Cricket World TV: TATA IPL 2025 Match 13 Insights - LSG vs PJKS - In-Form Players, Venue Stats, Match Predictions - April 1

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Here are the Cricket World TV Insights for today’s TATA IPL 2025 Match 13 - Lucknow Super Giants against Punjab Kings - LSG vs PBKS – April 1st, featuring analysis on in-form players, venue stats, and match preview, is hosted by Chandresh Narayanan.

Watch the video, and read the Insights and Predictions for the Indian Premier League, Match 13 - Lucknow Super Giants against Punjab Kings - LSG vs PBKS,  which will be played on April 1^st at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, in Lucknow

LSG vs PJKS Insights and Predictions

LSG went down by one-wicket in a thriller against Delhi Capitals at Visakhapatnam before chasing Sunrisers Hyderabad’s 190 with almost four overs to spare. PBKS, on the other hand, piled on a massive 243/5 against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad and secured victory by 11 runs to start their campaign.

We look at the rivalry between the two big franchises, the players to watch out for and the match-ups, the numbers which stand out in the different phases of play and who is likely to come out triumphant in the high-octane encounter.

Head to Head
MATCHES – 4
LSG WON – 3
PBKS WON – 1


Probable Playing XIs

LSG: 1 Mitchell Marsh, 2 Aiden Markram, 3 Rishabh Pant, 4 Nicholas Pooran, 5 Ayush Badoni, 6 David Miller, 7 Abdul Samad, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Prince Yadav, 11 Avesh Khan

PBKS: 1 Prabhsimran Singh, 2 Priyansh Arya, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Azmatullah Omarzai, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Shashank Singh, 8 Suryansh Shedge, 9 Marco Jansen, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

Players To Watch Out For

• Mitchell Marsh (LSG)

- 72 (36) vs DC & 52 (31) vs SRH
- SR of 194.3 in the PP in IPL 2025

• Nicholas Pooran (LSG)

- 75 (30) vs DC & 70 (26) vs SRH
- SR of 258.9 – highest in IPL 2025

• Shreyas Iyer (PBKS)

- 97* (42) vs GT
- SR of 171 in all T20s since 2024

• Shashank Singh (PBKS)

- 44* (16) vs GT
- 354 runs in 14 innings at SR of 165 in IPL 2024

• Yuzvendra Chahal (PBKS)

- Leading wicket-taker in IPL history (205 wickets)
- Economy of 7.6 in middle overs in IPL

Venue Stats – Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

• The average score batting first at the venue is 169.

• The average score chasing is 152 in Lucknow.
• It is neck to neck for the team batting first and team chasing in Lucknow with a 7-6 record in favour of the team setting the target.

• Spinners enjoy bowling at the venue and have an average of 25.1, strike rate of 20.7 and economy of 7.3 in Lucknow in the IPL.

Powerplay & Death Over Stats

• Mitchell Marsh has a strike rate of 165.4 in the PP in all T20 cricket since 2023
• Nicholas Pooran has a strike rate of 158 in the middle overs in the IPL since 2022. He hits a boundary approximately every 5 balls in this phase
• Yuzvendra Chahal has picked 157 wickets in the middle overs – the highest in IPL history!
• Arshdeep Singh has picked 20 wickets in the death overs since IPL 2022 – the fourth-highest in this time-frame
• Glenn Maxwell has a strike rate of 205 in the death overs in all T20s since 2020.

MATCH-UPS

• Mitchell Marsh vs Arshdeep Singh in T20s

Innings – 3
Balls – 16
Runs – 39
Strike Rate – 243.75
Dismissals – 1

• Pooran vs Chahal in T20s

Innings – 13
Balls – 76
Runs – 127
Strike Rate – 167.1
Dismissals – 1

• Maxwell vs Thakur in T20s

Innings – 6
Balls – 34
Runs – 43
Strike Rate – 126.5
Dismissals – 3

• Shreyas Iyer vs Bishnoi in T20s

Innings – 3
Balls – 21
Runs – 26
Strike Rate – 123.8
Dismissals – 0

Match Predictions

Toss Prediction
Punjab Kings

Who will score most runs
Shreyas Iyer (PBKS)
Nicholas Pooran (LSG)


Who will pick most wickets
Yuzvendra Chahal (PBKS)
Ravi Bishnoi (LSG)


Match Prediction
Lucknow Super Giants

LSG – 60%
PBKS – 40%

*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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