Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings - 45th Match - May 3

The 45th match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants on the 3rd of May, 2023 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

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Lucknow Super Giants Form Guide:

Lucknow Super Giants are currently placed at the 3rd position on points table.

The top run scorer for Lucknow Super Giants is Kyle Mayers with 297 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Lucknow Super Giants is Ravi Bishnoi with 12 scalps under his belt.

Lucknow Super Giants have lost their previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 18 runs.

Royal Challengers Bangalore batted first and they scored 126 for 9 in 20 overs. The pitch was really tough to bat on. Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis played well but the middle order simply collapsed like a pack of cards. As a result, Royal Challengers Bangalore were restricted to a low total.

During the chase, Lucknow Super Giants lost Kyle Mayers early on. Krunal Pandya struck a few boundaries before being dismissed by Maxwell. After his dismissal, the Lucknow Super Giants kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Their skipper suffered an injury and came out to bat only at number 11. He couldn't do much and Lucknow Super Giants fell short by 18 runs.

Chennai Super Kings Form Guide:

Chennai Super Kings are placed at the 4th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Chennai Super Kings is Devon Conway with 414 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Chennai Super Kings is Tushar Deshpande with 17 scalps under his belt.

Chennai Super Kings have lost their previous match against Punjab Kings by 4 wickets.

Chennai Super Kings batted first and they posted a total of 200 for 4 in 20 overs. Devon Conway played a magestic knock of 92 not out in 52 balls. He paved the way for his team to put on a big total. Due to his supreme batting, Chennai Super Kings got to a big total.

During the chase, Punjab Kings openers played superbly. The pair of Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh added 50 runs for the first wicket partnership. Liam Livingstone played a blinder in the middle order. He smashed 40 runs in just 24 balls to ignite hope for a successful chase. Sikandar Raza provided the match winning blow on the last ball of the match and took his team home with 4 wickets in hand.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Chennai Super Kings (CSK): MS Dhoni (C), Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Bhagath Varma, Ajay Mandal, Kyle Jamieson, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (C), Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Charak, Naveen-ul-Haq, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Nicholas Pooran

Cricket Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Lucknow Super Giants

Who will win?- Lucknow Super Giants

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Marcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants), Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Naveen ul Haq (Lucknow Super Giants), Maheesh Theekshana (Chennai Super Kings)

Most Sixes – Marcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants), Devon Conway (Chennai Super Kings)

Player of the Match- Marcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants)

Team Scores Batting first - Lucknow Super Giants 150+, Chennai Super Kings 140+

Match Handicap: Lucknow Super Giants

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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