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Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 14 May 2026

Simon Lewis 14 May 2026

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Lucknow Super Giants are looking like strong candidates for the IPL wooden spoon.
Chennai Super Kings are on a great winning streak of three-in-a-row.
Explore betting opportunities in handicaps, batters to Score Over/Under Runs, bowlers to Take Over/Under Wickets markets and Match Sixes.

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Ruturaj Gaikwad has been in the runs in the IPL (Getty Images).

This Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. The Super Giants are bottom of the table and don’t look like they have the fight to rise above last place, despite a DLS win over Royal Challengers.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Latest Odds

The Super Kings are on a great run of form and look to have the muscle to pull off a playoff place.

Match Details

Match	Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	15 May 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Lucknow, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Lucknow Super Giants	LLLWL
Chennai Super Kings	WLWWW

The Super Kings have picked up four comfortable wins in their last five matches, while the Super Giants broke their six-match losing streak when they beat the Royal Challengers with the help of the DLS method, only to lose their next match to the Super Kings.

Head-to-Head Record

Season	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
2026	Chennai Super Kings	5 wickets	IPL
2025	Chennai Super Kings	5 wickets	IPL
2024	Lucknow Super Giants	6 wickets	IPL
2024	Lucknow Super Giants	8 wickets	IPL
2023	Match abandoned	No Result	IPL

The two sides are locked at three wins apiece from the seven matches they have played against each other in the IPL. The Super Kings are looking for a hat-trick of wins which looks a strong possibility after beating the Super Giants five days ago.

Team News

Lucknow Super Giants: The Super Giants will be playing to rebuild some pride as well as keep themselves in the shop window for next season, but with no pressure on them some of their big hitters like Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant and Aiden Markram could come good to put pressure on the Super Kings.

Possible XI: Mitchell Marsh, Josh Inglis, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c), Aiden Markram, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

Chennai Super Kings: The Super Kings are riding the crest of a wave of excellent form and should be confident coming into this clash after their five-wicket win at home to the Super Giants.

Possible XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Urvil Patel, Kartik Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Akeal Hosein, Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmad, Matt Henry/Spencer Johnson, Mukesh Choudhary.

Key Stats

Lucknow Super Giants’ Mitchell Marsh hit 55, 44 & 111 in his last 5 knocks.
Lucknow Super Giants’ Josh Inglis hit 6 sixes in his 33-ball 85 against CSK.
Lucknow Super Giants’ Prince Yadav has taken 3/32, 2/25, 2/29 & 3/33 in 7 matches.
Chennai Super Kings’ Sanju Samson has scored 101*, 87* & 28 in 5 knocks.
Chennai Super Kings’ Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored 22, 74*, 67* & 42 in 5 innings.
Chennai Super Kings Anshul Kamboj took 3/32 & 2/47 in his last 3 matches.

Match Analysis

The last match at the Ekana Cricket Stadium saw the Super Giants hit break their six-match losing streak by beating the Royal Challengers by nine runs on the DLS Method. The Super Giants smashed 209/3 off their 20 overs and when rain stopped the match with an over to spare the visitors were 203/6.

The Ekana pitch is a lovely surface that offers something for bat and ball, but spinners often get a lot more joy out of the surface. It’s not always a high-scoring track, with first innings scores averaging a touch under 170.

Not always easy for the batters to play their strokes, so shot selection and patience is key, but there is good pace and bounce which makes for a good contest.

We can expect an evening that is clear and warm, with high temperatures hitting 41°C, with no rain anticipated. The humidity factor should be over 50%, so as usual second innings dew will encourage sides to bowl first.

Betting Markets to Watch

Result

The Super Giants’ form is terrible, while the Super Kings are on the rise, so this match should comfortably go to the home side, and the odds back that call up in a big way.

Best Lucknow Super Giants Bowler

Prince Yadav has taken 16 wickets at a strike-rate of 15.4 and is fourth in the IPL wickets list, so he’s worth backing to be the Super Giants’ best bowler.

Score Over/Under Runs

Ruturaj Gaikwad has scored 22-plus in four of his last five innings and is worth backing to score over 28.5 runs in the match.

Take Over/Under Wickets

Anshul Kamboj is second in the IPL wickets list (19 wickets, econ 8.2) and is backed to take more than one wicket in the match.

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Lucknow Super Giants Win	3.25
Chennai Super Kings Win	1.57
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

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Verdict

Lucknow Super Giants v Chennai Super Kings

Lucknow Super Giants are huge favourites to pick up an easy win, with Ruturaj Gaikwad backed to score 29 runs or more.

Prince Yadav is my pick as Lucknow Super Giants’ best bowler, while Anshul Kamboj is backed to take two or more wickets.

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