LSG vs PBKS Weather Report at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Lucknow Super Giants will be going head to head against the Punjab Kings on April 1 at the  Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. With a win and a loss, Lucknow is placed third in the points table, while Punjab has won the only match they have played so far and is placed fifth.

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Lucknow played against Hyderabad in their den and sent them to bat first, where Hyderabad seemed to be struggling. They kept losing wickets regularly but still ended up with 190 runs on the board. Lucknow lost a wicket early, but then came the show that finished the game for Hyderabad, as blistering knocks from Marsh and Pooran meant LSG won by 5 wickets.

Punjab had faced Gujarat Titans in their last game, where, batting first, Punjab had put up a great show with the bat. Iyer led the team from the front with his unbeaten 97, and a contribution from Shashank saw the team score 243. The Titans did put up a great fight and their top order scored really well but their middle order could not continue and so they lost by 11 runs at the end.

Winds up to 11 km/h with gusts up to 20 km/h are forecast from the southeast. However, there is virtually no chance of precipitation, and no thunderstorm is expected. About 16% humidity but 42% cloud cover will make it a very hot and humid day on the field. 0% precipitation chances with 0.0 mm of precipitation are forecasted. The temperature is predicted to peak at 36 degrees during the day and drop to 20 degrees at night, with a slight decrease during playtime.

The sluggish, low surface of the Ekana Cricket Stadium's pitch usually favors spinners, enabling them to generate a lot of turn and help. It will probably be difficult for batters to play their shots smoothly on this track.

It appears that batting can be challenging in the second half since in the matches played on this field, the first innings have seen bigger scores while the teams have struggled to reach the same total in the second innings. Therefore, on this surface, the captain who wins the toss would prefer to bat first.

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