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The double header (two matches a day) will be played in the Indian Premier League today. In the second match of the day, Punjab Kings will face Lucknow Super Giants. The match will be played at Punjab’s second home ground Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium from 7:30 pm. There is 75% fears of rain in Dharamshala today. Both teams will face each other for the second time this season. In the last match, Punjab defeated Lucknow by 8 wickets in his house.
Punjab Kings have 13 points by winning 6 out of 10 matches and the points are in a strong position in the table. A team match was canceled due to rain against Kolkata. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants have so far scored 10 points with 5 wins and 5 defeats in 10 matches. This match will be very important for Lucknow as his playoff hopes may be shocked if lost.
At the same time, the first match of the day will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. The match will begin at 3:30 pm at KKR’s Home Ground Eden Gardens.
Preview of second match
Match details, 54th match KKR VS RR Date- 4 May Stadium- Ground Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM
Lucknow ahead in head to head
So far 5 matches have been played in the IPL between Lucknow Super Giants and Punjab Kings. Lucknow in 3 and Punjab in 2 won. Both of these matches have been won by Punjab on the home ground in Lucknow. Both teams will be face to face for the first time in Dharamshala.
Punjab’s top order is performing brilliantly
Punjab’s batting is quite strong this season. Especially the team’s top order is performing brilliantly. It includes Priyansh Arya, Prabhasimran Singh and captain Shreyas Iyer. Shreyas is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 360 runs in 10 matches. Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is the top wicket with 13 wickets. He took a hat -trick against Chennai in the last match.
Puran scored more runs for LSG
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow has scored the most runs for the team. He has scored 10 matches 400 plus runs. At number two is Mitchell Marsh. Marsh has scored 378 runs in 9 matches. Right Arm Medium Pesar Shardul Thakur has taken the most wickets for the team. Shardul has taken 12 wickets in 9 matches played so far.
Pitch report Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium is the second home ground in Punjab. The first match will be played here this season. A total of 13 IPL matches have been played here so far. The team that batting first in 8 and chase in 5 won. The highest team score here is 241/7, which was made by Royal Challengers Bangalore against Punjab last year.
Weather condition There is 75% fears of rain on Sunday in Dharamshala. There may be drizzle in the afternoon. Today the temperature here will be between 16 and 23 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will run at a speed of 11 km per hour.
Possible playing-12 Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Marco Jansan, Suryansh Shedge, Ajmatullah Omrajai, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Barar, Prabhasimran Singh.
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Mitchell Marsh, Adon Markram, Nicholas Puran, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Ayush Badoni.