Wood finally ends up with figures of 5/14 which is simply extraordinary. DC had bought off to a very good begin on this chase however Wood simply turned the tables on them in two overs. Ravi Bishnoi adopted that up with the large wickets of Rossouw and Powell. Then Wood got here again together with his hearth to take two extra and full his fifer. Some huge hitting and a few fiery tempo has began the season off for LSG.  

A maiden IPL five-wicket haul for Wood on his LSG debut. Sakariya holes out at quick midwicket and that offers Wood his fifth.

Sakariya c Pandya b Wood 4 (4), DC 143/9 off 19.5 overs

Mark Wood has change into a crowd favorite in Lucknow already. He takes some time to mark his run up after which dismisses Axar Patel off the very first ball. 4/10 are is figures for now. Extraordinary from the England World Cup winner. 

Hits a 4 and a six off the third and the fourth balls of the over. DC want 63 to win off 12 balls after that over, in case you’re questioning.

Warner miscues his lofted drive and is caught at lengthy on. That is that for the DC captain and for the match actually. No probability for Delhi to chase this down. The solely factor they’ll do is injury management now. 

Warner c Gowtham b Avesh Khan 56 (48), DC 113/7 in 16 overs

The influence participant Aman Khan high edges his pull and is caught by Nicholas Pooran. Another one bites the mud. Axar Patel is available in subsequent. He has been in sensational kind with the bat however that’s in Test cricket, it is a totally different type of recreation altogether. 

Aman Khan c Pooran b Avesh Khan 4 (5), DC 112/6 in 15.3 overs

It’s all on Warner now. DC want 84 to win within the final six overs, which is a protracted shot if there was any.

That is Warner’s 56th half century within the IPL, which is simply ridiculous. But it has are available 45 balls, which isn’t good in any respect for DC. It is all on him now. 

The match slipping out of DC’s fingers now and this could be a pleasant huge win for LSG to start out their season as effectively. googly from Bishnoi that skids on from exterior off and takes Powell on the pads. Plumb out and that is one other huge blow.

Powell lbw b Ravi Bishnoi 1 (3), DC 96/5 in 14 overs

Big attraction for LBW from Bishnoi however umpire is unmoved. Bishnoi begs for a evaluation and Rahul goes for it. Looks fairly dangerous for the batter because the umpire checks the ultraedge. Rossouw, in truth marches off even earlier than replays began exhibiting and so he’s gone for certain, the third umpire’s name only a formality. Wow, what a blow that is for DC.

Rossouw c Mayers b Ravi Bishnoi 30 (20), DC 86/4 off 12 overs

Unadkat appeared set for a catch off the fifth ball of the tenth, he takes a chest excessive catch, tried flicking the ball up as his momentum took one foot over the boundary however when he caught it, his different foot was touching the rope! DC are 75/3 in 10 overs. 

Warner is on 32 off 30, Rilee Roussouw on the different finish with 5 off six. Roussouw is a harmful participant and so DC nonetheless effectively inside an opportunity of pulling off this chase. Wood is certain to be taken off now. 

Wood bangs it in for the final ball of the seventh at 137kph, Sarfaraz geese and appears to make a final second resolution to strive a ramp. He finally ends up middling it however places it straight down the throat of deep effective leg.

Sarfaraz Khan c Gowtham b Wood 4 (9), DC 48/3 in 7 overs

That over was pure havoc. The hat-trick ball ended up being declared a no-ball after David Warner reviewed a bouncer. Sarfaraz Khan took a swing on the free hit supply and it took an edge and was caught behind. Which means in another universe, Mark Wood has bought a hat-trick. Sarfaraz survives the final two balls and that is the top of that little phenomenon. 

Wow one other 147kph howitzer and Marsh is overwhelmed by the sharp inward motion. The stumps have been smashed up. Wood on a hat-trick, jeepers creepers!

Marsh b Wood 0 (1), DC 41/2 off 4.4 overs

Shaw b Wood 12 (9), DC 41/1 off 4.3 overs

The final supply of the third despatched in at 137kph by Avesh and Warner will get a backside edge on an tried lower that goes straight behind for 4. Some luck for the DC skipper.

Gowtham goes quick on center, Warner pulls fiercely over sq. leg to the rope. DC are 33/0 after 3 overs. 

