LSG vs DC Weather Report at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow

The Lucknow Super Giants will fight against the Delhi Capitals at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on April 22 in the 40th game of the season. Lucknow and Delhi both have won five matches so far, but are placed differently according to net run-rate. Lucknow is placed fifth on the table, while Delhi is ranked second.

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Lucknow faced Rajasthan in their previous game, where they came out to bat first and lost early wickets. Markram, Badoni and Samad played good knocks in the middle, which eventually took them to 180. Rajasthan started extremely well, where Jaiswal scored a fifty, and the team looked well. However, they were scratchy towards the end and somehow lost the game by two runs.

Delhi fought against Gujarat in their last match, where Delhi was asked to bat first. They got a quickfire start and were scoring aggressively, however, they also kept losing wickets at regular intervals. They got a total of 203 runs on the board. Gujarat lost an early wicket but did not look back there on. Buttler played a match-winning knock of 97 and took the team home by seven wickets.

The average scoring rate of 9.72 at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow thus far indicates that the surface has helped the hitters. On the other hand, Ekana Stadium should have a somewhat dry surface. To succeed at this venue, the pacers will concentrate on hitting the deck and changing their pace, while the spinners may get a hint of turn in the middle overs. The victor of the toss may choose to bat first because it's an afternoon game.

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Winds up to 13 km/h with gusts up to 22 km/h are forecast from the west-northwest. However, there is no chance of precipitation and thunderstorms in the forecast. 0% precipitation chances with 0.0 mm of rainfall and 0% thunderstorms are forecasted. About 20% humidity and 0% cloud cover will make it a slightly humid evening on the field. The temperature is predicted to peak at 39 degrees during the day with the real feel of 40 degrees and drop to 23 degrees with the real feel of 22 degrees at night, with a slight decrease during playtime.

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