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Indian Premier League 2025 - Match 13 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) - Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: 1st April 2025
Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the Indian Premier League, Match 13 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS), which will be played on the 1st of April at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
Match 13 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)
Current Form Lucknow Super Giants:
Lucknow Super Giants are currently placed at the 2nd position on points table with 1 win and 1 loss to their credit.
The NRR for Lucknow Super Giants is 0.963.
The top run scorer for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League is Nicholas Pooran with 145 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League is Shardul Thakur with 6 scalps under his belt.
Lucknow Super Giants have won their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets.
Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and they posted a total of 190 for 9 in 20 overs. The pitch was really flat to bat on but Sunrisers Hyderabad looked on and off right from the word go. Each time the batter would get a start, he would end up throwing his wicket away. It was the story of the SRH innings. Shardul Thakur was the hero with the ball as he picked up 4 wickets to help restrict Sunrisers Hyderabad to 190 in 20 overs.
During the chase, Lucknow Super Giants lost Aiden Markram early on in the innings. After his dismissal, Nicholas Pooran went all guns blazing. He smashed the bowlers to all parts of the ground and scored 70 runs in just 26 balls to seal the deal in favor of Lucknow Super Giants. The visitors won the game in the 17th over with 5 wickets in hand.
Current Form Punjab Kings:
Punjab Kings are currently placed at the 4th position on points table with 1 win to their credit.
The NRR for Punjab Kings is 0.550.
The top run scorer for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League is Shreyas Iyer with 97 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League is Arshdeep Singh with 2 scalps under his belt.
Punjab Kings have won their previous match against Gujarat Titans by 11 runs.
Punjab Kings batted first and they posted a huge total of 243 for 5 in 20 overs. Priyansh Arya and Shreyas Iyer played really well at the top of the order. Arya made a lasting impression on his debut, scoring 47 runs in just 23 balls. Shreyas Iyer went on to make 97 runs off just 42 balls, hitting 5 fours and 9 sixes. In the death overs, Shashank Singh made full use of poor bowling display by Gujarat Titans. He scored 44 off 16 balls to help Punjab Kings get to a tall total of 243 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Sai Sudharshan and Shubman Gill got their team off a decent start. After Gill got out, Jos Buttler and Sai Sudharshan stabilized the innings. While these two were batting, it looked like Gujarat Titans will easily chase the target down. However, Sai Sudharshan's dismissal proved to be a turning point and Gujarat Titans slowed down after the 14th over. Vyshak Vijayakumar bowled an exceptional spell of 3 overs, giving away just 28 runs. Gujarat Titans were eventually restricted to 232 for 5 in 20 overs, losing the match by 11 runs.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant (c), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bisnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke
Punjab Kings
Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Omarzai, Harnoor Pannu, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey, Nehal Wadhera
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Punjab Kings
Who will win?- Punjab Kings
Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants), Azmatullah Omarzai (Punjab Kings)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Ravi Bishnoi (Lucknow Super Giants), Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings)
Most Sixes – Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants), Azmatullah Omarzai (Punjab Kings)
Player of the Match- Azmatullah Omarzai (Punjab Kings)
Team Scores Batting first – Punjab Kings 175+, Lucknow Super Giants 165+
Match Handicap: Punjab Kings
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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