Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Gujarat Titans (GT) will meet at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Titans are comfortably topping the points table and Super Giants are placed just next to them.
It will be brother vs brother on Sunday noon. Hardik vs Krunal, the Pandya brothers, will lead their respective teams. Gujarat qualifying chances are quite high after their win against RR and they have 14 points in 10 matches. LSG have 11 points in 10 matches.
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Shubman Gill always provides the runs for the team. He is performing constantly. He made 375 runs in 10 matches. Wriddhiman Saha also shows his batting strength against RR. It somehow provides a little bit of relief to the team as both of their openers show some good knocks. Since KL Rahul is out of the tournament since he has to go for his thigh surgery, Manan Vohra came to the team but he got out early scoring only 10 runs against CSK. Kyle Mayers is looking a little out of touch in his last two matches but still he is the leading run getter for his team and scored 311 runs in 10 matches.
Krunal Pandya who already led Baroda in the domestic circuit was given captainship in place of KL Rahul. He is coming in the middle order but scoring runs looks dry. He needs to put more effort in his batting. Marcus Stoinis also needs to be more consistent in his batting. In the last two matches it looks like the shot which he got out doesn’t need to be hit at that point of time. Hardik Pandya improves his batting pretty much which can be easily seen in his last two matches. Against RR he just started hitting the ball from the very first ball. Vijay Shankar also looks in good touch in his last few matches.
David Miller the killer always showing destruction towards the end of the innings. But sometimes he misfires and gets out early. Abhinav Manohar also shows his rocket fire hitting in the death overs which eventually boost up the score. Rahul Tewatia also fires towards the end of the innings. Pooran is seen missing the balls, placing them out of the ground. LSG is missing his powerful hitting towards the death overs. Ayush Badoni now has been given the role of finisher and he proved himself by scoring 59 runs against CSK in just 33 balls.
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LSG’s bowling attack needs to be more consistent. Their bowlers are not performing constantly due to which LSG is also facing hard to defend high scores. Ravi Bishnoi and Amit Mishra the spin are mostly economical but sometimes they were expensive in their spells. They are also not consistent with their wicket taking ability. Naveen-ul-Haq provided some quick wickets early on but still he needs to be accurate with his lines. Krunal and Stoinis sometimes provide good bowling spells.
GT is looking very dangerous in terms of their bowling lineup. Mohd Shami and Rashid Khan both are placed 1st and 2nd in the purple cap list respectively. They both grabbed 18 wickets in the tournament till now. Noor Ahmed’s introduction to the team makes the spin department more strong. He is continuously taking wickets in the middle overs. Joshua Little and Mohit Sharma are also looking great in bowling. They also sometimes provide some great bowling spells.
Against each other (GT vs LSG):
Matches- 3
| GT | LSG | |
| WON | 3 | 0 |
| HIGHEST SCORE | 161 | 158 |
| LOWEST SCORE | 135 | 82 |
Pitch Overview:
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad will witness the match against GT vs LSG. This ground is helpful for both the pacers and spinners. But as previously this ground a;lso witnessed some hard hitting as the match progressed. Therefore high runs are expected on Sunday noon.
Expected playing 11 for GT:
Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya ©, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rashid Khan, Mohd Shami, Noor Ahmed, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.
Expected playing 11 for LSG:
Manan Vohra, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya ©, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan.
Predicted best 11 for the match:
Nicholas Pooran, Shubamn Gill, David Miller, Marcus Stoinis, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Amit Mishra, Mohd Shami, Rashid Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.