IPL 2022, to be played at the MCA International Stadium in Pune. At the moment, LSG and GT are in the top two positions in the points table, with both teams winning eight and losing three matches.

Both teams have played two matches in Pune this season and have won both of them. Meanwhile, LSG  have won their last four matches, and each of them while batting first. The team has an incredible opening pair in Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul, with Deepak Hooda and Marcus Stoinis playing crucial knocks in the middle.

Got GT, The opening pair of Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill finally found some form in the last match, with both scoring their fifties. On the other hand, skipper Hardik Pandya has been inconsistent in the second half, after beginning the season in a stellar fashion. Mohammed Shami, Lockie Ferguson, and Rashid Khan have been their best bowlers while Mohsin Khan, Jason Holder, and Avesh Khan have been brilliant with the ball for LSG.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 57 between Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2022:

Head to Head: LSG and GT have faced each other once earlier in the ongoing edition, with GT winning the match.

1 – The team which wins this game clash will become the first team to qualify for the playoffs of IPL 2022.

1 – Quinton de Kock is one half-century away from overtaking Kamran Akmal (48) to own the record of most fifty-plus scores by a wicketkeeper in T20 cricket.

4 – Hardik Pandya (46) needs four scalps to complete 50 wickets in the IPL.

1 – Krunal Pandya needs to hit one more six to reach 50 sixes in the IPL.

3 – Jason Holder needs three more wickets to reach 50 wickets in the IPL. He will become the fifth West Indian bowler to 50 IPL wickets after Dwayne Bravo, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Kieron Pollard.

5 – Marcus Stoinis needs five more sixes to reach fifty sixes in the IPL.

6 – Quinton de Kock needs six more sixes to reach 100 sixes in the IPL. He will become the fourth South African cricketer to reach the milestone, after AB de Villiers, David Miller and Faf du Plessis.

16 – Marcus Stoinis needs 16 more runs to reach 4000 runs in T20 cricket.

5 – Shubman Gill (45) needs five sixes to reach 50 maximums in the IPL.

6 – Mohammed Shami (94) is six scalps away from completing 100 wickets in the tournament.

3 – Alzarri Joseph (47) requires three wickets to get to 50 wickets in T20 cricket.

4 – Rashid Khan (446) needs four wickets to get to 450 wickets in T20 cricket.

3 – Stoinis (147) also requires just three sixes to get to 150 maximums in T20 matches.

2 – Dushmantha Chameera (98) requires two wickets to get to 100 wickets in T20 matches.

1 – Hardik (99) is one grab away from reaching 100 catches in T20 cricket.