MATCH NO – 54th MATCH
SERIES – Indian Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 05th May, 2024
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – BRSAVB EKANA Stadium, Lucknow
INTRODUCTION
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India, contested during the months of March and May every year. It was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007 and is considered one of the most prestigious and popular cricket leagues in the world.
The IPL features franchise teams representing different cities and regions of India. Each team is composed of a mix of domestic and international cricketers, and they compete in a round-robin group stage followed by knockout playoffs to determine the champion. The league has seen significant growth in terms of viewership, sponsorship, and revenue since its inception.
Apart from its cricketing significance, the IPL has also become a cultural phenomenon, attracting celebrities, business tycoons, and fans from all walks of life. It has revolutionised the sport by introducing innovative concepts like player auctions, strategic timeouts, and cheerleaders, which have added to its entertainment value.
However, the IPL has also faced controversies over the years, including allegations of match-fixing, corruption, and conflicts of interest. Despite these challenges, the league continues to thrive and remains a major event in the global cricket calendar, showcasing top talent and providing a platform for emerging players to shine.
Indian Premier League 2024 has started from 22nd March.54th match of Indian Premier League will be played between one of the most popular teams of IPL and 2 times IPL trophy winner Kolkata knight Riders & One of the most popular teams Lucknow SuperGiants.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 54th match played between Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this Season Lucknow SuperGiants have won 6 matches and lost 4 out of 10 matches and third position in the points table.Whereas Kolkata Knight Riders have won 6 matches and lost 3 out of 9 matches and second position in the Point table.
Last time when both teams Lucknow SuperGiants and Kolkata Knight Riders played between each other, Lucknow SuperGiants scored 161 runs and Kolkata Knight Riders chased the total in just 15 overs and won the match by 8 wickets.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Lucknow SuperGiants and Kolkata Knight Riders.
PITCH REPORT
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, also known as Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium located in Lucknow, India. It was built in 2017 and has a seating capacity of around 50,000 spectators. The stadium has hosted various domestic and international cricket matches, including Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, since its inauguration. It is one of the modern cricket venues in India and has been named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India.
Here’s a typical pitch report for Ekana Stadium:
- 1. Bounce and Carry: The pitches at Ekana Stadium often offer good bounce and carry for the bowlers, which makes it conducive to fast bowling. Seamers can extract movement off the surface, especially in the early stages of the match.
- 2. Batting-Friendly: Despite offering assistance to bowlers, the pitches in Bangalore are generally batting-friendly. Batsmen can play their shots freely and score runs quickly due to the true bounce and even pace of the wicket.
- 3. Big Boundaries: One notable characteristic of Ekana Stadium is its relatively big boundaries, especially square of the wicket. This makes it tough for batsmen to clear the ropes and score boundaries, leading to high-scoring contests.
- 4. Spinners’ Role: While seamers may enjoy some assistance, spinners also have a role to play, particularly as the match progresses. The pitch tends to slow down as the game goes on, allowing spinners to vary their pace and extract turns.
- 5. Weather Conditions: Weather conditions in lucknow, such as humidity, can also influence the behaviour of the pitch. Generally, matches played under clear skies and dry conditions tend to favor batsmen more, while overcast conditions might assist the seam bowlers.
Overall, M. Stadium is known for producing entertaining and average-scoring matches, with something in it for both batsmen and bowlers. It’s a venue where fans can expect exciting cricketing action, particularly in limited-overs formats like T20 and One-Day Internationals.
GROUND STATS (IPL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 12 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 150+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 06 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 06 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 04 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 03 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 02 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 03 |
BOWLERS STATS ON EKANA STADIUM (IPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 12
PACER WICKETS – 95
SPINNER WICKETS – 58.
LSG TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
KEY POINTS .
- In this SeasonLucknow SuperGiants team played superbly and won 6 matches and lost 4 out of 10 matches and third position in point table.
- Last match played between Lucknow SuperGiants and Kolkata Knight Riders, Lucknow team failed to defend the total of 162 and lost the match by 8 wickets.
- Quinton de Kock has scored 236 runs in 9 innings with the help of 2 half centuries in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Nicholas Pooran has scored 303 runs in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- KL Rahul has scored 406 runs in 10 innings with 40s+average in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Marcus Stoinis has scored 316 runs in 10 innings with the help of 1 century in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Mayank Yadav has taken 7 wickets in 4 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Krunal Pandya has taken 5 wickets in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League
- In the last match against Mumbai Indians, Lucknow team successfully chased a low total of 145 and won the match by 4 wickets.
