It's Lucknow Super Giants against Gujarat Titans at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow — TATA IPL 2026 fixture 63, scheduled for a 7:30 PM IST start.
The Ekana Stadium surface is slowest surface in the IPL, scores rarely cross 170. Par score is 160 first-innings par, and spin all-rounders win the fantasy contest. LSG's shape this season has revolved around Nicholas Pooran setting the powerplay tempo and Mayank Yadav stripping the death overs. GT run their innings through Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan, with Rashid Khan the fantasy differential.
Captain stack: Nicholas Pooran as captain (highest ceiling on the card), Shubman Gill vice-captain (consistent floor), Mitchell Marsh as the differential 3rd pick.
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With 26 fixtures still to play before the IPL 2026 playoffs cut on 19 May, every match shifts the points-table maths. Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans both have implications on the playoff race — Gujarat Titans are tracking the seeding race more aggressively, and the result here can flip a top-4 vs eliminator outcome by net run-rate alone.
For Dream11 lineup construction the key inputs are the venue (above), the toss decision (chasing teams have been winning roughly 60% of night games at Ekana Stadium this season), and the lineup confirmation 30 minutes before first ball. Lock your team after the toss when possible.