The stage is set now for the 34th match of IPL 2024, where the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will go up against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The match will be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, also known as the Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow on Friday, 19th April at 07:30 PM IST.
Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Ground Stats of Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL
The Ekana Cricket Stadium is set to host its fourth game of the season. A total of seven matches will be hosted at this venue in IPL 2024.
In the last match on this ground, the home-side Lucknow Super Giants lost to the Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets.
The Ekana Cricket Stadium is equally good and bad for both batters and bowlers. However, it assists spinners and slow bowlers more than batsmen. In the IPL, ten matches have been played at Lucknow so far, and 60% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 30% of them have been won by the chasing team, and one match ended with no result.
Ekana Cricket Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
10
Matches won batting first
6
Matches won batting second
3
Average first innings total
156.60
Runs per over
7.75
Runs per wicket
22.17
Highest total recorded
199/8 by LSG vs PBKS in 2024
Lowest total recorded
108/10 by LSG vs RCB in 2023
Unlike most venues, the overall statistics clearly show that chasing has not benefited at the Ekana Cricket Stadium.
IPL Record at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Last 10 Matches
Stats
Numbers
Matches
10
Matches won batting first
6
Matches won batting second
3
Average first innings score
156.60
Average first innings winning score
165.5
Average powerplay score
44.4
Average death-over score
45.5
The average first-inning winning score is above 165 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 7.4 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 9.1. 170+ runs will be a good score on this pitch for defending a target.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 3 Matches won batting first: 2 Matches won batting second: 1 Average first innings total: 176 Average second innings total: 159
Individual Player Records at Ekana Cricket Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
K L Rahul
272
Marcus Stoinis
230
Krunal Pandya
201
Ayush Badoni
177
Nicholas Pooran
159
So, among the top run scorers at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in the IPL, all the players from the Lucknow Super Giants are expected to play this game.
Highest Wickets at Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Bowlers
Wickets
Ravi Bishnoi
12
Krunal Pandya
9
Yash Thakur
9
Mark Wood
7
Naveen-Ul-Haq & Sam Curran
6
Among the highest wicket takers at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, we might see four bowlers from LSG, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Krunal Pandya, and Naveen-Ul-Haq, in action during this game.
Best Individual Display at Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL
Highest Indivudual Score: 89* by Marcus Stoinis vs Mumbai Indians on 16th May, 2023
Best Bowling Figure: 5/14 by Mark Wood vs Delhi Capitals on 01 April, 2023
Team records at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL
LSG vs CSK Head-to-head at Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL
Matches
Lucknow Super Giants Won
Chennai Super Kings Won
No result
1
0
0
1
Lucknow Super Giants Record at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL
Matches
Won
Lost
No result
10
5
4
1
Chennai Super Kings Record at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL