Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 IPL
Lucknow Super Giants take on Chennai Super Kings in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
The match is scheduled to start at 3.30pm local time (11am BST) on Wednesday, May 3.
The match will be held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.
Both teams have been plagued with inconsistency recently; Lucknow Super Giants lost their last game to Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings lost theirs to Punjab Kings. The Super Kings also lost to Rajasthan Royals too recently so will be aiming to revive their fortunes.
In the reverse fixture, Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs. Ruturaj Gaikwad starred with 57 off 31 balls and Devon Conway with 47 off 29. With the ball, Moeen Ali took 4 for 26. They will be hoping that those players can repeat this; however, home advantage may play a part for Lucknow.
Kyle Mayers is key for Lucknow (Getty Images)
KL Rahul suffered an injury in their last game against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Jaydev Unadkat is also injured.
As for Chennai Super Kings, Ben Stokes’s familiar injury problems have returned and its unclear whether he will return for this match. Given Stokes is only there for a short period due to his captaincy duties, he needs to play soon.
Ajinkya Rahane has starred for the Chennai Super Kings so the Giants will view him as a priority wicket. If Mark Wood plays, maybe his hostile place will rough Rahane up. Devon Conway didn’t play in their last game but his 71 not out off 29 balls shows that he can perform on this stage.
Krunal Pandya has done well so far for the Giants as has Kyle Mayers. It promises to be an exciting fixture.
Matches played: 2
Lucknow Super Giants wins: 1
Chennai Super Kings wins: 1
The forecast shows that it might be affected by showers although a high temperature of 27 degrees Celsius is predicted.
CSK travel to Lucknow for this one (Getty Images)
Lucknow Super Giants: Ayush Badoni, KL Rahul (C) Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Daniel Sams, Deepak Hooda, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Romario Shepherd, Swapnil Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Quinton de Kock (wk), Amit Mishra, Arpit Guleria, Avesh Khan, Jaydev Undakat, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Naveen Ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Singh
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Subhransu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Mateesha Pathirana, Sisanda Magala, Akash Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Mitchell Santner, Shivam Dube, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangerekar, Ben Stokes, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, K. Bagath Varma
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (capt and wk), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (capt and wk), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
CSK are slightly favourites at 4/5, while LSG are placed at 9/10.
Lucknow to use home advantage and beat Chennai Super Kings.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
If you are watching from the Middle East, you'll be able to view the game on Times Internet.
People from Bangladesh can watch the game on Gazi TV.
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