Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (c), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan
Bench
Krishnappa Gowtham, Manan Vohra, Kyle Mayers, Evin Lewis, Shahbaz Nadeem, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Karan Sharma, Mayank Yadav, Manish Pandey
Match Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India
PBKS vs LKN Pitch Report:
The venue has opposite results for batsmen on different pitches. Here the first match was high scoring, while 17 wickets fell in the second match. Jos Buttler scored the first century of the tournament here. The spinners have had more success so far than the fast bowlers.
Average first innings score on this wicket - 180 runs Average of the team getting the goal - 80 percent win
PBKS vs LKN Weather Report:
The temperature is expected to hover around 31 degree Celsius on match day with 53 percent humidity and 11 km/h wind speed. There is no chance of rain during the game.
Punjab Kings is set to take on Lucknow Super Giants in TATA IPL on Friday, 29 April 2022 at 19:30 PM IST
When the team of Punjab Kings will take on Lucknow Super Giants (PBKS vs LKN) in the IPL 2022 match on Friday. Punjabs eyes will be on keeping the in-form opposition captain KL Rahuls bat silent. The team of Lucknow is currently running at the fourth position in the points table. The team has won five out of eight matches while losing three. Punjab team is in sixth place with four wins and as many losses in eight matches.
Supergiants defeated Mumbai Indians by 36 runs in their last match while the Punjab Kings team will enter this match after defeating Chennai Super Kings by 11 runs. Rahul has been in excellent form at the top of the order. He has scored two centuries against Mumbai Indians in the current season and also scored a half-century. He is the second most successful batsman in the season with 368 runs. Only Jos Buttler of Rajasthan Royals has scored more runs than him in the current season.
Punjab with 4 wins out of the 8 have performed well this season but still will be looking to climb up the points table.
They are standing at the 6th position in points table with a Negative run rate of -0.419.
Shikhar Dhawan looked in classic form in the last match and will look to continue his form.
Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal will probably open the inning.
Shikhar Dhawan was the highest fantasy points gainer in the previous match.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa will bat at the one-down position.
Liam Livingstone and Jonny Bairstow will handle the middle-order batting.
Mayank Agarwal will lead the Punjab Kings as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman
Jonny Bairstow will do the Wicket Keeping for Punjab Kings.
Liam Livingstone and Rahul Chahar will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Liam Livingstone is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh will lead the pace attack of his team.
Lucknow Super Giants (LKN) Team Updates
Lucknow has played a decent overall cricket as of now and will start as favourites in this match.
They have won 5 out of the 8 games and are standing at the 4 position in points table.
KL Rahul has been in tremendous form however Q De Kock will need to step up with him.
Lokesh Rahul and Quinton de Kock will probably open the inning.
Manish Pandey will bat at the one-down position.
Marcus Stoinis and Deepak Hooda will handle the middle-order batting.
Lokesh Rahul will lead the Lucknow Super Giants as a Captain.
Quinton de Kock will do the Wicket Keeping for Lucknow Super Giants.
Krunal Pandya and Ayush Badoni will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Dushmantha Chameera and Mohsin Khan will lead the pace attack of his team.
PBKS vs LKN Head to Head
PBKS: 0 Won LKN: 0 Won
Both teams will be playing their first game against each other in the IPL.
PBKS vs LKN WinningPredictions
Among those who have scored 500+ runs in T20Is since January 2021, only Finn Allen and Andre Russell have a better strike rate than Evin Lewis 161.57. His average in this period is also over 35.
While Badoni has already proved himself for Lucknow, Sunrisers Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad lack consistency despite playing more than 20 matches. The average of both the youngsters so far with the bat is 13.36 and 15.07.
Holder has gradually evolved into a complete bowler in T20 cricket since 2020. His average in this phase is 20.95 at an economy rate of 7.83.
Lucknow has looked good as of now and will definitely start as favorites to win the match.
PBKS vs LKN Live Telecast:
The match will be live telecast on Star Sports and Disney Plus Hotstar