Back of a size on the hips from Unadkat to Warner for the final ball of the second and that disappears to the deep effective leg boundary. Warner had hit one other off the fourth and Shaw had bought one off the second so costly over for LSG.

Warner will get a boundary off the third ball and so that could be a good tally from the primary over for DC. LSG could have a very good complete on board however the dew issue will make this defence a troublesome nonetheless. 

All proper, Kyle Mayers, who opened the batting brilliantly for LSG, now opens the bowling. Prithvi Shaw is going through up with David Warner on the different finish.

“It was a tricky surface at the start. It kept a bit low and the bounce was variable. But it’s still a good wicket. Our bowlers need to use the wicket, it’s gripping a bit and I think we’ll be in good stead. [On the ball that got him out.] I think that’s the drier end of the pitch. There’s an area on that pitch that’s very dry and the other end is full of grass so I think the spinners need to execute from that end in particular. It’s a new surface. I tried to get information from the guys. It’s tricky trying to get accustomed as fast as possible. [On being dropped on 14] It’s always good to get some luck. Sometimes you play a good shot and a guy takes a blinder. So I’m happy to get an opportunity. I just wanted to do well on my first game and help my team and I did that.”

And the influence participant Gowtham lives as much as his billing! He hits the one ball he faces for a six, 22 runs off the final over for LSG. It goes to be laborious to get a much bigger “Impact Player” second than that this season. Slower ball exterior off, Gowtham smacks it over the bowler’s head. LSG have scored over 190 runs on a pitch that Rovman Powell stated seemed gradual. Yikes!

Krishnappa Gowtham has come on to bat as an influence participant and he’ll face only one ball. LSG taking the definition of influence participant fairly actually. He is available in from Badoni and so some skilfull maneuvering right here from LSG. 

What a blinder this teen has performed at present, he finally ends up edging it to the wicketkeeper.

Badoni c †Khan b Sakariya 18 (7), LSG 187/6 (19.5 Ov)

He smashes the subsequent ball over the bowler’s head as effectively. Sakariya not likely bowling to the sphere and Axar Patel reveals how sad he’s with that supply. 16 runs off the final over to this point and there are nonetheless 2 balls left. 

Sakariya bowling the final over, third supply is distributed flying over the bowler’s head. Two wides have been bowled and two singles in order that’s 10 runs off the primary three balls. 

Ayush Badoni (keep in mind him?) is on strike having scored 5 in three, Krunal is on 14 off 12. DC have introduced on Aman Khan as an influence participant rather than Khaleel Ahmed. Extra batter. 

That is straight at Shaw which is the one purpose he was capable of catch that because it was completely lasered by Pooran. Took lower than a second for that ball to fly from the batter to further cowl. Shaw’s face reveals that the catch was as a lot an effort in self preservation as anything. 

Pooran c Shaw b Ahmed 36 (21), LSG 165/5 in 18.3 overs

And a clear catch past the boundary from the ball individual. Pooran is all class as he powers the firs tball of the nineteenth from Khaleel over the additional cowl rope. 

Pooran on 24 off 14, Krunal on 12 off 10. If this actually is as gradual because it was in that match between India and New Zealand, that is an unmitigated catastrophe for DC. But it won’t be.

The elder Pandya sends Sakariya crusing over long-on off the fifth ball of the seventeenth. He has been standing by all this time however will get one himself ultimately. 

Pooran sends the second ball of the seventeenth into the stands. The ball is retrieved and introduced again for the sport, just for Pooran to ship it to the boundary over sq. leg with disdain. He has raced to 23 off 12.

Let’s perform a little recap right here, the final T20 match to be performed right here was the second T20I between India and New Zealand and the floor was so gradual that the pitch curator ended up getting the sack. New Zealand have been restricted to a rating of 99/8. Easy-peasy, one would suppose, for the hosts to chase that, effectively suppose in a different way. It really seemed just like the Kiwis would possibly really defend the goal if it wasn’t for Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav shutting up store and placing up an unbeaten 31 off 32 balls for the fifth wicket. India chased down the goal of 100 with six wickets and only one ball remaining. Captain Pandya stated after the match that the pitch was a “shocker” and the curator later bought a shocker on the mail saying that he has misplaced his job. The match was known as a thriller by the BCCI’s personal commentators and but, the UPCA thought the curator who made that pitch mustn’t have a job any extra. Quite extraordinary, to place it flippantly.

