Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Match Today: KL Rahul’s Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will lock horns against Shreyas Iyer’s Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in match No 54 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, on Sunday.
KKR are placed at second with 14 points and are one step closer to the qualification. Lucknow Super Giants are placed just one rung below KKR at number three with 12 points from 10 matches with six wins and four defeats.
Playing XI predictions for the LSG vs KKR IPL match today
LSG predicted playing XI: KL Rahul, Arshin Kulkarni, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan
Impact Subs – Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur
LSG players to look out for: Skipper KL Rahul and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis have been the key players for LSG. Ayush Badoni has had a subdued run in this IPL and the uncapped Indian player would be keen to shrug off the rustiness.
KKR predicted XI: Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana
Impact Sub – Varun Chakaravarthy
KKR players to look out for: Against Mumbai Indians, KKR slipped to 57 for five at one stage and ran the risk of being shot out for a paltry total, but Venkatesh Iyer (70) and Manish Pandey (42) came to the rescue with a fine 83-run stand. Iyer and Pandey were forced to soak pressure, curb their attacking game and look to farm the strike to build a recovery path for their side before the bowlers carried out a perfect job to secure a 24-run win.
LSG vs KKR head-to-head stats
Matches played: 4, LSG won: 3, KKR won: 1
LSG vs KKR head-to-head Stats in Lucknow
This will be the first time these two teams will clash at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
LSG vs PBKS squads
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Shamar Joseph, Yash Thakur, Manimaran Siddharth, Prerak Mankad, Arshad Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Amit Mishra, Kyle Mayers, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Naveen-ul-Haq, Devdutt Padikkal, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mayank Yadav, Arshin Kulkarni.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), KS Bharat (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 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, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Allah Ghazanfar, Phil Salt.
LSG vs KKR Pitch Report
Lucknow so far has produced different surfaces. The pitch during LSG’s fixture against RR was batting-friendly, the one laid out against MI was on the slower side. Given that KKR has a strong spin attack, it would be interesting to see what is in store for both teams.
LSG vs KKR Weather Report
There is no chance of rain in Lucknow on Sunday, May 5. With a humidity level of 17 percent, the temperature in Lucknow will hover around 42 degrees celsius.
LSG vs KKR livestreaming details
The LSG vs KKR IPL 2024 match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on May 5, Sunday from 7:30 PM IST.
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