IPL 2023 Predictions: GT vs LSG

Lucknow Super Giants will face Gujarat Titans in the 30th game of the Indian Premier League 2023 on Saturday (April 22) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Both teams made their debut last season and faced each other twice.

The Titans defeated the Super Giants in both of these games.

Lucknow Super Giants are currently enjoying a successful tournament, having won four out of the six matches.

In their most recent game, they outperformed the table-topping Rajasthan Royals by a margin of 10 runs.

The KL Rahul-led Super Giants are currently placed second in the table with eight points and a net run rate of +0.709.

By winning three matches out of five, the Gujarat Titans are also in the reckoning.

However, their momentum was disrupted in the last match, where they lost to the Rajasthan Royals by three wickets.

The surface at Ekana stadium has proven to be on the slower side, with spin bowlers having a significant advantage in previous matches.

There will also be some assistance for the fast bowlers in the initial overs, which could prove crucial. Therefore, the team that wins the toss should look to batting first.

The Weather in Lucknow will be hot as well as sweaty.

The temperature is about 36 degrees Celsius, and the wind speed is normal, about 12 km/h, which is ideal for a cricket match.

This ground has hosted nine matches, with the team batting first winning five of them and the team bowling first taking home four of them.

This pitch has an average score of 151.

Shubman Gill is the leading run-scorer for the Titans this season.

He has scored 228 runs in five games at an average of 45.6 and a strike rate of 139.87, including two half-centuries.

With eleven wickets, Rashid Khan is the 2nd most wicket-taker this season and a key player for the Titans. With the ball, he is averaging 13.33 and has already scored a hat trick this year.

However, Hardik Pandya has not been in terrific shape, scoring just 21 runs after three games.

Even if he doesn’t bowl much, his batting prowess alone makes him a highly sought-after player. He has a 146 strike rate in the IPL

For LSG, KL Rahul has been in fine form with the bat and has scored 194 runs in six games at an average of 32.33 and a strike rate of 114.79.

He has made over 4000 runs in 115 IPL games at an average of 46.93 and a strike rate of 135.02.

The big disappointment has been Ayush Badoni. In his five innings, Badoni has managed just 77 runs. He has scored more than 20 runs in just two games this season.

Key Player Stats

Lucknow Super Giants XI

KL Rahul(C), MP Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, KH Pandya, A Badoni, Nicholas Pooran(wk), Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Singh

Gujarat Titans

Shubman Gill, HH Pandya(C), Sai Sudharsan, A Manohar, DA Miller, R Tewatia, Wriddhiman Saha(wk), Rashid Khan, M Shami, Alzarri Joseph, MM Sharma

Who will win

There is nothing to separate the two teams.

But we expect the Titans to win this game since they have a slightly stronger bowling attack compared to KL Rahul’s men.