The fourth and fifth balls of the fifteenth sizzle previous the boundary, one alongside the bottom previous deep backward sq., the subsequent over large long-on.

And it is Marcus Stoinis. Khaleel is celebrating like a person possessed, a variety of reduction there. Although that reduction could also be a bit misplaced contemplating it isn’t Stoinis he had dropped on 14, it was Mayers, who was finally out on 73. Good for wicketkeeper Sarfaraz as effectively, it was a easy edge and caught behind however nonetheless, that can give the make-shift keeper really feel good.  

Stoinis c Khan b Ahmed 12 (10), LSG 117/4 in 14.1 overs

Third ball of the thirteenth, Stoinis comes down the monitor to Kuldeep and clobbers the ball to the sight display. Someone must get a stethoscope and test on that poor previous ball it has been given a hammering at present and there are nonetheless over seven overs to go on this innings. 

Mayers left standing there together with his mouth barely open. It would have taken one thing particular for him to fall and that was particular allright. Axar digs within the third ball of the twelfth over at a very good size exterior off. Mayers appears to chop however the ball absolute careens off the pitch onto off stump. That’s the type of spin Shane Warne used to generate and made batters look foolish. An awesome innings from Mayers ends, made the situations look a lot better for batting than it in all probability is. 

Mayers b Patel 73 (38), LSG 100/3 in 11.3 overs

Hooda c Warner b Kuldeep Yadav 17 (18), LSG 98/2 in 11 overs

Mayers’s seventh six of the innings and this has been completely smashed over further cowl. A lofted cowl drive this was imagined to be however he has lasered it as an alternative. Extraordinary hitting right here. 

This partnership between Kyle Mayers and Deepak Hooda has reached 76 off 37. Mayers goes in any case of them now. 

Axar goes wider subsequent ball, Mayers smashes it over long-off. He has bought to 63 in 33.

Somebody cease me, he’s saying. Well, Khaleel might have achieved that earlier than he was roaring on this method and he dropped that probability. That dropped catch costing DC increasingly right here. Second ball of the tenth, Mayers sends it to the boundary over large midwicket

Mayers was dropped on 14, he has now bought to fifty in 28 balls. Kuldeep goes full exterior leg for the third ball of the ninth, Mayers slog sweeps that over deep backward sq.. What a debut he has had at present for LSG. 

Delhi Capitals have come on subject with slippery cleaning soap water of their fingers. Another horrible misfield from Rovman Powell this time permits LSG to run three off the second final ball. This needs to be  one of many worst fielding performances by any crew within the first 10 overs of an inning a minimum of within the historical past of the IPL itself. 

He has bought a measure of this pitch allright. Powers this one off the backfoot by means of covers off Axar Patel in what’s the first supply of spin on this match. 

Short from Mukesh for the second final ball of the seventh, Mayers wallops it into the second tier with the mightiest of pull pictures. Every certainly one of these will likely be hanging heavy on Khaleel now. 

Length ball on off for the second supply after the powerplay from Mukesh Kumar, Mayers masses up and unleashes a shot over lengthy off. One will get a way that it isn’t DC however the gradual situations Powell spoke about that has pinned down LSG right here and that signifies that Delhi have an actual activity at hand in the intervening time. 

That is extraordinary, Kyle Mayers giving catching observe to Khaleel Ahmed and the latter fails miserably. If he had achieved that in coaching he might need misplaced his place within the crew altogether. Will be laborious to see extra extraordinary drops than this one this season and but, regardless of DC’s completely horrendous fielding, LSG are nonetheless on 28/1 after 5.4 overs! Slow bouncer on off from Sakariya, Mayers waits for it and than tries a lower over quick third man. He as an alternative finally ends up properly lobbing it to the fielder there, who’s Khaleel, the best way the fielding coach would possibly lob balls up within the nets for the fielders to observe. It all occurs in gradual movement, the ball loops up, Khaleel beneath it, and it pops out of his fingers. That is rubbish that helps nobody.

