The new era of the Indian T20 League with 10 teams fighting for the top 4 spots has made it an open fight altogether, with the two giants of this league Mumbai and Chennai starting on the back foot. It is now time for game number 15 which sees content between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC).
Both teams are captained by two young Indian leaders who are expected to become future national team captains. LSG is in fourth place after winning two of their three matches in the tournament. In the previous match, they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by a narrow score of 12 runs.
The Delhi Capitals began their season with a victory over the Mumbai Indians, winning by four wickets after chasing 178 runs in 18.2 overs. In the second encounter, DC fell 14 runs short of the objective against Gujarat Titans.
LSG vs DC – Match Details
Match #15
Venue: Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Date & Time: 7th April at 7:30 PM IST and Local Time
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar
Pitch Report
The pitch is likely to have some grass coverage, which could aid the pacers during the early overs. Teams have piled up a large total on this ground in three of the four matches played here.
As a result, batters may find it simple to score runs here. The team that wins the toss will most likely bowl. However, it is all even as out of the 4 matches played on this track so far 2 are won by the side batting first and 2 by the chasers.
Top Performer
Lucknow Super Giants
When his team was suffering at 27 for 3, KL Rahul produced a captain’s knock against PBKS, scoring 68 runs off 50 balls. The right-hander took his time assessing the situation at the start but made up for it with lusty punches at the conclusion. He’ll continue to work on improving his strike rate so that his team can post even higher totals, especially when batting first.
Delhi Capitals
Mustafizur Rahman made his debut for DC in the last game against GT. He went on to pick 3 wickets & gave away only 23 runs in 4 overs. Thus, he will be once again ready to haunt the batsman in the powerplay.
Predicted XI
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.
