Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL Match Today: Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will lock horns against KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in match no 28 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.
The match will be KKR’s first of the five matches at home on the trot and the Gautam Gambhir-mentored side will be fully aware this can prove decisive to clinch the play-off spot for the first time since 2021. With three wins out of four games, KKR are placed at No 2 in the points table. Meanwhile, LSg with three wins and two losses in five matches are at fourth position.
KKR predicted XI vs LSG: Sunil Narine, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy,, Vaibhav Arora
Impact Subs: Suyash Sharma and Ramandeep Singh
KKR player to watch out for: In the spotlight since the beginning of the season, KKR captain Shreyas Iyer has failed to impress and his scores give an abysmal picture — 0, 39 not out, 18 and 34. Shreyas would be looking to get big one under his belt.
LSG predicted XI vs KKR: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur
Impact Subs: M. Siddharth and Deepak Hooda
LSG player to watch out for: LSG skipper KL Rahul, who has got starts in all the matches will be itching to score a big one. KL, who is keeping for his side as well, will also be looking to improve his strike rate in order to claim his place in the T20 World Cup.
Matches played: 3, KKR won: 0, LSG won: 3
Matches played: 1, KKR won: 0, LSG won: 1
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Phil Salt
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gowtham, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry and Mohd Arshad Khan.
One can expect a high-scoring match at Eden Gardens. But it would also be depending upon on which surface the match will be played. KKR would be looking to have a spin-friendly pitch that can help their three quality spinners.
There are going to be no clouds in the sky in Kolkata on April 14. However, the temperatures will be between 36 and 32 degrees Celsius. The humidity will increase from 33 per cent at 3 pm to 50 per cent at 7 pm IST, according to accuweather.com.
The KKR vs LSG IPL 2024 match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on April 14, Sunday from 3:30 PM IST.
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