Venue: MCA Stadium, Pune
Date: 29th April 2022
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Preview
It is the battle of two friends, Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul in the next fixture of TATA IPL.
Punjab Kings have four wins and four losses from 8 matches so far.
Lucknow meanwhile, are in the top four teams and won their last game against the Mumbai Indians.
Both teams have a great playing XI who have great talent and different abilities to take their teams from a losing position to a winning one.
For the Lucknow Super Giants, their main speedster Avesh Khan has still not appeared after his small niggle as described by skipper KL Rahul. If fit, he will be replacing Mohsin Khan in the squad.
Punjab needs to win more matches if they want to get a spot in the top 4.
Predicted Playing XI for Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma
Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan/Mohsin Khan