IPL 2023
LSG Playing XI vs DC IPL 2023: On the second day of IPL 2023 i.e. on April 1, two matches will be played. The first match will be played from three o’clock in the day, while the second match will be played from seven o’clock in the evening. If we talk about the second match, then for the first time in the year 2022, Lucknow Super Giants, who will enter the IPL, will take the field on this day. This match will be played at Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow itself. The team of LSG, which made it to the playoffs in the very first season of IPL, may not have reached the finals, but the team performed well. This time the team has tried to remove those weaknesses and made a good team. But this time the tension with the team is that the team’s opener Quinton de Kock will not be able to play in the first few matches as he is playing for South Africa. But he will be back after the first few matches, but who will open with captain KL Rahul in his absence is the biggest question. Let us know what could be the playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants in the first match of IPL.
KL Rahul
The team of Lucknow Super Giants made it to the playoffs last year of IPL.
Lucknow Super Giants made it to the playoffs in their debut season of IPL by finishing third in the points table. But the team could not go beyond the Eliminator and was eliminated after losing to Royal Challengers Bangalore i.e. RCB. But this year is going to be different for KL Rahul & Co. The team is expected to get huge support from the home crowd at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. KL Rahul-led LSG will begin their campaign in IPL 2023 against Delhi Capitals at home on Sunday. This will be their first game in Lucknow. LSG have relied on their all-rounders this time and they have the likes of Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Daniel Sams and Krishnappa Gautam. To capture the IPL trophy, the team spent a lot of money for Nicholas Pooran as they bought him for Rs 16 crore. The team has also added Jaydev Unadkat with them.
KL Rahul
Deepak Hooda can open with KL Rahul
Lucknow Super Giants may have prepared a long army of all-rounders this time, but Indian batsmen are a big concern. Captain KL Rahul is really the face of the team’s batting followed by Deepak Hooda. Indians like Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma and Manan Vohra need no introduction. The focus will mainly be on KL Rahul considering his recent form for Team India. Although the good thing about KL Rahul is that he has been doing consistently well in the IPL, he is currently going through a bad phase, due to which he was ruled out of the last two Tests against Australia. It should be believed that Deepak Hooda may get a chance to open in the first match with KL Rahul. Earlier, he has also opened for Team India in T20 International and has a century to his name. This could be a masterstroke by LSG.
The playing XI of Lucknow Super Giants LS can be like this: KL Rahul (captain), Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wicket-keeper), Ayush Badoni, Manan Vohra, Krunal Pandya, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood.