IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Players Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Can Target 

Updated - 05 Nov 2022, 06:39 PM

Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

Lucknow Super Giants, after a phenomenal debut season, will be looking to revamp the squad ahead of the next IPL season in 2023. On the other hand, MS Dhoni will continue playing for Chennai Super Kings for another year. He confirmed the same in his side’s last game in the IPL 2022 season.

Ahead of the IPL 2023 season, there will be a mini-auction allowing various franchises to release the unwanted players and add players who can best fit into their scheme of things. CSK can look to buy a few good players from LSG. In this article, we take a look at three players Chennai can look to buy from the Super Giants.

IPL 2023 Auction: 3 Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Players Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Can Target

Deepak Hooda

Deepak Hooda, IPL 2022
Deepak Hooda (Credits: BCCI)

Deepak Hooda, the middle-order batsman for Lucknow, played a very crucial role for the team in the IPL 2022. He was quick, energetic, and had the zeal to score consistently. Deepak Hooda finished IPL 2022 as the third-highest scorer for his franchise, accumulating 451 runs in 14 innings, at an average of 32 and a strike rate of close to 137.

He changed his gears as and when the situation demanded and also guided the team in crunch situations. CSK can be on Hooda’s pursuit in order to address their woes and make amends for their performance last season.

Quinton de Kock

Quinton de Kock. Photo- IPL
Quinton de Kock. Photo- IPL

De Kock ended with 508 runs from 15 matches and was the third-highest run-getter in the season. He also scored the highest individual score of 140 against KKR. With CSK looking for a good keeper-batsman after MS Dhoni, the South African opener can just be the perfect man to take over. He is a regular in the IPL and retired from Test cricket and thus will have no availability concerns.

Manish Pandey

Manish Pandey, IPL 2022
Manish Pandey (Credits: BCCI)

Pandey can switch to CSK and bat in the middle order for the side. He can share the responsibilities with Moeen Ali and Shivam Dube in the future. He was not given enough games by the Lucknow franchise and can very well be released ahead of next season.

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