The pitch is known to aid the batter in the recent past, the straight and square boundaries are very big at this venue which will get the spinners into action.
Delhi Capitals will take on Lucknow Super Giants at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cricket Stadium in the 2nd game of the doubleheader on Saturday, 1st of April. DC is filled with young and upcoming players and it will be difficult to choose who makes it to the Playing XI, here have been some fantastic performances put by Sarfaraz Khan and Abishek Porel, Nagarkoti and a lot more. The Delhi Capitals will miss the services of the South African pace duo of Anrich Nortje and Lungi Ngidi, who will miss the first few matches of the season as they are on national duty, playing for South Africa.
Capitals will have to depend on the Indian seam options, which include Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Ishant Sharma and Mukesh Kumar, there are Kuldeep Yadav and Axar Patel will take the spin duties. When it comes to batting, skipper David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, the in-form Mitchell Marsh, Rovman Powell, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt and Manish Pandey will take the top 5 spots in the batting order. As for the Lucknow batting, it has to cope with the absence of Quinton de Kock, so there will be more responsibility on the likes of skipper KL Rahul, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran to do the bulk of the scoring. Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi and Avesh Khan will be their main bowlers in this mouth-watering encounter.
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The pitch is known to aid the batter in the recent past, the straight and square boundaries are very big at this venue which will get the spinners into action. The weather is expected to be slightly humid. The captain who wins the toss will look to chase the total down as there is a bit of dew expected in the latter half of the second innings.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, 3rd Match
Venue:Â Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium
Date & Time:Â 1st April, at 7:30 PM IST
| Opened | 2017 |
| Capacity | 50,000 |
| Ends | Pavilion End and City End |
| Location | Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Time Zone | UTC +5:30 |
| Other Sports it is home to | – |
| Floodlights | Yes |
| Total matches | 9 |
| Matches won batting first | 5 |
| Matches won bowling first | 4 |
| Average 1st Inns scores | 151 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 126 |
| Highest total recorded | 199/2 (20 Ov) by IND vs SL |
| Lowest total recorded | 156/8 (20 Ov) by AFG vs WI |
| Highest score chased | 159/4 (20 Ov) by RSAW vs INDW |
| Lowest score defended | 157/8 (20 Ov) by AFG vs WI |
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