Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants will travel to Lucknow as they both meet each other in match number 21 of the IPL 2023 at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

Lucknow Super Giants will be coming into contest after a thrilling win over Royal Challengers Bangalore courtesy of a ruthless power hitting from Nicholas Pooran at Chinnaswamy Stadium. From hammering DC by 50 runs in first game, to losing by 12 runs against CSK at Chennai, to a comfortable 5 wicket win over SRH, to achieving the highest successful run chase summarizes the journey of LSG so far in the tournament.

In the batting department, Kyle Mayers smashed back-to-back fifties in the first two games but couldn’t repeat the same in the next two games, Nicholas Pooran took RCB bowlers to the cleaners in the last game, eventually registering the fastest fifty by LSG batter in just 15 balls. As far bowling is concerned, Mark Wood was impressive as he aggregated 9 wickets in as many as three games, with a five -wicket haul coming against DC in their opener.

Punjab Kings, on the other hand will be coming into the contest after two consecutive wins and two consecutive losses in the tournament. Their batting was all about Shikhar Dhawan who was magnificent in the four games, aggregating 233 runs at an impressive average of 116.50 and has struck at 146.5. Arshdeep Singh was the stand-out performer in the bowling department with 7 wickets in as many as four games. With two wins and losses apiece, PBKS are placed at the sixth position of the points table. They would look to bounce back the winning ways.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Punjab Kings Head-to-Head, IPL 2023:

Both the team have met only once in the history of IPL, with Lucknow Super Giants winning the contest by 20 runs.

Matches Played	1
Lucknow Super Giants	1
Punjab Kings	0

IPL 2023, Stats and Records at Ekana Stadium:

In as many as two games played at this venue, Spinners have bowled at an average of 20 and economy of 6.8 compared to pacers who average 22.5 at an economy of 7.7. Both teams batting first and second has won once at this venue. Teams winning toss have preferred to chase at this venue.

Average first batting score at this venue is 157. LSG have won both the matches they played here.

Ekana Stadium	Stats
Matches Played	2
Number of wins batting first	1
Number of wins batting second	1
Average First Innings score	157
Average powerplay Score	41.3
Average death overs score	45.6

LSG vs PBKS Strategy and Match-ups:

Kagiso Rabada has dismissed KL Rahul twice in 25 balls and have given away 28 runs, Rabada has the good-matchups against Nicholas Pooran as well, dismissing him once in 14 balls, with Pooran managing to score only 16 runs. Shikhar Dhawan has struggled against Amit Mishra, as he got dismissed thrice in 32 balls and has scored 39 runs. KL Rahul might bring in Mishra early on in the powerplay to restrict Dhawan.