Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report: LSG vs SRH: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will host Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 10th match of the IPL 2023. The match is slated at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, on Friday, April 7. SRH lost their first match of the season to RR by 72 runs as Bhuvneshwar Kumar led the team as the temporary captain. Now that Aiden Markram is back, he will look to get his team the first win of the season and get going on the points table. KL Rahul led LSG started their campaign in a positive manner by registering a 5o run against DC but were handed a 12 run loss by CSK. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates with Insidesport.IN
Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report for LSG vs SRH
Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow will host 7 home games this season. The stadium was inaugurated back in 2017 and 12 international matches have been played here including 6 T20Is. From the 6 matches played here before the 1st IPL match, The average first innings total on the Lucknow pitch was 160.
The last game changed the average score norm as LSG made 193 runs in their first time batting on their home ground. As the last game shows, the T20 records here show that the team who has batted first has won most of the time.
Ekana Cricket Stadium uses black soil pitches which help pacers more and hence is considered pace friendly. Spinners are also expected to play their part in during middle overs, as shown by Ravi Bishnoi who took 2 crucial wickets of Powell and Rossouw in LSG’s first game against Delhi Capitals.
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Dew will play a factor in night matches here. The bowling in the 2nd innings will become considerable tough as bowlers will find it hard to grip the ball. It is safe to say that the team to win the toss and decide to chase here in Ekana Cricket Stadium.
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