Indian Premier League IPL 2025 : The 26th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament will be played 12th April between Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans (LKN vs GUJ) at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Lucknow, India.
PITCH REPORT
The surface in Lucknow has changed a lot and it is quite favourable for the batsmen these days. Earlier, it used to help the spinners, but in recent times, the batsmen have enjoyed it. Since it is a day match, the ball might stop in the first innings, but a run-scoring total is expected. The team winning the toss will prefer to bowl first despite the heat, as batting will become a little easier in the evening. It is expected that a score of 200 plus will be made on this pitch.
LKN vs GT DREAM 11 Prediction
After a brilliant win in Kolkata, the confidence of Lucknow Super Giants is high. Its players would like to maintain it. Lucknow Super Giants are at the sixth position in the points table of IPL 2025 with 3 wins in 5 matches and will try to move forward.
Gujarat Titans have dominated IPL 2025 by winning the last 4 matches. This is after their campaign in IPL 2025 got off to a bad start. They had to suffer a close defeat by 11 runs against Punjab Kings in their first match of the season. Currently they are at the top of the points table and would like to take their winning streak to 5 matches in a row.
LKN vs GT Dream11 Team
- Wicketkeeper : Jos Buttler, Nicholas Pooran
- Batsmen: Sherfane Rutherford, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Mitchell Marsh, David Miller
- All-rounders: Shahrukh Khan
- Bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Sai Kishore, Shardul Thakur
- Captain: Choice: Mitchell Marsh
- Vice-Captain: Sai Sudarshan
Shubman Gill | GT captain: It was a good wicket to bat on, a poor batting performance by us. We got a decent start, but we lost wickets in the middle and couldn’t recover from that. Our bowlers were exceptional as they restricted them to 160-odd, just that our batters let us down. (On missing David Miller) Miller is a kind of a player who can change a game in a couple of overs, because I think this total was very gettable for us. (On his dismissal) I thought it was the last over of the powerplay and I just wanted to make the most of it, just that I missed that ball as I tried to play a bit too square. It was tremendous to watch our bowlers bowl, we were looking forward to restricting them around 160-165.
KL Rahul | LSG captain: We’ll take the win, I am not going to make too much out of it (on defending totals). For the young bowling unit we have, it helps when we bat first. They get an idea how the wicket is playing and they’ve also been adapting really well. It’s a good record to have (defending all 160+ totals), but it’s also where we’ve played. Having the home advantage helps. The bowlers have come through the ranks over the last couple of years. you have seen the same guys bowling in the last season as well., They have adjusted to their roles. Hopefully we can continue this. We knew that it wasn’t as good as the wicket we played on (in the previous match here), also losing two wickets in the powerplay will set us back a bit. Unless someone carries on to get 70-80, it was tough to achieve that 170-180. We just wanted to bat and see how much we can get. That’s the advantage you have when you are batting first. All three spinners have been key for us. Sid coming in this season has done really well, he plays a crucial part with the new ball, he’s shown great temperament. His job is to restrict the batters. KP (Krunal Pandya) is very experienced, he’s played IPL for so many seasons. Bishnoi has been around for so many years and keeps getting better. Feels good to get off the mark there (first win vs GT).