The 6th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants on Monday 3rd April 2023 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

Chennai Super Kings are the second most successful team in the history of the Indian Premier League but failed to have a kick start to this season of IPL and lost their very first match of this tournament against Gujarat Titans by the margin of five wickets. The batting and bowling unit of Chennai Super Kings did not perform as many of us were expecting. Lucknow Super Giants are playing their second edition of the Indian Premier League and what a start they had to this season. They had beaten their favorite team, Delhi Capitals in their opening match of this season of IPL with a big margin of 50 runs.

Chennai Super Kings is overall a strong team and they picked some best players from the auctions of IPL 2023 but failed to have a winning start. They were asked to bat first after losing the toss. The performance of their batting order was good and they put a total of 178 runs on the board in 20 overs. This was a good total on the board and was defendable but their bowling unit destroyed all the efforts made by the batsmen. Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad came to open the batting inning of Chennai Super Kings but failed to provide a good opening start and Devon Conway came back to the pavilion with a total of just 14 runs. Moeen Ali came to bat at number three and had a partnership of 36 runs with Ruturaj Gaikwad. He scored 23 runs on 17 balls and smashed four boundaries and one huge six. Ben Stokes and Ambati Rayudu failed to put a big total on the board while Shivam Dube put some runs on the board. He scored 19 runs on 18 balls and smashed one huge six. Ravindra Jadeja is an experienced all-rounder but he could not manage to put some big runs on the board.

Ruturaj Gaikwad proved the best performer from the side Chennai Super Kings and it was his good batting performance that they put a good total on the board. He scored a total of 92 runs on 50 balls with the help of four boundaries and nine huge sixes. He became the first batsman who scored the first fifty of this edition of the Indian Premier League. The skipper, MS Dhoni showed some power hitting and scored 14 runs on just seven balls. He smashed one boundary and the same huge six. Chennai Super Kings lost their first match due to the bad performance of their bowling department. They have some best bowlers of white ball cricket like Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, and Ravindra Jadeja but failed to give the best performance. They had to take immediate action to improve their bowling unit otherwise, they will get the results that they didn’t want. They leaked the target of 179 runs with four balls in hand. Rajvardhan Hangargekar proved the highest wicket-taker from their side but he leaked a lot of runs. He picked up three wickets while he was charged with 36 runs in four overs. Tushar Deshpande proved the most expensive bowler even though he had a wicket to his name. He picked one wicket while he was charged for more than fifty runs in 3.2 overs. Remember that he leaked the runs with the economy of 15.30 runs per over. Ravindra Jadeja was the most economical bowler with one wicket to his name in four overs. He leaked just 28 runs. Mitchell Santner and Mitchell Santner were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

Lucknow Super Giants had an ideal start to this edition of IPL and beat Delhi Capitals with a big margin of 50 runs. They outclassed Delhi Capitals in every department of the game. They have a strong batting order in their squad and they performed well in their very first match of this tournament and put a total of 193 runs on the board in 20 overs. KL Rahul and kayle Mayers come to open the batting inning but failed to score some big runs for the partnership of the first wicket and KL Rahul was taken by Chetan Sakariya with a total of just 19 runs on the board. Deepak Hooda came to bat in third position and had a partnership of 79 runs with Kayle Mayers. Krunal Pandya and Marcus Stoinis did not put some big runs on the board but Nicholas Pooran had an outstanding performance with the bat and scored some big runs. Ayush Badoni also showed some kind of power hitting in the lower overs. Kayle Mayers was their side’s most successful and highest run-scorer, with 73 runs to his name on just 38 balls. He smashed two boundaries and seven huge sixes during his inning.

