Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings Prediction & Betting Tips -

Prediction published on 17/04/2024, 08:00  by Devesh Jaganath in Indian Premier League Predictions

The Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings will face off in match 34 of the 2024 Indian Premier League on Friday afternoon. The hosts are in fifth place in the league standings, while the visitors are third. The Super Giants have been in mixed form in this season’s IPL, currently on six points in as many games and trailing the top four by two points as it stands. They are heading into this match following back-to-back defeats, first against the Delhi Capitals and most recently to the Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. Those defeats have seen their net run rate in the competition slip to +0.038. The Super Giants have failed to score over 170 runs in any of their last three matches and none of their batsmen are currently ranked in the top ten run-scorers in the competition. It’s a similar situation with ball in hand, with Yash Thakur currently leading the team in wickets taken, ranked just 17th in the race for the purple cap with seven wickets. The hosts lost the last encounter between these sides and are the underdogs in this one, according to the bookmakers. 

Meanwhile, the Chennai Super Kings are on course to reach the playoffs for the third time in four seasons. They are currently tied with KKR and SRH on eight points apiece, four behind the Rajasthan Royals, though they have played a game less. CSK picked up their fourth victory of the competition over the weekend, beating the Mumbai Indians by 20 runs, with Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube top-scoring for the side with 69(40) and 66*(38), respectively. Dube is now the leading run-scorer for the team with 242 in six innings and is ranked ninth in the race for the orange cap. With the ball, Mustafizur Rahman is currently ranked third in the leading wicket-taker standings with ten in 20 overs, while Matheesha Pathirana is ninth with eight wickets to his name. The Super Kings have won two and lost one of their three away games this season but are carrying better form into this contest and will want to maintain pressure on the league-leading Royals heading into the second half of the group stage.