The 15th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is to be played between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on 7 April. Lucknow Super Giants have played 3 matches so far. Of these, he has won 2. This is the third match of Delhi Capitals. He has so far won one out of 2, while he has to face defeat in one.
KL Rahul led Lucknow have won both their last matches. At the same time, Delhi Capitals had to face defeat by 14 runs against Gujarat Titans in their last match. In such a situation, while Rishabh Pant will try to get Delhi back on the winning path, Lucknow Super Giants will be eyeing to maintain their winning campaign.
Talking about the playing XI for this match, Delhi Capitals led by Rishabh Pant can get the services of Australian batsmen David Warner and Enrique Nortje. In this match both the teams can go with these players.
Here is the probable playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Toy/Dushmantha Chamira, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Enrique Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman.
Fantasy XI makers can rely on these players.
Fantasy XI No. 1: Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis (Captain), Rovman Powell, Ayush Badoni, Axar Patel, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Lalit Yadav, Avesh Khan (Vice Captain), Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed.
Fantasy XI No. 2: KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (captain), David Warner, Evin Lewis, Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Badoni, Jason Holder, Deepak Hooda (vice-captain), Mustafizur Rahman, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi.
interesting fact
- Lucknow Super Giants have lost the least number of wickets in the middle overs (7-15), while their scoring rate during this period has been only that of Rajasthan Royals. In the middle overs, Lucknow scored 77 for no wicket against Gujarat Titans, 89 for 3 against Chennai Super Kings and 82 for no loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- David Warner averages 76.89 in powerplays since IPL 2016, the highest among all players (minimum 10 innings). Like Enrique Nortje, Avesh Khan is a bowler who can bowl at every stage. Since IPL 2021, he has taken 8 wickets in the powerplay, 7 in the middle overs and 16 in the death overs.