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- In the 18th season of IPL 2025, Lucknow Super Giants will face Gujarat Titans in the first match on Saturday. This match will be played at Lucknow’s home ground Ekana Stadium from 3:30 pm.
- Both the teams will face each other for the first time today and both the teams are coming after winning their previous matches. Gujarat has played 5 matches in IPL so far where they have won 4 matches and lost one match. Currently, Gujarat’s team is at the top of the points table.
- Lucknow Super Giants have also played 5 matches in which they have won 3 matches and lost 2 matches. Lucknow Super Giants is currently at number 6 in the points table. Today both the teams will be seen giving tough competition to each other in today’s match to remain in their respective positions.
Match Details, 26th Match
LSG vs GT
Date: 12th April
Stadium: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Lucknow
Time: Toss- 3:00 PM
Match Start- 3:30 PM
Gujarat’s batting is in good form
- This IPL season, Gujarat’s batting is in great form, especially the top 3 batsmen of Gujarat, due to whose contribution the team is at the top of the points table. Gujarat team captain Shubhman Gill and Sai Sudarshan come in the top 3 batsmen of Gujarat to open.
- Whereas Sai Sudharsan has so far scored 275 runs in 5 matches at a strike rate of 151 which includes 3 half centuries and he is currently the highest run scorer of the team. At number three comes Jos Buttler who is in good form.
- In bowling, Gujarat spinner Sai Kishore has taken 10 wickets in 5 matches so far and is the highest wicket taker of the team.
Deadly batting near Lucknow
- The batting of the Lucknow team is also excellent. Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram come to bat at the opening position in Lucknow’s batting, who are in good form.
- Nicholas Pooran comes at number three who has scored 288 runs in 5 matches at a strike rate of 225 and is also the highest run scorer of the team.
- Shardul Thakur, who was included as a replacement in the bowling, has taken 9 wickets in 5 matches and is the highest wicket taker for the team.
- At this time, Nicholas Pooran is also leading in the Orange Cap race and behind him is Sai Sudarshan who is just 13 runs behind him, so today it will be interesting to see who goes ahead in the Orange Cap race after today’s match.
GT vs LSG: Who is ahead in head to head?
- Gujarat team has an upper hand in head to head. So far 5 matches have been played between both the teams in IPL where Gujarat team won 4 matches whereas Lucknow team won only 1 match.
- If we talk about the home ground of both the teams, Ekana Stadium, both the teams have faced each other twice here so far and both the teams have won 1-1 matches.
GT vs LSG: Pitch Report
- The pitch of Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium is mostly a bowling friendly pitch. Spinners get more runs here. So far 16 IPL matches have been played in this stadium where the team batting first has won 8 matches and the team bowling first has won 7 matches. 1 match was cancelled here.
GT vs LSG: Weather Conditions
- The weather in Lucknow is expected to be clear on April 12. It will be partly cloudy and there is a 24% chance of rain. Today the temperature here is expected to be between 22 to 35 degrees Celsius.
Probable playing-12 of Gujarat Titans
- Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Sherfane Rutherford.
Probable playing-12 of Lucknow Super Giants
- Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi.
