In IPL, 41 matches have been played in the cricket series since yesterday. The Mayank Agarwal led Punjab Kings will take on K.L.Rahul led Lucknow Super Giants in the 42nd league match tonight at 7.30 pm at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Ground in Pune.
Debut team Lucknow is in 4th place with 10 points with 5 wins and 3 defeats in the points table. Punjab are in 7th position with 8 points with 4 wins and 4 defeats. Only teams that finish in the top 4 at the end of the league will qualify for the playoffs. Lucknow’s fourth place in that category is bright. However, RCB team also fighting for the fourth place, it will be safe for the Lucknow team to win today’s match. Maybe if Punjab wins in this match the team will move up to 6th position in the points table.
Lucknow captain K.L. Rahul, Quinton de kock, Deepak Hooda and Marcus Stoinis are in good form. In Punjab team Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa are well in batting side. Captain Mayank Agarwal needs to show consistent play. It is difficult to predict who will win, as both the teams wrestle with equal strength overall.
LSG : K.L. Rahul (captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.
PBKS : Mayank Agarwal(captain), Arshdeep Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Porel, Liam Livingstone, Odean Smith, Sandeep Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Vaibhav Arora, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Benny Howell
