Lucknow vs Bengaluru, 50th Match
BRSABV Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
Thu, 7 May 2026
7:30 PM IST, 2:00 PM GMT
Pitch Report according to previous Records:
The pitch at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow is generally slow, favouring spinners and challenging batsmen. In 2026, the pitch has been a mixed bag, offering a mix of spin and pace.
Official Live Pitch Report:
Deep Dasgupta and Aaron Finch: It's a very pleasant evening here in Lucknow and a little bit of overcast conditions as well. One of the very few venues this season where the returns for the bowlers are much better than the batters. One of the reason is the size of the playing field here. Now if you look at my right side, it's 69 and on my left, it's 64. Straight down it's 73. It's quite big, this venue. Now I've got Aaron Finch here with me. Now, Finchy, this is on an average, 155 runs scored here. So what do you make of this pitch this evening? Yeah hi Deep, I think it's a beautiful playing arena. But when you first come down and have a look at this wicket, the one thing that you do notice straight away, there is a little bit of cracking, which is not uncommon at this time of the season. But when you come down and you feel the wicket, it's quite abrasive. There's only a little bit of grass and it's pretty well rolled in, but it's really abrasive. So what that means to me straight away is that once that shine goes off the ball, the ball will start to stick in the surface a little bit more. And particularly on this wicket, which is a black soil wicket. So what does that mean exactly? So black soil generally, we would see is less bounce as compared to the red soil pitch or the composite one. And also the turn, if you look at the turn as well, it's not as much as some of the other surfaces. Now that's going to be the key here. But like you said, Finchy, you reckon this might have a little more for the bowlers and spinners, especially because of the abrasiveness? Spinners especially. I think if the fast bowlers can find that really good hard length, one where it's so accustomed to Josh Hazelwood, Avesh Khan, those type of bowlers finding, that'll be difficult for batters, particularly in those middle phases of the game. But overall, I think what you're looking to do here, you win the toss, you bowl first and you try and chase down a total later on. It's a bit of a mystery why 155 is the average score, because this looks a pitch which would have something in it for the batters, a little more than 155 is what we're expecting.
BRSABV Ekana Stadium T20 Matches Records:
Last 5 T20 matches 1st inn avg score: 155
Last 5 T20 matches 2nd inn avg score: 151
Last 5 T20 matches win records: bowl first 3 - 2 bat first
LUC vs BAN Head to Head in last 7 T20s:
Lucknow 2 - 5 Bengaluru