Since 2023, the Ekana Stadium, also known as the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, has been home to the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). With a capacity of 50,000, it is one of the country’s major cricket venues. On April 1, 2021, the Ekana Stadium staged its maiden Premier League match, against LSG and DC. The match was won by the home team by 50 runs. Here we have covered everything you need to know about the Ekana Stadium Pitch Report, Stats and more for LSG vs PBKS Today Match IPL 2023.
Ekana Stadium Pitch Report Today Match LSG vs PBKS IPL 2023
The inaugural IPL 2023 match was played at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Red Soil, which proved to be enough for the hitters.
However, the second match at this site between LSG and SRH was played on black dirt, which gripped and turned for the spinners and made it difficult for the batsmen to score easily.
“We’ve been here for a few weeks now.” We were aware of what we were getting ourselves into (due to the nature of the pitch). It was enthralling even when Jaydev bowled a couple cuts. It was a no-brainer to start bowling early. “My first thought when I saw both pitches was that we’d have to bat smartly here,” LSG skipper KL Rahul said during his team’s second home match in Lucknow.
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The team which wins the toss should look to bat first at the venue. Only two matches have been played so far at Ekana Stadium in which the team batting first has won once and the team batting second has also won once.