OC's IPL Match Prediction Today: IPL 2024 LSG vs MI, Who Will Win Today's Match?

KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya will lead their teams in the match [AP Photos]KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya will lead their teams in the match [AP Photos]

The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and the Mumbai Indians (MI) will cross swords in the 48th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024). This match will be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on April 30th at 7:30 PM IST. 

The Lucknow Super Giants have gone through a roller coaster ride in this tournament. They have won five of their nine games and are hovering around the top four in the points table. KL Rahul and his unit will be looking to win the game and climb up the points table in this match. 

The Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, have had a rough time in IPL 2024. They did not start well and each time it looked like that they are picking up rhythm they faced a defeat. 


How has the Ekana Cricket Stadium pitch behaved?

The wicket at the Ekana Cricket Stadium has so far seen five games being played in IPL 2024. In the first game at this venue, the wicket seemed to gave good pace and bounce and the batters enjoyed the surface. However, in the next couple matches it was back to its traditional slowish and sluggish nature. Though in the LSG-RR game, we once again saw the wicket favouring the batters. Hence, we can expect a competitive surface keeping players of all trades interested in the game. 

Phases
Avg. 1st Innings Score
Avg Dismissals
Avg. 2nd Innings Score
Avg. Dismissals
Powerplay512691
Middle Overs823813
Death Overs481331


LSG vs MI  Predicted Toss Result

Defending a target has been the favourable job at Ekana traditionally. But in the last three games the team chasing the target have won the match. Keeping this in mind and the general trend of the tournament, the captain winning the toss might look to field first. 


LSG vs MI Predicted Score

Predicted first innings score: 165-180
Predicted second innings score: 170-185

Predicted Result: The team batting second will have the advantage in this game.


LSG vs MI Player Battles

KL Rahul vs Jasprit Bumrah (Last 3 Years)

Runs
 Balls
Strike Rate
Dismissals
5042119.040

Predicted Result - The LSG skipper has not been able to score freely against Jasprit Bumrah. Although Bumrah has not been able to dismiss Rahul in this period, he has not allowed him to get off the blocks. So, the same could be expected in this game. 

Suryakumar Yadav vs Ravi Bishnoi

Runs
Balls
Strike Rate
Dismissals
39323121.90

Predicted Result - Suryakumar Yadav is considered the best batter in the T20 format. He has dominated most of the bowlers in the world in this format. But this has not been in the case Ravi Bishnoi. Bishnoi has dismissed Surya in nearly every 11 deliveries. Thus there are chances that Bishnoi would emerge dominant in this face-off. 


LSG vs MI Weakness of the teams

Lucknow Super Giants

Ravi Bishnoi

The Indian leg spinner was one of the most vital cogs of the LSG team ahead of the IPL 2024. But Ravi Bishnoi has struggled to find any kind of rhythm with the ball in the tournament. Bishnoi's inability to pick up wickets in the middle-overs has been disadvantageous for his team. Ahead of this game, Bishnoi is the biggest weakness of LSG. 

Mumbai Indians 

Overseas Pacers

In the last match, Mumbai Indians used Luke Wood and Nuwan Thushara as their overseas pacer bowlers. The duo conceded 124 runs in 8 overs while picking up only one wicket. Before the match against LSG, they need to find a replacement for either of the two bowlers. 


LSG vs MI Strengths of the teams

Lucknow Super Giants 

KL Rahul, the batter

The LSG skipper has been in great batting form in the tournament. KL Rahul is scoring runs consistently and giving some solid starts to the team. His consistency and steadiness at the top makes Rahul the biggest strength of LSG ahead of this game. 

Mumbai Indians

Power-packed batting

The MI batting has done a great job in the tournament. In most of the matches, the MI batting has taken the team's score to a par or above par total. The MI bowling has been the reason for their current bottom of the table position. So, ahead of this match it is MI's batting which is their biggest strength.