Match Preview:
The 13th match of the IPL 2025, which is scheduled on April 1 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, will feature the Lucknow Super Giants hosting the Punjab Kings. The costliest and second-costliest players in IPL history will square off.
LSG’s new captain, Rishabh Pant, will play his old DC coach, Ricky Ponting, who is a member of PBKS, for the first time. In this match, the Indian batting sensation will be keen to silence his detractors and let his bat speak for itself. In contrast, Iyer guided PBKS to victory in the first match with an unbeaten score of 97. The captain of the 2024 Indian Premier League is enjoying playing at number three and hopes to keep it up.
In their first home game, Rishabh Pant and his team will look to continue their winning streak from their five-wicket victory against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last meeting. The team’s batting attack was led by top-order batsmen Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran, who amassed 52 and 70 runs, respectively, helping them attain the target of 191 with four overs remaining.
However, in their first matchup with the Gujarat Titans, the Punjab Kings were outstanding. They scored 243 runs in the first innings thanks to the scorching performance of star batsman Shashank Singh and the unbeaten 97 of captain Shreyas Iyer. The winners of the 2022 Indian Premier League lost by 11 runs.
This season, the Punjab Kings are off to a scorching start in the lucrative competition. But as of right now, their bowling attack doesn’t seem really credible. However, LSG’s bowling attack is also being questioned, despite their apparent batting prowess.
LSG vs PBKS Ekana Stadium Pitch Report:
Over the years, spinners have benefited from the Ekana stadium surface. It moves slowly, and the ball is difficult to get onto the bat. Bowlers who bowl more slowly gain some grip and turn off the surface. This game’s wicket can be comparable as well.
The stadium’s borders are comparatively longer than those of Indian standards. By tossing the ball up often, spinners would want to utilize it. Different types of pacers might have an impact. The bowlers’ key would be to not offer pace. In the middle overs, batters need to rotate their strikes well, and in the Powerplay overs, they need to maximize the batting conditions.
LSG vs PBKS Match Details:
Match: Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings, Match 13, IPL 2025
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Date & Time: 1st April, Tuesday 2025, 7:30PM(IST)
Live Streaming: JioHotstar
Head-to-Head Record:
Match Played: 4
LSG: 3
PBKS: 1
LSG vs PBKS, April 1, IPL Prediction:
In the past, LSG has outperformed PBKS, winning three of their last four meetings. This finally suggests LSG has a higher winning probability of 75%, while PBKS has a 25% chance.
Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant (C), DA Miller, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, A Badoni, AK Markram, MR Marsh, Ravi Bishnoi, P Yadav, Avesh Khan, and Shardul Thakur
Punjab Kings
P Simran Singh (wk), Shreyas Iyer (C), M Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, GJ Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Shashank Singh, MP Stoinis, and Yuzvendra Chahal
