Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
Average first innings score in last three years: 140
46 percent of the games have been won by the team batting first.
The Pacers have picked 47.67 percent of the wickets to fall here. Meanwhile, spinners have picked 52.33 percent.
*all data since 2020 unless mentioned otherwise
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Top Run scorers at this venue
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Top wicket takers at this venue
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Grand League punts
Mohammed Siraj is having an IPL season to remember. The right-arm paceman has claimed 14 wickets at an average of 16.6 and a strike rate of 13.3. And, half of those wickets have come in the powerplay. Earlier this season, he picked up three wickets against Lucknow.
Kyle Mayers has been so good that Quinton de Kock is yet to get a game. The left-hander from West Indies has slammed 297 runs in eight innings at an average of 37.13 and a strike rate of 160.5.
Marcus Stoinis can fetch you points across all three facets of the game. The big man from Australia got 72 off 40 in the previous game and also 65 against RCB earlier in this tournament. On top of that, he also had five wickets in the last three innings.
Probable XIs
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Yash Thakur.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (c), Faf du Plessis. Shahbaz Ahmed, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Suyash Prabhudessai, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj.