The 26th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. In the points table, Lucknow Super Giants are at third position with 3 wins and 6 points from 4 matches and Delhi Capitals are at tenth position with one win and 2 points from 5 matches. Delhi Capitals lost their last match against Mumbai Indians by 29 runs. Batting first, Mumbai Indians scored 234 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. In reply, Delhi Capitals, chasing the target, could score only 205 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.
In the last match, Lucknow team had won against Gujarat Titans by 33 runs.
Whereas, in the last match, Lucknow Super Giants had won against Gujarat Titans by 33 runs. Batting first, Lucknow scored 163 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. In reply, while chasing the target, Gujarat Titans were all out for 130 runs in 18.5 overs.
pitch report
The pitch at Ekana is usually quite dry. This helps the spin bowlers and makes chasing the target difficult. The batsmen will get help in the initial overs but later the pitch will help the spinners. Here the captain can decide to bat first after winning the toss. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 152 runs.
Head to Head Records:
A total of 3 matches have been played between the two teams so far and the Lucknow team has won all these matches.
Probable playing 11
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (captain and wicketkeeper), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen Ul Haq, Yash Thakur, M Siddharth.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Abhishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Kumar Kushagra, Enrique Norkhia, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed.
