MI vs LSG: Lucknow cricketers have last chance today, they will have to show strength if they want to go to T20 World Cup.

Lucknow. The selection of the Indian cricket team for the T20 World Cup is scheduled to take place on May 1. Now there is only one match to be played in the IPL before the team selection for the World Cup. IPL 2024 has a match between Lucknow Supergiants and Mumbai Indians on Tuesday. This match is also the last chance for Lucknow Supergiants captain KL Rahul to be in the T20 World Cup squad. This is the last chance for KL Rahul to stake his claim for selection as the second wicketkeeper in the Indian team.

KL Rahul’s strike rate has been a matter of concern in T20 cricket. He is off to a slow start in the powerplay. However, he has made some improvements this season. He is on 144 runs so far in IPL 2024. Scored 378 runs at an average of 27. Rishabh Pant (160.60) and Sanju Samson (161.08) have a better strike rate than Rahul. Pant’s place in the T20 World Cup squad is almost certain. Delhi Capitals captain Pant has performed brilliantly in both wicketkeeping and batting. Sanju has also staked his claim by playing an aggressive innings for Rajasthan Royals. In such a situation, Rahul will have to play more aggressively so that his team can score big and strengthen their claim.

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Lucknow Supergiants were defeated by Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in the last match. Now the onus will be on Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis and Niklas Pooran to score quick runs. In front of them is Mumbai’s bowling attack which was demolished all over the ground by the Delhi Capitals batsmen on Sunday. Mumbai bowlers had no answer to young Jack Fraser McGurk’s stroke. A world class bowler like Jasprit Bumrah also gave away 19 runs in the first over. Luke Wood and Hardik Pandya proved too expensive.

The Mumbai team is ninth in the points table. They will have to win all the matches to stay in the race for the IPL playoffs. Indian captain Rohit Sharma and T20 number one batsman Suryakumar Yadav will be expected to put up a good innings. Hardik, who has failed with both bat and ball this season, will have to perform well to earn a place in the World Cup squad.

Lucknow Supergiants: KL Rahul (capt), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Meyers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen Ul Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yuddhveer Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra. Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K Gautam, Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohammad Arshad Khan.

Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Nehal Vadera, Dewald Brewis, Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Luke Gopal Wood, , Anshul Kamboj, Kumar Karthikeya, Akash Madhwal, Quena Mafka, Shams Mulani, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma, Arjun Tendulkar, Nuwan Tushara, Vishnu Vinod.

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Tags: IPL 2024, KL Rahul, Lucknow Super Giants, T20 World Cup, Team India