KL Rahul | Source: X.com
The 34th Match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will witness hosts Lucknow Super Giants against Chennai Super Kings. The match is scheduled for 19th April at Ekana Sports City in Lucknow.
Talking about the hosts, In the last game, skipper KL Rahul (39 off 27) played an excellent innings with a higher strike rate but was unable to turn a solid start into a big one. In the end, Nicholas Pooran 45(32) played a wonderful concluding innings to assist Super Giants to a respectable score of 161.
However, the Lucknow Super Giants did not receive support from other batters. Rahul & Co. will hope all these continue their good form and also good support from other batters and bowlers as well is needed to get them further.
While Chennai Super Kings had a dream game in Mumbai in their last outing with dhoni finishing the game eventually turning out as the difference between the winning team and losing team. Chennai Super Kings have played 6 games this season so far, and have managed to win 4 of them. They currently stand 3rd on the points table, with 8 points to their tally
In their last match against Gujarat Titans (GT), pacer Yash Thakur took 5 wickets for LSG winning them the game convincingly. Mayank Yadav considered India’s fastest bowler at present, took 3 wickets in their win against Punjab Kings (PBKS). Batters from both sides had a good time with the bat as well on this surface
Chennai will be led by Ruturaj Gaikwad while LSG will be led by KL Rahul.
So far in this competition, these two teams have faced three times, with each winning one game, and one match ending in a tie. Both sides appear to be in strong form, and an exciting game is expected between them.
Ekana Stadium Analysis
Ekana Cricket Stadium has a balanced pitch. It has hosted three IPL 2024 games so far. LSG won the toss all three times and chose to bat first. They won the first two matches but lost the third to the Delhi Capitals (DC). Spinners and Bowlers with good variations are successful here.
LSG vs CSK: Top Three Players You Can pick in your fantasy Team
KL Rahul
KL Rahul has consistently scored runs in this season but has not been able to convert it into a big inning. He has scored 204 runs in 6 matches with just one fifty to his name.
He would be looking to make it big at Ekana.
Ravindra Jadeja
The pitches that are slow and sluggish assist Jadeja a lot and at Ekana he will feel like home. Ravindra Jadeja has taken 4 wickets in 6 games and would like to turn up better in the game. He was the game-changer against KKR taking three wickets.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Ruturaj Gaikwad | Source: X.com
Ruturaj Gaikwad has shown his flare and batting prowess in the last game against Mumbai and with him finally getting his momentum back he would be eyeing to make it a consistent run. Ruturaj has scored 224 runs in 6 matches.
KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja are good choices for captaincy and vice -captaincy seeing the assist from the pitch.
LSG vs CSK Differential Picks
Rachin Ravindra (CSK)
Ravi Bishnoi (LSG)
Yash Thakur (LSG)