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Indian Premier League 2025 - TATA IPL Match 40 - Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals - Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: April 22
Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the TATA IPL - Indian Premier League, Match 40 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Delhi Capitals (DC), which will be played on the 22nd of April at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
Match 40 - Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) vs Delhi Capitals (DC) (Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow)
Current Form Lucknow Super Giants:
Lucknow Super Giants are currently placed at the 5th position on points table with 5 wins and 3 losses to their credit.
The NRR for Lucknow Super Giants is 0.088.
The top run scorer for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League is Nicholas Pooran with 368 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League is Shardul Thakur with 12 scalps under his belt.
Lucknow Super Giants have won their previous thriller of a match against Rajasthan Royals by 2 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants batted first and they posted a total of 180 for 5 in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran and Rishabh Pant got out without troubling the scorers much. After their dismissals, Aiden Markram and Ayush Badoni played with a lot of intent. They scored 66 and 50 runs respectively to lay the foundation for a big total. Abdul Samad then smashed 30 runs in just 10 deliveries to help LSG get to a competitive total of 180 in their innings.
During the chase, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sanju Samson got their team off to a flier. Jaiswal made 74 while Samson scored 34 runs. While these two were batting, it looked like Rajasthan Royals will easily chase the total down. However, the lower middle order batters failed to find boundaries when it was needed the most. Avesh Khan bowled a fantastic last over and helped restrict Rajasthan Royals to 178 for 5 in 20 overs, as LSG won the game by 2 runs.
Current Form Delhi Capitals:
Delhi Capitals on the other hand are currently placed at the 2nd position on points table with 5 wins and 2 losses to their credit.
The NRR for Delhi Capitals is 0.589.
The top run scorer for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League is KL Rahul with 266 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League is Kuldeep Yadav with 12 scalps under his belt.
Delhi Capitals have lost their previous match against Gujarat Titans by 7 wickets.
Delhi Capitals batted first and they posted a total of 203 for 8 in 20 overs. Abhishek Porel and Karun Nair started off well for their team and scored 18 and 31 runs respectively. KL Rahul also contributed healthily and made 28 runs. However, the lower order including Axar Patel were really slow in getting off the blocks and Delhi Capitals had to settle for a total of 203, even though at one point they were aiming at 220+.
During the chase, Gujarat Titans lost their captain Shubman Gill early on in the innings. After his dismissal, Sai Sudharshan and Jos Buttler took the responsibility of taking Gujarat Titans over the line. They scored 36 and 97 runs respectively to seal the deal in favor of Gujarat Titans. Sherfane Rutherford also chipped in with a valuable knock of 43 runs as Gujarat Titans chased the total down in the last over with 7 wickets in hand.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Lucknow Super Giants
Rishabh Pant (c), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bisnoi, Abdul Samad, Aryan Juyal, Akash Deep, Himmat Singh, M Siddharth, Digvesh Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Matthew Breetzke
Delhi Capitals
KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natrajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Delhi Capitals
Who will win?- Lucknow Super Giants
Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants), KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Digvesh Singh (Lucknow Super Giants), Kuldeep Yadav (Delhi Capitals)
Most Sixes – Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants), KL Rahul (Delhi Capitals)
Player of the Match- Nicholas Pooran (Lucknow Super Giants)
Team Scores Batting first – Lucknow Super Giants 165+, Delhi Capitals 150+
Match Handicap: Lucknow Super Giants
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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