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

LKN vs MI Dream11 prediction: Lucknow Super Giants will host Mumbai Indians in match 63 of IPL 2023 at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday (May 16). The match will start at 7:30 PM after the toss at 7 PM IST.

In a virtual do-or-die battle, Mumbai Indians (14 points) and Lucknow Super Giants (13 points) will look to make gains into the playoffs as a win will put them in a stronger position to qualify for the playoffs. MI, in fact, should qualify for the playoffs if they win.

As far as head-to-head is concerned, Lucknow have never lost to Mumbai Indians, winning both their encounters so far. This is in fact the first time both sides are squaring off this season with the sole encounter being played in Lucknow.

LKN vs MI injury update and key players

LKN injury update Naveen Ul-Haq missed back-to-back games while KL Rahul is out for the season and is replaced with Karun Nair.

LKN key players Quinton de Kock has been in good touch since finding place in the team late in the season with knocks of 70 and 29 while Prerak Mankad bloomed late in the season with a match-winning innings of 64* in the last game. Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, and Nicholas Pooran have played some good knocks but have struggled on slow surfaces.

Ayush Badoni has been doing good work with the bat as well but his batting number is not fixed. Among bowlers, Krunal Pandya and Amit Mishra have been the key performers as they have been effective on slow surfaces. Yudhvir Singh Charak returned to the line-up in the last game and made a good case for himself with a spell of 1/24.

Ravi Bishnoi has blown hot and cold this season but has 12 wickets to his name and his importance can't be ignored at Ekana.

Out of form Deepak Hooda continues to struggle with the bat while Mark Wood has lost his place in Lucknow's playing 11. Avesh Khan has struggled with his performance and pace with just 2 wickets in four games. Mohsin Khan was dropped for the last game as well after proving ineffective since his return from injury.

MI injury update There's no fresh injury concern for Mumbai since Chris Jordan replaced injured Jofra Archer for the rest of the season.

MI key players Rohit Sharma found some momentum with a knock of 18-ball 29 in the last game in what has been a forgettable season for him. Rest of Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Nehal Wadhera and Tilak Varma has been key to MI's playoff fight. Surya and Wadhera in particular have been playing match-winning knocks off late.

Among bowlers, Piyush Chawla has taken 14 wickets this season and could hold the key in the game while Akash Madhwal has turned up as an important death-over bowler and took three wickets in the last game. Spinner Kumar Kartikeya could prove crucial too as he found wicket-taking form with a couple of dismissals in the last game.

LKN vs MI predicted playing 11 and impact sub options

LKN predicted playing 11 Manan Vohra, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan

LKN impact sub options Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni are often used as impact substitutes while Karun Nair may also come into play with Super Giants middle-order struggling.

LKN bench Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Jaydev Unadkat, Quinton de Kock, Mark Wood, Swapnil Singh, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Yash Thakur

MI predicted playing 11 Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan

MI predicted impact sub Likes of Nehal Wadhera, Akash Madhwal, Piyush Chawla and Raghav Goyla have been used as substitutes thi season.

MI bench Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Ramandeep Singh, Jason Behrendorff, Sandeep Warrier, Hrithik Shokeen, Duan Jansen, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Raghav Goyal

LKN vs MI pitch report

The Ekana has provided challenging surfaces as five of the six matches have been a struggle for run-scoring with both slower bowlers and quicker bowlers finding success. Only the season opener saw a team score upwards of 170.

The average score batting first in IPL at the venue is 147. The teams batting first have won thrice and team chasing has won twice so far here. Chasing has been a nightmare in the last two matches at the venue.