Punjab Kings will face Lucknow Super Giant in the 11th match of IPL 2024. The Lucknow team led by KL Rahul suffered a defeat against Rajasthan Royals in their first match. Rajasthan won by 20 runs against Lucknow. Barring Krunal Pandya, no other bowler from Lucknow could stop the Rajasthan Royals batsmen. In the absence of Mark Wood and David Willey, Yash Thakur, Mohsin Khan and Naveen Ul Haq have struggled to contain the opposition batsmen.
Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, who is trying to get a place in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, did not get off to a good start. KL Rahul played a dual role as captain and wicket keeper in the first match. He continued his claim for a place in the T20 World Cup squad by playing an innings of 58 runs in his comeback match.
Past records..
There have been only 3 matches between Lucknow Supergiants vs Punjab Kings in IPL so far. LSG lead 2-1 in this one. In IPL 2023, 2 matches were played between LSG and Punjab Kings. Both teams won each match.
Lucknow's strength lies in batting.
Lucknow's strength is its batting. While Quinton de Kock is in the top order, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya can hit the big shots in the middle order. Apart from this, the team has huge expectations on Marcus Stoinis, who was the team's top scorer with 408 runs last season.
Punjab bowling badly..
Punjab also need to improve their bowling. Punjab Kings, on the other hand, have had a mixed performance so far. In the two matches played so far, Punjab won one match and lost the other match. Punjab are looking forward to a good start in the Powerplay. This responsibility rests on Jonny Bairstow and Shikhar Dhawan. Dhawan played an innings of 45 runs against RCB. Prabhsimran Singh performed well last year. But, this time he was not in full form. Sam Curran showed his ability in batting. However, he needs to tighten up his bowling.
The bowling trio of Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel will have full responsibility. Left arm spinner Harpreet Brar has impressed with his bowling so far. Rahul Chahar needs to improve his bowling.
