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Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match 34 of the 17th edition of the IPL 2024 on Friday, April 19, 2024, at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow. In the ongoing tournament, the Super Giants have won three matches and also lost three matches as well so far. They are currently in fifth place in the points table. Thus, the Giants would like to come back to their winning momentum. On the other hand, the Super Kings have won four matches and lost two matches so far. They are currently in fourth place in the points table. Thus, the Super Kings would like to continue their winning momentum. This will be an important game for both teams in perspective of the future of the tournament.
Speaking about the last game of the Super Giants, skipper KL Rahul (39 off 27) played superb innings played with a healthier strike rate but failed to convert the good start into a big one. In the end, Nicholas Pooran 45(32) played a magnificent finishing innings which helped Super Giants to post a respectable total of 161. But the Super Giants didn't get support from other batters. Speaking about the bowlers, Mohsin Khan (4-0-29-2) bowled excellently which helped Super Giants to put a small break for Knight Riders who were doing so well. But Super Giants didn't get support from other bowlers as well. Rahul & Co. will hope all these continue their good form and also good support from other batters and bowlers as well.
Speaking about the last game of the Super Kings, Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad 69(40) played superb innings with a healthier strike rate. Shivam Dube 66*(38) also had a blistering innings, the duo stitched a fantastic partnership of 90 off just 45 deliveries which helped Super Kings to post a huge total. In the end MS Dhoni 20*(4) who played magnificent finishing innings scored hat-trick of sixes against Hardik which helped Super Kings to post a huge total of 206.
Speaking about the bowlers, Matheesha Pathirana (4-0-28-4) who came as an Impact Player gave an outstanding performance and bowled to his merits. Tushar Deshpande (4-0-29-1) also bowled beautifully and gave good support to Pathirana, which helped the visitors defend the target. The five-time champions will be confident to come up with a similar performance in the upcoming clash and continue their winning momentum.
Meanwhile, let us look at the stats and numbers ahead of the Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings clash:
LSG vs CSK Head-to-Head: LSG and CSK have met each other 3 times in the tournament’s history, with the Super Giants winning on one occasion and the Super Kings clinching one victory. One game resulted in NR.
7 - Nicholas Pooran (1493) needs seven runs to complete 1500 runs in the IPL.
3 - KL Rahul (47) needs three more catches to reach 50 catches as a wicketkeeper in the league.
5 - MS Dhoni (245) needs another five sixes to reach 250 sixes in the coveted tournament.
1 - Daryl Mitchell (99) needs one catch to reach 100 catches in T20.
1 - Moeen Ali (99) needs one catch to reach 100 catches in T20.
6 - Krunal Pandya (44) needs another six catches to reach 50 catches in IPL.
5 - Devdutt Padikkal (95) needs another five sixes to reach 100 sixes in T20s.
4 - Deepak Hooda (96) needs four catches to reach a 100-catch milestone in the 20-over cricket.
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