IPL 2022 | LSG vs CSK - Pre-Match Analysis

The debutants Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will be facing the four-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the seventh match of IPL 2022. They will lock horns at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Let’s look at what we can expect from the players in the match:-

LSG Batting

Lucknow’s batting will highly depend on their skipper KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, and Manish Pandey. However, if the top order fails to score again today, they have the backup in Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, and Krunal Pandya.

Here is a look at the strike rates of the players in different phases of a match:-

Table: SR of LSG batters in different phases of a match

Observation: If LSG goes for Evin Lewis in this match also, the best option will be to let him open with Quinton de Kock. KL Rahul appears to be a more proficient player in the middle overs. His presence in the middle order will also provide strength to the batting order. KL and Manish Pandey would be a more dynamic duo in the middle overs than Evin Lewis and Pandey. Thus, LSG can tweak its strategy a bit to register its first win in IPL 2022

LSG Bowling 

The main bowlers for LSG will be Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan, and Ravi Bishnoi. We will look at the economy rate of the bowlers in the different stages of a match. 

Table: Economy rate of LSG bowlers in different phases of a match

Observation: Ravi Bishnoi will be the bowler to look out for in the middle overs of the match. In the middle overs, he has conceded 515 runs and picked up 20 wickets. The leggie picks up a wicket every 25 runs that he concedes. His economy rate of 6.69 shows that he is also an economical bowler. 

Hence, LSG will be expecting Bishnoi to pick up wickets as well control the opposition in the middle overs. Besides, young pacer Avesh Khan would be the death-over option for the team.

Chennai Batting

CSK’s batting will depend on Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu and Ravindra Jadeja.

Here are the strike rates of the batters in the different phases of a match.

Table: CSK batters SR at different phases of a game

Observation: CSK will have to look at Gaikwad and Uthappa along with Rayudu to provide them with solidity at the top. While the job of giving a solid finish will be left with MSD and Jadeja. The Super Giants should be aware that the top-order CSK batters can be super destructive if they last till the end of the innings.

MS Dhoni vs Ravi Bishnoi

MSD’s strike rate is just 98 against leg-spinners in the middle overs. So KL Rahul will look to reserve the Bishnoi overs for MSD. In fact, in the little amount of face-off they have had still, Bishnoi has emerged victorious. Bishnoi has balled ten deliveries to MSD till now, conceding 9 runs in them and dismissing him once. Therefore, the order of the day is - whenever MSD walks in, bring Bishnoi on.