Sakariya lays out the lure and Rahul takes the bait. Slower ball, again of a size on the legs. Rahul flicks it to backward sq. leg the place Axar takes the simple catch.

Rahul c Patel b Sakariya 8 (12), LSG 19/1 in 4 overs

Chetan Sakariya bowling the third and Rahul sends the second ball of the over flying over lengthy on for the primary six of the evening. How LSG want extra of these!

Short and on the pads from Khaleel, Mayers pulls it by means of sq. leg for the primary boundary of the match. 

Back to again misfields off the final two balls of the 2nd over allowed the batters to run two off each. Then they run one off the primary ball of the third as a result of the DC wicketkeeper, whom is Sarfaraz Khan, fumbles the gathering.

A moderately sedate begin to the innings right here. Mukesh Kumar offers away 5 within the second over. Rovman Powell, who’s mic’ed up at present, says that he did not just like the look of this pitch, appeared like one thing that may very well be gradual. The final T20 match to be performed right here was between India and Australia and it was as gradual a T20 recreation because it will get. 

Very tidy first over there from Khaleel Ahmed. Rahul took a single off the primary ball and Mayers was then pinned to the crease by the Indian pacer. 

Right, it is change into a wet mess in Mohali however in Lucknow, the 2 groups are able to go. DC have been out first, which as Sunil Gavaskar says, reveals intent. Khaleel Ahmed opens the bowling for them, KL Rahul going through the primary ball with Kyle Mayers on the different finish. 

KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran(w), Ayush Badoni, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan

David Warner(c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Sarfaraz Khan(w), Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar

“That’s how most IPL teams work. They want to make their home ground their fortress. We’re as clueless as the opposition. We haven’t played here. We’re going in with no expectations. For all you know, it might be a good batting wicket. It’s new (impact player). Still getting used to it. It gives teams a chance to be in the game or come back in the game. It’s fun. Hopefully it’s a good change.”

“Going to have a bowl. For us it’s about trying to assess conditions early and knowing what to chase. It can be quite confusing, maybe stressful at times (impact player). I’m excited to be back. We send our best out to Rishabh.”

DC win the toss and select to subject

Here is Ian Bishop with the pitch report. “65 meters to my left, 62 to my right. And it will need a good thump down the ground at 77 meters. Importantly, the 22-yards is interesting because there’s very little grass at this end. It’s very bare and the ball may grip on this half. As I walk down, you can see the disparity. You get to the middle, you start seeing more grass, and it’s patchy as well. So it’s a pitch with contrasting halves. There’s so much more grass on one side, but it’s patchy grass. So when it hits the bald areas, it could hold. Hoping that the red soil makes the bounce and carry.”

South Africa’s ODI collection towards Netherlands will get over with the final match tomorrow and either side are with out their Proteas stars due to that. LSG are with out Quinton de Kock. DC, then again, haven’t got pacers Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi at present.

Warner was one of many first, and few, overseas gamers to have come to their nationwide selectors’ reckoning by means of the IPL. He made a splash in his early years enjoying for the Delhi Daredevils beneath the captaincy of Virender Sehwag. So good was he that he grew to become the primary Australian in 132 years to make his worldwide debut with out enjoying any first-class cricket. He has since admitted that he adopted the Sehwag playbook, which thus made him one of many first names on the crew sheet for Australia in all codecs, together with Test cricket regardless of his aggressive method to batting. He left the Daredevils and led Sunrisers Hyderabad to the IPL title in 2016. He was completely devastating as SRH captain, by no means scoring lower than 500 runs between 2015 and 2020 but it surely all got here to a moderately unceremonious finish in 2021 when he was stripped of his captaincy and axed from the crew. He returned to Delhi, now known as the Delhi Capitals and is now captain of the facet with Pant sidelined. Talk about full circles. 

Right, the match at present is being hosted by Lucknow on the Ekana Stadium. Teams batting first have gained 5 of the six T20s performed right here. It was within the final match {that a} crew batting second gained and India captain Hardik Pandya had stated that the pitch was a shocker. 

DC coach Ricky Ponting gave his two cents on who he thinks could be the hardest to beat this season. “Obviously, Gujarat (Titans) last year was amazing, a brand new team, and they were able to win the tournament. The other finalist last year, the Rajasthan Royals, have, in my opinion, a really, really good squad. And we said that last year, immediately after the auction, we were pretty impressed with what they were able to do and put a good squad together,” Ponting stated when requested in regards to the favourites for the title this 12 months.

