The stage is set now for the 54th match of IPL 2024, where the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will go up against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The match will be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, also known as the Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow on Sunday, 05th May at 07:30 PM IST.
Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Ekana Cricket Stadium.
In the last match on this ground, the home-side Lucknow Super Giants defeated the Mumbai Indians by 4 wickets.
Known to be flat wickets, but has helped slower bowlers as the game progresses, providing assistance to spinners, who have dominated the wickets column at the venue.
In the IPL, 13 matches have been played at Lucknow so far, and 46.15% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 46.15% of them have been won by the chasing team, and one match ended with no result.
Ekana Cricket Stadium IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
13
Matches won batting first
6
Matches won batting second
6
Average first innings total
160.08
Runs per over
8.02
Runs per wicket
24.67
Highest total recorded
199/8 by LSG vs PBKS in 2024 &
199/8 by RR vs LSG in 2024
Lowest total recorded
108/10 by LSG vs RCB in 2023
IPL Record at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Last 10 Matches
Stats
Numbers
Matches
10
Matches won batting first
4
Matches won batting second
6
Average first innings score
160.8
Average first innings winning score
160
Average powerplay score
32.9
Average death-over score
49.9
The average first-inning winning score is 160 runs. The average powerplay run rate is 5.5 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 9.98. 165+ runs will be a good score on this pitch for defending a target.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 6 Matches won batting first: 2 Matches won batting second: 4 Average first innings total: 174 Average second innings total: 167
Individual Player Records at Ekana Cricket Stadium (IPL)
Highest Runs at Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
K L Rahul
458
Marcus Stoinis
300
Krunal Pandya
217
Nicholas Pooran
207
Ayush Badoni
201
So, among the top run scorers at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in the IPL, all the players from the list of Lucknow Super Giants are expected to play this game.
Highest Wickets at Ekana Cricket Stadium in IPL (Top 5)
Bowlers
Wickets
Ravi Bishnoi
14
Yash Thakur
11
Krunal Pandya
11
Naveen-Ul-Haq
7
Mark Wood
7
Among the highest wicket takers at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, we might see four bowlers from LSG, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-Ul-Haq, and Krunal Pandya in action during this game.