Lucknow Super Giants will goal for an improved all-round effort once they tackle Punjab Kings of their second Indian Premier League match in Lucknow on March 30
Ok L Rahul-led LSG faltered within the opening recreation against Rajasthan Royals, shedding by 20 runs in Chandigarh.
Barring Krunal Pandya, all of the LSG bowlers leaked runs and likewise seemed ineffective.
In the absence of Mark Wood and David Willey, LSG’s tempo battery appears to be like skinny with the likes of Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, and Yash Thakur anticipated to do the heavy lifting.
Fighting for a spot within the upcoming T20 World Cup squad, Ravi Bishnoi too seemed odd within the group’s event opener.
Skipper Rahul, who has determined to play the wicketkeeper-batter’s function protecting the T20 World Cup in thoughts, made 58 in his comeback recreation and can be trying to construct on that.
He can be hoping his opening companion Quinton de Kock returns to his belligerent greatest against Punjab after lacking out against Royals. The group can be banking on the likes of Devdutt Padikkal Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, and Krunal to ship down the order.
LSG’s success will even rely on the type of Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who was the main run-getter for the group final 12 months with 408 runs.
PBKS, then again, have a 50-50 file thus far, profitable one and shedding one.
The Shikhar Dhawan-led aspect wants extra fluency within the powerplay and that’s sure to return if Jonny Bairstow will get going after failing within the first two video games. Dhawan, who solely performs IPL to IPL, must up his strike price going ahead. He himself admitted to batting a bit “slowly” against RCB.
Prabhsimran Singh, who got here of age final season, has not been capable of capitalise on his begins but.
While all-rounder Sam Curran has proven his prowess with the bat within the two matches, the left-arm seamer has been wayward with the ball.
Vice-captain Jitesh Sharma, who’s within the working for a World Cup berth, must have a stellar season to persuade the nationwide selectors.
In the tempo bowling division, Kagiso Rabada will search for extra assist from Curran, Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel. Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar has been spectacular whereas leg-spinner Rahul Chahar must up his recreation.
Teams(from):
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, Ok. Gowtham, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, Ashton Turner, David Willey, Mohd. Arshad Khan.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
Match begins at 7.30 PM IST.