“They’ve only built on that again this year. I think Rajasthan will be there, thereabouts. It’s a hard game to judge, and it’s a hard game to understand who’s going to win. Those who stand up in the moment will generally win more often than not. But if I’m looking at the squads, Rajasthan has got a good squad as anybody,” he added.

This is what one of many best worldwide and IPL captains of all time needed to say in regards to the new rule: “It’s a luxurious to have (Impact Player). It turns into barely simple to take the choice as a result of you should utilize it at any time. Influence of all-rounder has change into barely much less due to the rule.” 

Pant’s tweet brings us properly to the influence participant rule. In the match between PBKS and DC, Rishi Dhawan has been introduced on as an influence participant substitute for Bhanuka Rajapaksa. Yesterday, CSK introduced on Tushar Deshpande as substitute for Ambati Rayudu so it’s fairly clear that the groups batting first are utilizing the rule to carry on an additional bowler. GT confirmed the opposite approach the rule can be utilized, they did not must bat with a batter much less as a result of harm to Kane Williamson. Not that Sai Sudharshan was anticipated to be an equal to the Kiwi nice however the Indian did an excellent job of holding up fort and was essential to GT’s win.

“I am 13th player coz of impact rule otherwise would have been 12th man,” says Rishabh Pant in a reply to a tweet from DC during which they’re asking followers to guess their XI. Oh, how Pant have to be itching to go proper now. 

In T20 cricket, Bishnoi has taken the wicket of Warner 3 times in six balls. So it will likely be an fascinating battle to observe! Bishnoi has additionally eliminated Powell 4 instances in 34 balls.

Last season, LSG had a shaky center order, which proved to be pricey. So for this season, they bought Pooran for ₹16 crores to strengthen their center order. He provides to the wicketkeeping choices too!

The Kings are going through the Knight Riders at present and the previous are batting first. They maintianed a run fee of over 10 for a lot of their innings however they now have two new batters in Sikandar Raza and Sam Curran within the final 5 overs. CSK have been going at a very good click on yesterday earlier than they misplaced momentum ultimately and ended up shedding the match. PBKS are presently occurring an eerily comparable kind. 

“We don’t associate him (Gaikwad) with six hitting but to hit nine sixes in an inning is really amazing. Clean, it looked really clean. It was not like he was going out of shape and trying to muscle it, just pure timing,” stated Kumble.

“Axar will have great knowledge about all the players in the squad. He’ll be in control of relaying information to the bowlers and also help me deal with the language barrier,” he stated. Axar will likely be vice-captain for DC this season. 

Williamson injured his knee whereas pulling off a really extraordinary fielding effort yesterday on the boundary line for Gujarat Titans to cease a six. He needed to be helped off the sphere and is reportedly dominated out of the IPL. While that in itself is unhappy, allow us to hope that he recovers effectively over the course of this event and this doesn’t change into the beginning of one other harm saga for the previous New Zealand captain. Williamson had lately gone on a century-scoring spree, even main the Kiwis to an exhilarating final ball win towards Sri Lanka with an unbeaten ton which confirmed a WTC remaining spot for India. It is in Test cricket that gamers like Williamson change into a real pleasure to observe and let’s hope that this knee subject would not hinder his circulation of runs any extra. 

Ruturaj Gaikwad made the early features this season with a masterful 92 off 50 balls however Shubman Gill, the participant presently in pole place by a good distance for that T20 opening slot alongwith Rohit Sharma, was essential in laying the muse for GT’s succesfull chase yesterday together with his personal quickfire half century. Today, Prithvi Shaw and KL Rahul will try to make their instances heard whereas tomorrow, Ishan Kishan will come into play. Add to it the truth that Virat Kohli can even be opening rather a lot this season for RCB and there have been calls to make Rishabh Pant play in that slot every time he is ready to make a comeback and effectively, one will get the sensation that being a selector is a moderately unenviable job in the intervening time. 