- KL Rahul scored 28 runs, Pooran scored 14 runs and Marcus Stoinis scored 62 runs in the previous match against Mumbai Indians.
- Mohsin Khan took 2 wickets, Marcus Stoinis, Naveen ul Haq & Ravi Bishnoi took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Mumbai Indians.
- Both teams played 4 matches and Lucknow SuperGiants team won 3 matches and lost 1 match against Kolkata Knight Riders.
SQUADS
Batting – KL Rahul © (wk), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Preak Mankad, Devdutt Padikkal.
Bowling – ManiMaran Siddharth, Yudhvir SIngh Charak, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Naveen ul Haq, Yash Thakur, Shamar Joseph, Amit Mishra, Arshad khan, Mohsin Khan.
All Rounder – Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoiis, Krunal Pandya, Arshin Kulkarni, Deepak Hooda, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Shivam Mavi, David Willey, Krishnappa Gowtham.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
KL Rahul © (wk), Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hoodal, Ayush Badhoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Naveen ul Haq.
Substitutes -: Yash Thakur, Manimaran Siddharath, Amit Mishra, Preak Mankad, K. Gowtham.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| KL Rahul | 28r, 76r, 16r, 83r, 39r. |
| Quinton de Kock | 8r, 0r, 54r, 10r, 19r. |
| Marcus Stoinis | 62+1W, 0+1W, 124+0W, 8r, 10r. |
| Deepak Hooda | 18r, 50r, 17r, 8r, 10r. |
| Nicholas Pooran | 14r, 11r, 34r, 23r, 45r. |
| Ashton Turner | 1r, 19r, 2r, 0r, 25r. |
| Ayush Badoni | 6r, 18r, 29r, 50r, 20r. |
| Krunal Pandya | 1r, 15+0W, 0W, 2W, 7+0W. |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 1W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
| Mohsin Khan | 2W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
| Mayank Yadav | 1W, 0W, 3W, 3W, 5W. |
| Naveen ul Haq | 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON EKANA STADIUM (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| KL Rahul | 11 INNINGS – 458 RUNS. |
| Quinton de Kock | 6 INNINGS – 157 RUNS. |
| Marcus Stoinis | 13 INNINGS – 300 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Deepak Hooda | 9 INNINGS – 112 RUNS. |
| Nicholas Pooran | 13 INNINGS – 207 RUNS. |
| Ashton Turner | 1 INNING – 5 RUNS. |
| Ayush Badoni | 10 INNINGS – 201 RUNS. |
| Krunal Pandya | 12 INNINGS – 217 RUNS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 12 INNINGS – 14 WICKETS. |
| Mohsin Khan | 5 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Mayank Yadav | 3 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Naveen ul Haq | 7 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS KKR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS KKR |
| KL Rahul | 39r, 68r, 67r, 19r, 28r. |
| Quinton de Kock | 10r, 28r, 140r, 50r, 55r. |
| Marcus Stoinis | 10r, 0r, 28+3W, 18r, 6+1W. |
| Deepak Hooda | 8r, 41r, 3r, 1+1W, 19r. |
| Nicholas Pooran | 45r, 58r, 25r, 12r. |
| Ashton Turner | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ayush Badoni | 29r, 25r, 15r. |
| Krunal Pandya | 7+0W, 9+1W, 12+0W, 15+1W, 0W. |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 0W, 2W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
| Mohsin Khan | 2W, 0W, 3W, 1W. |
| Mayank Yadav | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Naveen ul Haq | 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS KKR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS KKR |
| KL Rahul | 13 INNINGS – 490 RUNS. |
| Quinton de Kock | 15 INNINGS – 455 RUNS. |
| Marcus Stoinis | 11 INNINGS – 123 RUNS – 8 WICKETS. |
| Deepak Hooda | 10 INNINGS – 119 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Nicholas Pooran | 9 INNINGS – 207 RUNS. |
| Ashton Turner | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ayush Badoni | 3 INNINGS – 69 RUNS. |
| Krunal Pandya | 14 INNINGS – 177 RUNS – 8 WICKETS. |
| Ravi Bishnoi | 8 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
| Mohsin Khan | 4 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Mayank Yadav | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Naveen ul Haq | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
KKR TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
KEY POINTS
- Kolkata Knight Riders team performed well in this season and won 7 matches and lost 3 out of 10 matches and second position in the points table.
