Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium will be hosting a match less than 48 hours after a mammoth amount of drama unfolded at the venue last night. Although an afternoon fixture on this particular occasion, Lucknow Super Giants will be hosting Chennai Super Kings for the first time in the history of the Indian Premier League on the second weekday double-header of the ongoing 16th season.
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It is noteworthy that the two teams have won a match each in their nascent two-match rivalry till now. The imminent match will be played exactly a month after their last encounter at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
In what was a high-scoring contest just like their maiden encounter last year, Super Giants had fell short of chasing a 218-run target by 12 runs. With the lack of entertainment never been a concern with respect to this rivalry, it will be interesting to see if both the teams are able to extend a trend of scoring in excess of 200 runs at this particular venue.
Ba adab, Ba Mulahiza, Hoshiyar! Lucknow sheher me pehli baar Super Kings tashreef la rahe hai! 🥳#WhistlePodu #Yellove #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/HYrY0bspz0
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 2, 2023
Although the visitors don’t have any record at this stadium, the hosts have won twice but lost thrice at their home ground. Readers must note that LSG have scored at an average run rate of 7.46 in Lucknow.
LSG vs CSK Head to Head Record in IPL History
Total number of matches played: 2
Matches won by LSG: 1
Matches won by CSK: 1
Matches played in May: 0 (LSG 0, CSK 0)
Matches played on Wednesday: 0 (LSG 0, CSK 0)
Matches played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium: 0 (LSG 0, CSK 0)
LSG average score against CSK: 205
CSK average score against LSG: 214
Most runs for LSG: 61 (Quinton de Kock)
Most runs for CSK: 76 (Shivam Dube)
Most wickets for LSG: 5 (Ravi Bishnoi)
Most wickets for CSK: 4 (Moeen Ali)
Most catches for LSG: 2 (Mark Wood & Ravi Bishnoi)
Most catches for CSK: 2 (Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni & Ravindra Jadeja)
NOTE: Only players part of current squads have been considered above (most runs, wickets and catches).