Detailed Pitch Report of Ekana Stadium Home Ground Of LSG-IPL 2024

The Lucknow Super Giants home stadium, Ekana Stadium, is notable for being the most bowler-friendly IPL location in India. It has the lowest bowling strike rate, average, and economy of any current IPL ground.

It has hosted seven matches, and in those seven games, its spinners have been especially good, giving up just 6.67 runs per over and taking wickets at a rate of 20.43 runs and 18.3 balls, which leads all current IPL venues in these metrics.

Big-hitting batsmen have found the bowler-friendly conditions of the stadium difficult, as seen by the low batting strike rate of 115.64.

Pitch Condition Of Ekana Stadium:

During the last World Cup in 2023, the pitch turned out to be, unlike before. At first, the replaced seaming line provided good batting conditions, but after a few games, the pitch becomes better for spin bowling, making it difficult for batsmen.
Contrary to earlier threatening for bowling teams, there is some kind of advantage for teams chasing in T20s at Ekana. This can be attributed to the "Dew factor" in the later evening and the advantage to the spinners long into the session.

Records and Stats:

Average 1st Innings Score: 160 (T20s)

Average 2nd Innings Score: 122 (T20s)

Batting First Win Rate: 50%

Batting Second Win Rate: 33%

LSG Squad Composition:

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), KL Rahul, Nicolas Pooran (WI).

Batters: Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner (AUS).

All-rounders: Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers (WI), Marcus Stoinis (AUS), Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh Charak, David Willey (ENG), Arshin Kulkarni, Md. Arshad Khan.

Bowlers: Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG), Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddarth.