Chennai Super Kings will be up against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Stadium on Wednesday (May 3) as we prepare for another low-scoring thriller at the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.
LSG are currently placed 3rd in the IPL 2023 table, and CSK just behind them in the 4th position. Both have 10 points after playing nine games, but LSG are ahead courtesy of a superior net run rate.

Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings
Date: Wednesday, May 3
Time: 3.30 pm IST
Venue: Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
Captains: KL Rahul (LSG) and MS Dhoni (CSK)
LSG Squad: KL Rahul (C), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak
CSK Squad: MS Dhoni (C), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sidhu, Kyle Jamieson (injured, replaced by Sisanda Magala), Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Verma
LSG Team News vs CSK: Lucknow Super Giants have huge concern as their captain KL Rahul is doubtful for the upcoming match. Rahuli injured his leg in the RCB match and is doubtful for the CSK clash on Wednesday.
LSG suffered a staggering defeat in the last match against RCB and may contemplate making some changes. KL Rahul may have to sit out, and Quinton de Kock can come into the team in place of Naveen-ul-Haq.
CSK Team News vs LSG: CSK have no injury concerns in their team ahead of the LSG tie. They suffered their second home defeat at the hands of the Punjab Kings. Bowling has been an issue for them this season as their young attack has struggled at times.
The slowness of Ekana Stadium can induce CSK to make some changes, but they already have three quality spinners in Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali and Maheesh Theekshana. And it looks like the Super Kings will play an unchanged team or can make minor tweaks in the Imapct Player substitutes.
LSG Playing 11 vs CSK: Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran, K Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Avesh Khan
LSG Impact Players - Ayush Badoni, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra
CSK Playing 11 vs LSG: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande
CSK Impact Players - Akash Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, R Hangargekar, Prashant Solanki