Back in 2018, all of the hype was round captain and boy surprise Prithvi Shaw as India went to the U19 World Cup. They gained the trophy however the star of the event was a Punjab participant named Shubman Gill who was additionally seen as somebody with a variety of potential however did not fairly have the hype that Shaw had. Shaw marked his worldwide debut with a Test century and each gamers made their ODI debuts in the identical collection. Two years later, Gill has all however established himself as India’s premier opener in all codecs with Rohit Sharma by scoring centuries in Tests, ODIs and T20Is this 12 months alone whereas Shaw appears to have fallen out of reckoning after a string of moderately dismal performances whereas he performed for India and for DC within the IPL. His off-field troubles did no favours both, However, Shaw has plundered runs in all codecs in home cricket over the past 12 months, can he do the identical within the IPL this season and put his title again up there?

LSG head coach Andy Flower was bullish about his captain. “He (Rahul) is a great batsman, motivator and inspiration for the entire team. He did wonders with the willow last season, helping the side win as many as seven matches in the league phase before losing in the Eliminator. The chemistry between Rahul and me is wonderful, and I am sure he will again lead from the front and let his bat do the talking.”

What occurred to Shikhar Dhawan because the pandemic would possibly as effectively be taking place to KL Rahul proper now, albeit whereas he’s about 5 years youthful than the previous was. Rahul’s method of strike charges being overrated has resulted in his standing as India’s T20I opener coming beneath all types of questions with multitudes of potential big-hitters difficult for that opening spot. He has virtually misplaced his Test vice-captaincy and spot altogether as a consequence of his completely horrible current kind. And but, he has confirmed again and again in current performances that he’s invaluable within the center order for India in ODIs. The IPL will not be a 50-over event although, and Rahul’s kind will definitely be beneath the scanner.  

DC put all their wicketkeeping eggs in a single basket and that basket was captain Rishabh Pant. Now it’s virtually unattainable for anyone to be enjoying as a wicketkeeper forward of Pant, until the participant is MS Dhoni which was the case in Pant’s early video games with the Indian crew. But DC might have achieved higher than having gamers who’ve hardly stored wickets of their lives as backup. Now they’ve roped in Abhishek Porel, a largely unheralded title who had moderately dismal returns with the bat in final 12 months’s SMAT. Sarfaraz Khan is the opposite choice they’ve however he’s a type of who’ve by no means actually stored wickets on a long run. It is probably going that DC are going to have issues on this place. We may very well be unsuitable, after all, and Porel would possibly become the discover of the season, however let’s have a look at. 

David Warner(c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Philip Salt(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Manish Pandey, Praveen Dubey, Mukesh Kumar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lalit Yadav, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Abishek Porel

KL Rahul(w/c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Prerak Mankad, Jaydev Unadkat, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Amit Mishra, Manan Vohra

LSG will likely be with out De Kock, who will be part of the sq. on April 3, after South Africa’s ODI collection vs Netherlands. Meanwhile, DC’s South African gamers, Nortje and Ngidi, will miss the match too. Meanwhile, Mustafizur revealed on Twitter that he’ll be part of DC on Saturday.

Since 2021, Rahul powerplay strike fee in IPL is barely 109.73. His innings picks up because it progresses, scoring at 149.09 within the center section and 207.14 on the loss of life. In the identical time interval, he additionally hasn’t fared effectively vs left-arm finger spinners, with a strike fee of 111.46. Although he has a wholesome common of 35.00.

The climate in Lucknow is predicted to be perfect for the match, with none probability of rain, which is sweet information for followers!

The Lucknow pitch has held six T20Is, and the groups batting first have gained 5 instances. Teams additionally wrestle to submit huge totals right here. So it’ll be laborious for the batters!

Both sides confronted one another twice final season with LSG successful each fixtures and subsequently have a 2-0 head-to-head file vs DC. Their final encounter led to a six-wicket win for LSG!

LSG: KL Rahul(w/c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Prerak Mankad, Jaydev Unadkat, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Amit Mishra, Manan Vohra

DC: David Warner(c), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Philip Salt(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Aman Hakim Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Manish Pandey, Praveen Dubey, Mukesh Kumar, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lalit Yadav, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, Abishek Porel

Hello and good afternoon everybody! Welcome to our stay protection of at present’s second IPL 2023 match between LSG and DC, straight from Lucknow. Stay tuned of us for some thrilling cricket!