- Last match played between Kolkata Knight Riders & Lucknow SuperGiants, Kolkata Knight Riders successfully chased a total of 162 runs and won the match by 8 wickets in 15 overs.
- Philip Salt has scored 397 runs in 10 innings with a 43+ average in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Andre Russell has scored 186 runs and also taken 11 wickets in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Sunil Narine has scored 380 runs with a help of 1 century & 2 half centuries and also taken 13 wickets in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Harshit Rana has taken 11 wickets in 8 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Mitchell Starc has taken 11 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Varun Chakravarthy has taken 13 wickets in 10 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Mitchell Starc has taken 8 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- In the last match Kolkata Knight Rider team successfully defended the total of 170 runs and won the match by 24 runs against Mumbai Indians.
- Venkatesh Iyer Scored 70 runs and Manish Pandey scored 26 runs in the previous match against Delhi Capitals.
- Mitchell Starc took 4 wickets, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell & Narine took 2-2 wickets each in the previous match against Mumbai Indians.
- Both teams played 4 matches and Kolkata Knight Riders team won only 01 match and lost 03 matches against Lucknow SuperGiants.
SQUADS
Batting – Philip Slat (wk), Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer ©, Nitish Rana, Sakib Hussain, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Srikar Bharat (wk).
Bowling – Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Chetan Sakaraia, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera.
All Rounder – Sherfane Rutherford, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Angkridh Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer ©, Manish Pandey, Ramndeep Singh, Rinku SIngh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Substitutes – : Suyash Sharma, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Philip Salt | 5r, 68r, 75r, 48r, 10r. |
| Sunil Narine | 8+2W, 15+1W, 71+1W, 10+2W, 109+2W. |
| Manish Pandey | 42r, 15r, 1r, 148r, 14r. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 70r, 26r, 39r, 16r, 8r. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 6r, 33r, 28r, 50r, 11r. |
| Ramandeep Singh | 2r, 6r, 24r, 1r, 13r. |
| Rinku Singh | 9r, 11r, 5r, 24r, 20r. |
| Andre Rsusell | 7+2W, 0W, 24+0W, 27+3W, 13+0W. |
| Mitchell Starc | 4W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 3W. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 0W, 2W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 2W, 3W, 0W, 1W, 2W. |
| Harshit Rana | 2W, 0W, 2W, 2W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON EKANA STADIUM (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Philip Salt | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Sunil Narine | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Manish Pandey | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Shreyas Iyer | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ramandeep Singh | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rinku Singh | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Andre Rsusell | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Mitchell Starc | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Vaibhav Arora | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Harshit Rana | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS LSG (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS LSG |
| Philip Salt | 89r. |
| Sunil Narine | 6+1W, 2W, 21+0W, 22+1W. |
| Manish Pandey | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 24r, 0r. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 38r, 50r, 6r. |
| Ramandeep Singh | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rinku Singh | 67r, 40r, 6r. |
| Andre Rsusell | 1W, 7+0W, 5+0W, 45+2W. |
| Mitchell Starc | 3W. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 1W, 2W. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Harshit Rana | 0W, 1W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS KKR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS KKR |
| Philip Salt | 1 INNING – 89 RUNS. |
| Sunil Narine | 4 INNINGS – 50 RUNS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Manish Pandey | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Venkatesh Iyer | 2 INNINGS – 24 RUNS. |
| Shreyas Iyer | 3 INNINGS – 94 RUNS. |
| Ramandeep Singh | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Rinku Singh | 3 INNINGS – 113 RUNS. |
| Andre Rsusell | 4 INNINGS – 57 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Mitchell Starc | 1 INNING – 3 WICKETS. |
| Vaibhav Arora | 2 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Varun Chakravarthy | 3 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Harshit Rana | 3 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 04
- KKR WIN – 01
- LSG WIN – 03
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – L Rahul, N. Pooran, P. Salt.
BATSMEN – S. Iyer, V. Iyer.
ALL-ROUNDERS – M. Stoinis, S. Narine, A. Russell.
BOWLERS – M. Starc. V. Chakravarthy, M. Khan.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – L. Rahul, N. Pooran, Q de Kock, P. Salt.
BATSMEN – S. Iyer.
ALL-ROUNDERS – M. Stoinis, S. Narine, M. Stoinis.
BOWLERS – V. Chakravarthy, M. Yadav, H. Rana.
BACK-UPS – D. Hooda, N. ul Haq, V. Arora.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – S. NarineL Rahul.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – M. Stoinis, A. Russell.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.