LSG vs DC, 3rd Match IPL 2023: Pre-match Predictions

The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and the Delhi Capitals (DC) will face each other in the third contest of the Indian Premier League 2023. The match will be played on Apr 1, 2023, at the Ekana Sports City stadium in Lucknow. The Lucknow Super Giants started their journey in IPL in the year 2022 and hence it’s one of the teams which played the minimum number of the IPL seasons. On the other hand, the Delhi Capitals (DC) will start their journey of IPL Season 16 and look for a great start in the tournament.

LSG Players List & Role

Details about the Lucknow Super Giants team: players, history, achievements.
PlayerRole
KL RahulBatsman
Marcus StoinisAll-Rounder
Ravi BishnoiBowler
Quinton De KockBatsman/Wicket Keeper
Deepak HoodaAll-Rounder
Krunal PandyaAll-Rounder
Avesh KhanBowler
Mark WoodBowler
K GowthamAll-Rounder
Manan VohraBatsman
Mohsin KhanBowler
Ayush BadoniAll-Rounder
Kyle MayersAll-Rounder
Karan SharmaAll-Rounder
Mayank YadavBowler
Nicholas PooranWicket Keeper
Jaydev UnadkatBowler
Yash ThakurBowler
Romario ShepherdAll-Rounder
Daniel SamsAll-Rounder
Amit MishraAll-Rounder
Prerak MankadAll-Rounder
Swapnil SinghBowler 
Naveen ul HaqBowler
Yudhvir CharakAll-Rounder

DC Players List & Role

Details about the Delhi Capitals
team: players, history, achievements.
PlayerRole
Prithvi ShawBatsman
David WarnerBatsman
Sarfaraz KhanBatsman
Yash DhullBatsman
Rovman PowellBatsman
Anrich NortjeBowler
Kamlesh NagarkotiBowler
Mustafizur RahmanBowler
Lungi NgidiBowler
Khaleel AhmedBowler
Chetan SakariyaBowler
Praveen DubeyBowler
Kuldeep YadavBowler
Axar PatelAll-Rounder
Mitchell MarshAll-Rounder
Lalit YadavAll-Rounder
Ripal PatelAll-rounder
Vicky OstwalAll-rounder
Aman KhanAll-rounder
Ishant SharmaBowler
Phil SaltBatsman/Wicket Keeper
Manish PandeyBatsman
Mukesh KumarBowler
Rilee RussouwBatsman

First Face-Off

LSG played against the DC for the very first time in the 15th match of IPL 2022 on April 7, 2022. In the very first match against LSG, the Delhi Capitals made 149/3, while chasing the target the Lucknow Super Giants were able to make it with the two balls remaining and won the match by 6 wickets. They again played against each other in the 45th match of the tournament and the result was again the same. LSG won the match by 6 runs.

Previous IPL Results

Since, the LSG started playing the IPL in the year 2022, therefore, The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) played only two times against the Delhi Capitals till now. Both times LSG won the match.

Previous Results

Date of the MatchWinner of the MatchWon by
7-Apr-2022Lucknow Super Giants6 Wickets
1-May-2022Lucknow Super Giants6 Runs

Pre-Match Analysis

For both the teams this match will be going to be the very first match of IPL 2023. Hence both the slides will try to start their journey of this IPL season with a victory. Hence, the contest between both sides would be very exciting to watch. Both teams are having great finishers and power hitters and magical bowlers.

Betting on the Lucknow Super Giants team: odds, forecast.

Probable Best Batter of the Match

From the Delhi Capitals side, the performance of David Warner would be very interesting to watch. He’s one of the most experienced players of the Australian Cricket Team, the records of David Warner in the Indian Premier League are sufficient enough to showcase his talent and versatility on the field. Also, From the Lucknow Super Giants side, Quinton De Kock can play a very impressive inning.

Probable Best Bowler of the Match

If we talk about the Bowling section, the spin bowling of Axar Patel may put the Lucknow Super Giants in trouble. Axar Patel has impressive left-arm bowling skills, if he takes a few wickets as early as possible, then the contest would be in the favour of the Delhi Capitals.

From the LSG side, it would be very interesting to watch Mark Wood with the new ball.

Match Details

The match between the Lucknow Super Giants and the Delhi Capitals will be the 3rd match of the Indian Premier League 2023. The match will start at 7:30 PM (IST) on April 1, 2023. The venue for this contest is the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

Pitch Report

The pitch at the Lucknow stadium, usually favours the batting side, However, due to the black soil and the environment, the pitch seems to be supportive of the pacers too. The average score on this pitch is also quite high, hence we can expect a high-scoring match between the Lucknow Super Giants and the Delhi Capitals.

Today’s match prediction: Final Thoughts

Betting on the Delhi Capitals team: odds, forecast.

Both sides are all set to face each other in the third contest of the IPL 2023. The match would be very interesting and nail beating as the squad of both teams is filled with versatile players. The match will start at 7:30 in the evening, and it will be the start of the IPL season-16 journey for both teams. As we know in all the previous matches LSG won all the matches, so this year too there are chances that LSG will win again.