LSG Vs CSK: The stage is set for another juicy match in IPL Season 17. Chennai and Lucknow team will face each other at Lucknow venue on Friday. The Chennai team is currently on the third position in the points table. The Lucknow team continues at the fifth position. Recently Chennai won the match against Mumbai team by 20 runs. Consolidating its third position in the points table. And the Lucknow team suffered a terrible defeat in the match against Kolkata with a difference of 8 wickets. So far, the Lucknow team has played six matches, three defeats and three wins. In this context, victory for the Lucknow team is now imperative. In this background, the Lucknow team has high hopes for the match to be held at their home ground on Friday. On the other hand, Chennai team hopes to win this match and move to the second position in the points table. If we look at the strengths of these two teams in this order..
Lucknow
The Lucknow team has suffered defeats in recent matches. In the match against the Delhi team, they lost by six wickets. They lost the match against Kolkata by 8 wickets. As a result, it fell to the fifth position in the points table. In the last two matches, the performance of that team's players has been very poor. Especially in the match against Kolkata, only KL Rahul and Pooran excelled. The likes of Philip Salt, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Arshad Khan failed. If Rahul and Pooran did not play, the Lucknow team would have registered a lower score in that match.
If batting is like this, bowling is very poor. Lucknow bowlers bowled badly in the match against Kolkata. All failed except Mosin Khan. Samar Joseph, Krunal Pandya, Yash Thakur, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi are not bowling up to their standards. In this background, the success of the Lucknow team depends on their bowling performance in the match against the Chennai team on Friday.
When it comes to batting, only KL Rahul and Nicholas Pooran are excelling. The likes of Devdutt Padikkal, Quinton de Kock, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis have to show their strength.
Chennai team
Chennai team's performance in this season is going as expected. With successive defeats against Hyderabad and Delhi teams, the players of that team suddenly changed their playing style. They won by 7 wickets against the strong Kolkata Knight Riders and 20 runs against the Mumbai Indians team. With this, the team continues to be at the third position in the points table. However, the Chennai team will want to win the match against the Lucknow team on Friday and enter the second position.
Only Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dubey and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are excelling in the Chennai team. Occasionally Ravindra Jadeja, Rachin Ravindra are shining.. Opener Ajinkya Rahane has not got his form yet. The team is worried about his performance. Rachin Ravindra's inconsistency is troubling the team. Darrie Mitchell should also get in touch.
Matisha Pathirana is creating new records in bowling. He played a key role in the team's victory by picking up four wickets in a recent match against the Mumbai team. Although Tushar Desh Pandey and Mustafizur Rahman are bowling better, they are not able to pick up crucial wickets. Ravindra Jadeja is not able to bowl according to his standard. Moreover he is giving runs liberally. Shardul Thakur is also unable to find his rhythm. The Chennai team is hoping that these three will come into touch.
These two teams have met three times so far. Chero won the match. One match was not held due to inclement weather.
So far nine matches have been played at the Lucknow ground. The team that batted first won six times. The chasing team won three times. Average score in power play is 47 runs. There is a chance of scoring 42 runs in the death overs. The highest score ever recorded on this ground is 199 runs. If the ground first favors the pace bowlers, then it becomes favorable for the spin bowlers. According to Google prediction, Chennai team has 58 percent chance of winning and Lucknow team has 42 percent chance of winning.
Prediction of the teams is as follows..
Lucknow
KL Rahul (captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Turner, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Quinton de Kock, Yash Thakur, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis.
Chennai
Rutu Raj Gaikwad (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Rachin Ravindra, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Matisha Pathirana, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Tusshar Desh Pandey.
