There won’t be many - if any - sporting clashes in the world between two teams with Super in their titles. Let’s hope this one lives up to its self-proclaimed billing.
This IPL has been pretty wild - five scores have already exceeded 250, including a record 287-3.
I’ll certainly admit that it hasn’t been easy to predict results-wise, though backers of runs have been rewarded.
We’ve had our fair share of success in that regard.
Chennai heads into this contest having won four of six games - eight points - and Lucknow are two points behind them, having won three from their six outings.
You can see why champions Chennai are the odds-on favourite to win this. They have won their last two and Lucknow have lost their last two.
There is a best price of 3/4 on a CSK win with Betway, but I think there’s better value knocking about despite the fact I do think Ruturaj Gaikwad’s side will win.
Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings Tips & Predictions
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I think that value lies in several bet builders and price boosts on offer via the likes of bet365, Betway and Ladbrokes.
Ladbrokes boost the first one - 9/4 on Chennai quick Mustafizur Rahman to take over 1.5 wickets in the match.
The Bangladeshi left-arm has taken 10 wickets so far, the joint second-most across the tournament at the time of writing.
Betway are offering 11/4 on a CSK win, opener Gaikwad scoring 25 runs and his team-mate Shivam Dube hitting at least one six in the match.
That’s worth taking on, considering Gaikwad has hit an impressive 224 runs so far with two fifties, and top-order colleague Dube has bettered him with 242. More importantly, considering this bet, the left-hander has hit 15 sixes.
Gaikwad to score 25+ runs & Shivam Dube to hit at least one six
IPL 2024 - Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings
Win with Quin
Lucknow’s South African opener, Quinton de Kock, has had a mixed campaign.
After back-to-back scores of 54 and 81 early doors, he has had three innings without passing 20. He is due another innings of substance, and he is one of those players who generally always seems to get runs when I watch him.
With those things in mind, I’d be very interested in taking Ladbrokes’ boosted 3/1 offer for the left-hander to score a fifty in the fixture.
De Kock’s team-mate, the 21-year-old LSG fast bowler Mayank Yadav has had a fine start to this campaign with a pair of three-wicket hauls across three appearances.
His price of 10/3 with Paddy Power to be his team’s top bowler in the match should definitely be considered. He is set to be back in contention having missed the last two games through injury.
And, finally, back to a boosted Bet Builder involving a CSK win. Bet365 have 5/1 on a win for the men in yellow and the aforementioned Mustafizur Rahman to take two wickets and their left-arm spinner Ravi Jadeja to do the same.
The latter has four wickets in six appearances, including a three-wicket haul a couple of weeks ago.
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