LSG vs MI Dream11 Prediction, IPL 2024, Match 48: Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians playing XI, fantasy team and squads

LSG and MI will take on each other in the 48th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. LSG are currently at the fifth spot on the points table of the tournament, with 5 wins and 4 defeats in the 9 matches they have played so far. They will be looking ahead to win this game and enter among the top 4 spots of the points table.

On the other hand, the five-time champions, Mumbai Indians are struggling at the bottom of the points table at the ninth spot. They have won only 3 out of the 9 games, including 6 defeats. So, the match is going to be crucial for both teams.

Match Details

Match – Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians, Match 48, IPL 2024

Venue – Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Date and Time – April 30, 2024, 7:30 PM (Indian Standard Time)

Broadcast Details – Star Sports Network (TV), Jio Cinema (Digital and OTT)

Pitch Report

The surface at the Ekana Cricket Stadium is slow and it is quite difficult for batters to survive there in the middle. It is known for assisting the spinners to an excellent extent. The captain winning the toss will look ahead to bat first to put the opponent in a difficult run-chase. The records also say that the team batting first has won 6 games while the team batting second has won 7 games. The toss might also play a crucial role as the team winning the toss has won 7 games to 4 games won the team lost the toss out of 12 IPL matches, including one match without any result.

LSG vs MI Probable Playing XI

Lucknow Super Giants

KL Rahul (C), Q de Kock, Deepak Hooda, MP Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, A Badoni, KH Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, MJ Henry, Mohsin Khan, and YS Thakur.

Impact Substitute – Naveen-ul-Haq

Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), SA Yadav, Tilak Varma, N Wadhera, HH Pandya (C), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, JJ Bumrah, and L Wood.

Impact Substitute – Akash Madhwal

Top Players for LSG vs MI Dream11 Match

Top Players – Lucknow Super Giants

KL Rahul – The LSG skipper has been in brilliant batting form in the ongoing IPL 2024 so far, hitting 378 runs in the 9 innings of the 9 matches he has played. KL has scored these runs with an average of 42.00, hitting 3 half-centuries. He is currently the leading run-scorer for LSG in the tournament. The hosts’ skipper could be one of the top players in this LSG vs MI clash.

Yash Thakur – The young LSG pacer is leading the chart for LSG in the list of leading wicket-takers in the ongoing IPL 2024 so far. He has scalped 10 wickets in the 8 innings of the 8 matches he has played, including a brilliant five-wicket haul on his credit.

Top Players – Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma – The former MI skipper and batting stalwart, Rohit Sharma has been a consistent performer except for the last two games, he has scored 311 runs in the 9 innings, with an average of 38.87, hitting a century in the game against CSK. Rohit is expected to get his brilliant batting form back in the game against LSG in Lucknow.

Jasprit Bumrah – The star pace spearhead has completely lived up to the expectations of the fans and the franchise so far in the ongoing IPL 2024. He has scalped 14 wickets in 9 innings of the 9 matches he has played, including a sensational five-wicket haul. He can trouble the LSG batters on the considerably tough surface of the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.

LSG vs MI Must Picks for Dream11 Cricket

KL Rahul – The star opener and LSG skipper has scored 3 half-centuries, scoring 378 runs in the 9 innings of the 9 games he has played so far. He is currently the leading run-scorer for LSG in the tournament. He could be one of the must-picks in the fantasy team.

Tilak Varma – The young middle-order batter has impressed everyone with his sensational and consistent batting performances so far in the tournament. He is currently the leading run-scorer for MI in the current season, scoring 336 runs in the 9 innings of the 9 matches, hitting 3 half-centuries.

Suggested Playing XI No. 1 for LSG vs MI Dream11 Cricket Fantasy

Suryakumar Yadav (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Deepak Hooda, Tilak Varma, Mohammad Nabi, Marcus Stoinis, Yash Thakur, and Ravi Bishnoi.

Suggested Playing XI No. 2 for LSG vs MI Dream11 Cricket Fantasy

Rohit Sharma (C), Marcus Stoinis (VC), KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David, Tilak Varma, Krunal Pandya, Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravi Bishnoi.

KKR vs DC Risky Captaincy Choices

Deepak Hooda – The star LSG middle-order batter has not been in an expected form in the ongoing IPL 2024, except for a fifty in the last game. He has scored only 111 runs in the 5 innings of the 6 matches he has played, having an average of only 27.75. So, he could be a risky captaincy choice for the fantasy team.

Hardik Pandya – The star all-rounder and MI skipper has been struggling both with the bat and the ball in the tournament so far. He has scored 197 runs in 9 innings with a below-par average of 24.62, alongside scalping only 4 wickets with the ball in 7 innings of the 9 matches he has played so far for MI.