LSG vs GT IPL 2023: Playing 11,Dream11 Prediction,Pitch Report,Top Picks
LSG vs GT IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans have beaten Lucknow Super Giants twice last season.
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On Saturday (April 22) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, the 30th match of the IPL 2023 will be played between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Gujarat Titans (GT). Last season, both teams debuted and faced each other twice. The Titans won both of these contests against the Super Giants.
The Super Giants are currently in second place in the points table, having won four of their six contests so far this season. They defeated the Rajasthan Royals by ten runs in their previous match. While batting first, the Super Giants scored 154 runs while losing seven wickets in 20 overs. Kyle Mayers once again excelled with the bat for the Super Giants, scoring his third fifty of the season. In four overs, Avesh Khan claimed three wickets for 25 runs, while Marcus Stoinis took two for 28 runs. The Royals scored 144 runs and fell 10 runs short of the target. It was the Super Giants' first IPL victory over the Royals.
The Titans have won three of their last five games this season and are ranked fourth in the standings. In their previous contest against the Royals, they failed to cross the finish line. The Titans scored 177 runs with seven wickets lost in 20 overs while batting first on the strength of a competent middle order performance. The Royals' 26 powerplay runs tallied this season are their lowest total. Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer's respective half-centuries stabilized the innings. Hetmyer scored 56 runs off of 26 deliveries and was named the game's MVP.
LSG VS GT IPL 2023: Pitch report
This season, the wicket at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow has favored bowlers. In the first innings of the last five T20 matches played at this venue, the average score was 126 runs. It will probably be a competitive race.
LSG VS GT IPL 2023: Top picks
Shubman Gill: He has scored the most runs for the Titans this season. Two half-centuries are among the 228 runs scored by Gill in five outings at an average of 45.6 and a strike rate of 139.87.
Hardik Pandya: Hardik Pandya took his first wicket of the season in his last encounter against the Rajasthan Royals. In four overs, he scored 28 runs off of 19 balls and took one wicket for 24 runs.
KL Rahul: He has scored 194 runs in six games at an average of 32.33 and a strike rate of 114.79 with a batting average of 32.33. In 115 IPL matches, he has scored over 4000 runs with an average of 46.93 and a strike rate of 135.02.
Rashid Khan: He is the Titans' leading wicket-taker with 11 scalps in five matches at an average of 15.09, an economy of 8.3, and a strike rate of 10.9.
Mohammed Shami: In five matches, he has taken ten wickets with an average of 16.7, an economy of 8.35, and a strike rate of 12. He has been in excellent form over the past few seasons, has taken 88 wickets since the beginning of 2019, and ranks third among all wicket-takers.
LSG vs GT IPL 2023: PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul(C), MP Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, KH Pandya, A Badoni, Nicholas Pooran(wk), Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Singh
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill, HH Pandya(C), Sai Sudharsan, A Manohar, DA Miller, R Tewatia, Wriddhiman Saha(wk), Rashid Khan, M Shami, Alzarri Joseph, MM Sharma
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