PBKS vs LSG Dream11 prediction, IPL 2023: Fantasy picks, captain and vice-captain choices

PBKS vs LSG Dream11 prediction: Punjab Kings will be looking to pull off a season double over Lucknow Super Giants as they face off in the IPL 2023 for the second time this season. Kings, who won the first encounter in Lucknow, will host the match at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Friday.

PBKS, however, will continue to be without their skipper and star batter Shikhar Dhawan. Pacer Kagiso Rabada has missed recent games as well while LSG have pacer Mohsin Khan available for selection after recovering from a major injury that forced him to miss the early stages of the season.

pbks-vs-lsg-dream11-prediction-3 — KL Rahul

PBKS vs LSG: Six key players

PBKS (Sam Curran, Arshdeep Singh) Sam Curran, who has been leading the team in the absence of Dhawan, scored a crucial half-century in the big win over Mumbai Indians while Arshdeep Singh was back in his match-winning avatar for the first time this season with a four-wicket spell.

Apart from the duo, the likes of Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma have a lot of firepower but have scored runs sporadically while Shahrukh Khan is a crucial finisher for the team with his ability to strike the ball hard.

LSG: (KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Amit Mishra) KL Rahul has been a reliant batter at the top of the order with consistent knocks at the top of the order. His opening partner Kyle Mayers have in good form as well but at times has misfired. Nicholas Pooran is another in-form man for the side and was promoted up the order in the last game.

Marcus Stoinis has not fired runs consistently but has four wickets to his name in the last two games. The team has other performers in Krunal Pandya and Amit Mishra as the spin duo has picked up wickets while Ravi Bishnoi has proved expensive off late.

PBKS vs LSG predicted playing 11 and bench

PBKS predicted playing 11 A Taide, P Singh, M Short, L Livingstone, S Curran (C), J Sharma (WK), HS Bhatia, S Khan, H Brar, R Chahar, A Singh

PBKS bench S Raza, K Rabada, R Dhawan, M Rathee, S Singh, B Rajapaksa, B Singh, V Kaverappa, G Brar, N Ellis

LSG predicted playing 11 KL Rahul (C), K Mayers, D Hooda, M Stoinis, K Pandya, N Pooran (WK), A Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, A Mishra, A Khan, R Bishnoi

LSG bench J Unadkat, K Gowtham, D Sams, P Mankad, M Vohra, M Wood, Q de Kock, S Singh, Y Thakur, R Shepherd, M Yadav, YS Charak