Friday, 19 Apr LSG vs CSK Match Prediction, Betting Odds and Tips

Key match factors – LSG vs CSK

• Lucknow is expected to produce a decent pitch for batting. Hence, teams should field first after winning the toss.
• KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock form a strong opening stand and they need to take the Super Giants off to a flying start.
• Shivam Dube is in scintillating form and it remains to be seen how LSG bowlers operate while bowling to him.
• Matheesha Pathirana and Mustafizur Rahman have hunted in pairs and LSG batters need to be calculative while facing them.

Match Preview

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will face each other in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Friday, April 19. M Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow will host the contest.

The Super Giants are looking to break into the top four. KL Rahul and Co. have 6 points to their name from as many games at a net run rate of +0.038. They will go into the match after losing to Shreyas Iyer’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

After being asked to bat first, LSG managed to score 161 for the loss of 7 wickets. Shamar Joseph made his IPL debut but leaked 47 runs in 4 overs. The Super Giants are also waiting for their premier pacer Mayank Yadav to get fit.

The Super Kings, on the other hand, are sitting pretty in the top 4 of the table, but need more wins to get closer to the playoffs. They will go into the game after beating Mumbai Indians (MI) by 20 runs at the Wankhede Stadium.

After putting up a big score of 206 for 4, CSK restricted their opponents to 186 for 6. Matheesha Pathirana won the Player of the Match award for picking up 4 wickets. MS Dhoni also took fans down the memory lane with 3 sixes on the trot off Hardik Pandya.

Head-to-Head Record Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings

The Super Kings and the Super Giants have faced each other 3 times in the history of the IPL since their first meeting back in 2022. Both teams won one game apiece while one match did not produce a result.

Their previous meeting ended in no result at the Ekana Stadium. After being put in to bat first, LSG were reduced to 44 for 5 in 9.4 overs. However, they finished with 125 for 7 in 19.2 overs on the back of Ayush Badoni’s half-century.

Batting at No.7, Badoni scored an unbeaten 59 off 33 balls with the help of 2 fours and 4 sixes. Moeen Ali, Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana picked up 2 wickets apiece. Thereafter, rain arrived and played spoilsport.