Top player battles to watch out for in the LSG vs GT IPL 2025 match

The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are ready to host the Gujarat Titans in the 26th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow scheduled to be held on 12 April, 2025. Incidentally, both these teams are coming into this game with a pretty confident feeling after having registered impressive victories in their respective previous outings during the ongoing edition of the T20 tournament. Lucknow Super Giants registered a brilliant win over Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match while Gujarat Titans defeated the Rajasthan Royals in their most recent IPL 2025 outing. Therefore, it will be crucial for both these teams to build on this winning momentum further in the competition as well. 

LSG vs GT IPL head to head

It has been a tournament of mixed fortunes so far for the Lucknow Super Giants as they have managed to win a total of 3 out of their 5 matches. Lucknow Super Giants have defeated the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in this season. On the other hand, the Gujarat Titans have definitely punched above their weights in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League with fine victories over Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians. 

While talking about the LSG vs GT IPL head to head records, the Gujarat Titans have dominated the proceedings to a great extent. Out of the five matches played between these two teams, the Gujarat Titans have managed to win as many as four games while Lucknow Super Giants have emergec victorious on just a single occasion. During their IPL 2024 face-off, the Lucknow Super Giants defeated the Gujarat Titans by 33 runs. 

3 player battles to watch out for in the LSG vs GT IPL 2025 match

1. Nicholas Pooran vs Mohammed Siraj

For the Lucknow Super Giants, left-handed Windies batter Nicholas Pooran has definitely repaid the faith shown by the team management in the IPL 2025 mega auction, having retained him at a massive price of INR 21 Crore. The southpaw swashbuckling batter has smashed a phenomenal totla of 288 runs from 5 matches this season at a fantastic average of 72 at a remarkable strike-rate of 225 that includes as many as 3 half-centuries. On the other hand, Gujarat Titans' pacer Mohammed Siraj has been excellent with the ball so far this year for his new franchise. The speedster has taken as many as 10 wickets from a total of 5 matches at a fine economy of 7.70. While talking about their head-to-head battle, Pooran has the upper hand with a strike-rate of 150 and has been dismissed only once against Siraj. 

2. Shubman Gill vs Shardul Thakur

Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill is yet to fire all cyclinders so far in the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League. He ended up scoring a superb match-winning half-century in the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad and also got a couple of starts in the first few games. On the other hand, coming in as a replacement player, right-arm pace bowler Shardul Thakur has been absolutely phenomenal for the Lucknow Super Giants in this tournament. He has taken as many as 9 wickets from 5 matches at an average ofd 20.44. In their IPL face-offs so far, Shardul has had dominating hand with a couple of dismissals while Shubman has a poor strike-rate of 116 against the Indian pacer. 

3. Jos Buttler vs Avesh Khan

While representing the Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025, Jos Buttler has batted really well as seen especially in the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The former England captain has smashed a wonderful tally of 202 runs from 5 games this season at an average of more than 50. On the other side, speedster Avesh Khan bowled decently well for the Lucknow Super Giants in their last game against Kolkata Knight Riders. It has beena a neck-to-neck contest between these two cricketers in the IPL history. Buttler has a sensational strike-rate of more than 200 while Avesh has got the better of him a couple of times. Thus, it will be an interesting contest to watch out for in the Lucknow Super Giants vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 match starting on Saturday.