IPL 2023: Predicted XI of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the season
LSG were impressed in their debut IPL season.
Middle order: Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran
Deepak Hooda is one of the top power hitters in the IPL. He is capable of smashing boundaries and maximums with relative ease and the amount of power that he generates from his willow is surreal. Hooda is one of the players who is expected to tonk a lot more sixes in the next season. The 27-year-old scored 1236 runs at a terrific strike rate of 132.05 including seven fifties.
Lucknow Super Giants recruited the services of Ayush Badoni for his base price of INR 20 lakh at the IPL 2022 mega auction. The youngster echoed that Gautam Gambhir backed him a lot. He has played 13 matches to date in his IPL career. Overall, he has mustered 161 runs, with an average of 20.13. Moreover, he also slammed 1 half-century, registering his best score of 54.
Nicholas Pooran is one of the most explosive hitters in the truncated version of the game. Having a player like him is an added benefit to the team as he has the potential to score runs at a rate of knots. West Indies wicket-keeper batter was bought by LSG for INR 16 crore at IPL 2023 mini-auction. Nicholas Pooran played 47 games in the IPL and has scored 912 runs at a strike rate of 151.24 including four fifties.
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