Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders Preview: 2nd place Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and 3rd place Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) during Matchday 54 of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season played at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday. ) is a battle.
The middle of the IPL points table is a bit tight. KKR are second with 14 points from 10 matches, with two teams (LSG and SRH) with 12 points, two teams with 10 points (CSK, DC) and three teams with eight points (CSK, DC). RCB, PBKSG, GT).
A win for either team on Sunday might not yet clinch a spot in the playoffs, but it would certainly give the team in first place an advantage.
KKR openers Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have been impressive with the bat so far. However, the duo were dismissed after 5 and 8 matches respectively and were rested against Mumbai Indians (MI), but Venkatesh Iyer (70) and Manish Pandey (42) stepped up. He recorded 169 RBIs.
Another big boost for KKR will be the return of Harshit Rana, who was handed a one-match suspension for violating the IPL Code of Conduct.
As far as LSG is concerned, KL Rahul's side came away with a four-wicket win against MI on April 30. All-rounder Marcus Stoinis was impressive in this match, scoring a 45-ball 62 to help LSG cross the goal line against MI and the Australian will once again be the X-factor against KKR.
However, LSG will also be desperate to get points from elsewhere, especially from captain KL Rahul. Rahul's form and strike rate (142.96) are a concern, but Lucknow will be hoping he returns to his explosive best.
But when it comes to finishing matches, Nicholas Pooran has done it on several occasions.
However, LSG has suffered a major setback with Mayank Yadav set to miss the rest of the season due to injury. Naveen-ul-Haq and Mohsin Khan will once again lead LSG's pace bowling attack while Ravi Bishnoi will headline the spin department.
squad:
LSG: Amit Mishra, Ayush Badni, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal (T), K. Gowtham, KL Rahul (C), Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Nicholas Pooran, Prerak Mankad, Quinton de Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Charak, Shivam Mavi, Arshin Kulkarni, Manimaran Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Arshad Khan
KKR: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (C), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav. Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Ankrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfan Rutherford, Manish Pandey.