Lucknow Super Giants vs. Delhi Capitals: Lucknow to continue their winning run

Delhi and Lucknow will clash for the first time in IPL. Delhi will be looking to stamp the authority against the newbies and Lucknow will be looking to create a legacy by winning this match.

Coming into the tournament with hopes of billions, Lucknow has shown their mantle against the giants in the competition. They are coming off after beating CSK and SRH in back-to-back games. They came very close to comfort in the previous game against Sunrisers but they were able to dig out a win in the end. They have a formidable batting lineup and most of the players are in form. They have few issues in the bowling department though with Andrew Tye getting hit all over the park in the last match.

KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan

Delhi will be looking to get the season on track after losing to another newbie Gujarat. In the last game, Delhi was not able to chase 172 runs and lost by 14 runs. With the arrival of David Warner, the team looks much more balanced now. The bowling department is doing a fairly decent job, but with Warner's arrival, Delhi looks like a whole different side now. 

Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mandeep Singh, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Shardul Thakur, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

Out of the four matches on this ground, two have been won by the team batting first and two by the team batting second so it comes down to the execution of the plans set in the meetings. Dew has not been a factor unlike most of the grounds in the tournament. We are expecting a high-scoring close match fought by the two similar ability teams and we are backing Lucknow to win.

• Lucknow Super Giants to win for 2.08
• Total Runs, Over Number 1 Under 5.5 for 1.91;
• Total over 342.5 for 2.01