The thrill of IPL 2025 is at its peak and today the match between Lucknow Super Gynts (LSG) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be played at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow from 7:30 pm. While the Lucknow team is looking for the fourth consecutive win, Chennai’s team is expecting a miraculous performance to get their lost rhythm.
Lucknow’s eye on fourth victory
Lucknow Super Gynts have won three consecutive wins in recent matches and the team seems to be full of confidence.
- Bowling, which was initially considered to be the weakness of the team, has now become a strong link.
- Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi and Shardul Thakur are in excellent form and are consistently taking wickets.
- Lucknow is currently in fourth place in the points table, where he has won 4 out of 6 matches.
Do or die status for Chennai
On the other hand, this match is very important for Chennai Super Kings.
- In the 6 matches played so far, the team has lost 5 times and is in the last place.
- If you still lose today, the risk of getting out of the playoff race will increase further.
- Chennai has high expectations from its experienced players.
Who is heavy in IPL history?
So far 5 matches have been played between LSG and CSK in IPL history:
- LSG has won 3 times,
- While CSK could win only 1 time,
- One match had fallen for rain.
Everyone’s eyes on Nicholas Puran’s batting
The biggest hope for Lucknow is Nicholas Puran, whose bat is spewing runs continuously this season.
- He has scored 349 runs in 6 matches so far and is an orange cap holder.
- Apart from them, Mitchell Marsh and Eden Markram are also in excellent form.
- However, captain Rishabh Pant has been flopped so far, and his return to form is very important for the team.
Ekana Stadium will be painted again with Dhoni’s fans
Like every time, this time too, there will be a huge crowd of fans of Mahendra Singh Dhoni at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
- The ground is going to be filled with yellow jerseys.
- In the previous season, Dhoni hit a brilliant sixes on this ground and won the hearts of the audience.
- Even today, if Dhoni comes to bat, the stadium will resonate with applause.
Chennai’s hopes on Rachin Ravindra and Noor Ahmed
Chennai’s batting and bowling have the most confidence this season:
- Rachin Ravindra of New Zealand has contributed significantly with the bat.
- At the same time, Noor Ahmed of Afghanistan has proved to be the backbone of the team in bowling.
- Both of them will be accountable in today’s match.
Ekana’s pitch is giving big score
This season, the Pitch of the Ekana Stadium is seeing a favorable environment for the batsmen.
- The previous belief was that it is difficult to score runs here,
- But this time big scores are being made, due to which today’s match can also be encouraging and high scoring.
- While LSG is batting on one side, CSK has an army of experienced bowlers.
- PM Modi and CM Mann paid tribute to Dr. BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary
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