Nicholas Pooran scored 36 runs on 21 balls with the help of two boundaries and three huge sixes. Ayush Badoni smashed the inning of 18 runs on just seven balls. He smashed one boundary and two huge sixes. Deepak Hooda scored 17 runs while Krunal Pandya remained not out after scoring 15 runs. The bowling unit of Lucknow Super Giants also performed well and defended the target of 194 runs and leaked just 143 runs in 20 overs. Kyle Mayers, Jaydev Unadkat, Krishnappa Gowtham, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, and Ravi Bishnoi are the leading bowlers of this team and almost all bowlers from their side performed well in their opening match. Mark Wood was the most successful bowler from their side who almost destroyed the batting order of Delhi Capitals. He picked up a total of five wickets in four overs against just 14 runs. Avesh Khan also had an outstanding performance with the ball and picked up two wickets in four overs against 29 runs. Ravi Bishnoi was the other bowler who performed well in the previous match and picked two wickets in four overs while he was charged with 31 runs. Krishnappa Gowtham, Jaydev Unadkat, and Kyle Mayers were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. Winning the first match of any tournament is a big advantage and we are sure that Lucknow Super Giants will give a tough time to Chennai Super Kings in this match.

Chennai Super Kings had played just one match against Lucknow Super Giants where they lost the match.

Chennai Super Kings had won two out of the most recent five matches they had played while Lucknow Super Giants had won three out of five recently played matches.

Chennai Super Kings is a strong and well-balanced team and has a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to today’s prediction, Chennai Super Kings is the favorite team who will win this match. Many factors make Chennai Super Kings a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Chennai Super Kings lost the first match but they can bounce back
• The batting order of Chennai Super Kings is experienced
• Lucknow Super Giants also have a strong batting order which is in good form
• Chennai Super Kings have a strong bowling unit than Lucknow Super Giants
• Lucknow Super Giants won the first match and will be confident

Chennai Super Kings is overall a strong team when we compare it with Lucknow Super Giants. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Chennai Super Kings have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Chennai Super Kings have a 52% chance to win this match
Lucknow Super Giants has a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play important in the result of every match of IPL 2023 as we had observed in the previous editions of this tournament. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL. Remember that 52% of matches had been won by chasing teams at Narendra Modi Stadium.

The 6th match of IPL T20, 2023 is going to be held at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. This venue is known to have a slow and low turning pitch which means that the spin bowlers tend to do well here. The surface is typically dry and dusty which can cause the ball to spin sharply making it difficult for the batsmen to score runs. Historically, the MA Chidambaram Stadium has been known to favor the team batting second, as the pitch tends to slow down as the match progresses which makes it harder for the team batting first to set a high target.

The weather forecast for Chennai is good for this cricket match. The weather in Chennai is generally hot and humid, with temperatures ranging between 25°C and 35°C. The humidity can make it uncomfortable for players and it may also cause the ball to swing more in the air.

Chennai Super Kings: Ravindra Jadeja, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni (C), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali

Lucknow Super Giants: Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, KL Rahul (C), Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran (Wk)

Captain: Ruturaj Gaikwad
Vice-Captain: Ravindra Jadeja
Nicholas Pooran, MS Dhoni, Deepak Hooda, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Chahar, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi

• Date: Monday, 3rd April 2023
• Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL / 07:30 PM IST

• Stadium: MA Chidambaram Stadium
• Location: Chennai, India
• Capacity: 50000
• Known as: Chepauk; Madras Cricket Club Ground
• Ends: Anna Pavilion End, V Pattabhiraman Gate End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Tamil Nadu, Chennai Super Kings
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 6
• Matches won batting first: 5
• Matches won bowling first: 1
• Average 1st Inns scores: 150
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 119
• Highest total recorded: 182/4 (20 Ov) by IND vs WI
• Lowest total recorded: 80/10 (17.5 Ov) by PAKW vs ENGW
• The highest score chased: 182/4 (20 Ov) by IND vs WI
• The lowest score defended: 103/8 (20 Ov) by WIW vs PAKW

Tushar Deshpande, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane, Nishant Sindhu, Dwaine Pretorius, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Akash Singh, Bhagath Varma, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar.