Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings Playing 11, IPL 2024: LSG will play their first home game of the IPL season in match 11 against PBKS at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday.
While Rahul’s men have started with a defeat, Dhawan’s Punjab have witnessed see-sawing fortunes already with a win and a defeat to Royal Challengers Bengaluru away.
A return to Lucknow will prove to be tricky for the home side as well as the visitors with the sluggish nature of the track setting up a test of the skills and composition of both teams.
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Let us have a look at predicted XI’s of LSG and PBKS
Extra spinner in for Lucknow?
LSG will have quality spinners in Krunal Pandya and Ravi Bishnoi at their disposal in the XI. But with a couple of left-handers in the opposition batting order and the slow nature of the Lucknow strips, Lucknow may add an off-spinner into the XI. K Gowtham could get a nod with one of the local batters featuring as an Impact Player.
Stonis to retain spot
With his form hitting rock bottom, Marcus Stoinis has also witnessed a snub from Australia’s central contracts for the upcoming season. However, the sturdy all-rounder could be explosive on his day and will continue to play an important part in LSG’s combinations.
LSG predicted XI: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur.
Impact Player: Ayush Badoni/K. Gowtham
Raza for Bairstow?
Opening for Punjab, Jonny Bairstow has failed to click in both games, scoring 9 and 8 respectively. Instead, PBKS could bring in an extra spinner-allrounder in Sikandar Raza to replace Bairstow for this particular contest, adding strength to the middle-order. Prabhsimran Singh could move up the order to replace Bairstow as captain Dhawan’s opening partner.
PBKS predicted XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar.
Impact Player: Arshdeep Singh
LSG vs PBKS Full Squads:
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Shivam Singh, Sikandar Raza, Atharva Taide, Chris Woakes, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Prince Choudhary, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan.
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