IPL 2024: Lucknow Super Giants will have to make all-round efforts to win against Punjab Kings – Dainik Savera Times

Lucknow. KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants will be eyeing a better performance in every department when they take on Punjab Kings in the second match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here on Saturday. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) had to face defeat by 20 runs in the first match against Rajasthan Royals in Chandigarh. In this match, except Krunal Pandya, all the bowlers of Lucknow gave away runs and could not impress. LSG’s pace bowlers looked weak in the absence of Mark Wood and David Willey with Mohsin Khan, Naveen Ul Haq and Yash Thakur expected to take up the responsibility.

Ravi Bishnoi, who is campaigning for a place in the upcoming T20 World Cup team, looked ordinary in the team’s opening match in the IPL. Captain Rahul also decided to play the role of wicketkeeper batsman keeping the T20 World Cup in mind and played an innings of 58 runs in the return match, which he would like to do better in the next match. He will also hope that his opening partner Quinton de Kock returns to his best form against Punjab Kings. The team will be hoping for good performance in the lower order from Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda and Krunal. LSG’s success will also depend on the form of Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who was the team’s leading run-scorer last year with 408 runs.

Whereas Punjab Kings has won one of the two matches so far and lost the other. The Shikhar Dhawan-led team needs to accelerate the run rate in the powerplay and that will happen only if Jonny Bairstow, who failed in the first two matches, bats explosively. Dhawan, who plays only in IPL, also needs to speed up his strike rate. He himself admitted that the batting was slow against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Prabhsimran Singh has not been able to convert a good start into a big score. While all-rounder Sam Curran has shown his skills with the bat in both the matches, he has not been able to do such wonders in bowling. Vice captain Jitesh Sharma is also trying to make a place in the team for the T20 World Cup, but he will also have to show good performance to woo the national selectors. In the fast bowling department, Kagiso Rabada will expect more support from Curran, Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel. Left arm spinner Harpreet Brar was effective while leg spinner Rahul Chahar will have to bowl well.

The teams are as follows:

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhveer Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gautam, Shivam Mavi, Ashan Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Mohammad Arshad Khan.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Tayde, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kawerappa. , Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thiagarajan, Prince Chaudhary, Riley Rossouw.