LKN vs CHE Dream11 prediction, IPL 2023: Fantasy Suggestions, Predicted Playing 11, impact substitute options

LKN vs CHE Dream11 prediction: Lucknow Super Giants will host Chennai Super Kings in match 45 of IPL 2023 at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday (May 3). The match will start at 3:30 PM after the toss at 3 PM IST.

Lucknow slumped to their third consecutive defeat at home last Monday as Royal Challengers Bangalore successfully defended 127 runs in a low-scoring chase. The defeat also took away their chance to go top of the table as they remain on 10 points after nine games. CSK are level on points as well after losing to Punjab Kings in their last home game.

As far as head-to-head is concerned, this is only the third encounter between the side with each side winning a game each. The last face-off saw Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow by 12 runs exactly a month ago at the M Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday.

LKN vs CHE injury update and key players

LKN injury update Skipper KL Rahul is uncertain for the match after hurting his thigh muscle while fielding. He later batted with the injury but could barely run.

LKN key players With the pitch conducive for bowling, Naveen Ul Haq and Amit Mishra are two in form bowlers from the team. Naveen has taken six wickets in the last two games while Mishra has taken five wickets in the last three games at Ekana.

Ravi Bishnoi is back in wicket-taking form as well with four wickets in the last two games while Krunal Pandya has been affective at the venue as well. K Gowtham is another spin option that is likely to play as he replaced Avesh Khan in the line-up in the last game.

Among batters, Kyle Mayers will be the key man top the order if KL Rahul doesn't play the game. LSG may try to fit in Quinton de Kock in the line-up too as LSG batting order came a cropper in the last game. Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis are in good form but they have struggled to score runs at the Ekana.

Out of form Deepak Hooda continues to struggle with the bat while Mark Wood has lost his place in Lucknow's playing 11.

CHE injury update Ben Stokes, Sisanda Magala, Deepak Chahar and Simarjeet Singh are all part of Chennai Super Kings' injury list.

CHE key players The top-order of CSK is putting up a good show with Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, and Shivam Dube all scoring runs. This has limited batting opportunities for the likes of Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni down the order.

Jadeja and Moeen Ali will be pivotal in the game with the former also taking 13 wickets this IPL. Lankan spinner Maheesh Theekshana will be crucial too while pacer Tushar Deshpande lead the Purple Cap race with 17 wickets. Matheesha Pathirana's slinging bowling action could be a headache at the venue too.

Out of form Ambati Rayudu's batting woes continue with a duck in his last innings.

LKN vs CHE predicted playing 11 and impact sub options

LKN predicted playing 11 Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur

LKN Impact sub options Quinton de Kock is likely to play as opener in absence of KL Rahul.

LKN bench Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Avesh Khan, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Karan Sharma

CHE predicted playing 11 Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

CHE predicted Impact sub Ambati Rayudu and pacer Akash Singh are often used as substitute.

CHE bench kash Singh, Dwaine Pretorius, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, RS Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Bhagath Varma, Sisanda Magala, Nishant Sindhu

LKN vs CHE pitch report

The Narendra Modi Stadium has been batting friendly so far but has provided little assistance for new ball bowlers. The average score batting first in IPL at the venue is 165. The team chasing has often won here except for the last game when MI fell short by a 55-run margin.