Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) would look to bounce back from their previous match defeat and register a win when they take on the lacklustre Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 66th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Wednesday at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai.
The IPL newbie Lucknow Super Giants, with 8 wins from 13 matches, already have one foot in the playoffs, and a win in this match will ensure their qualification. Kolkata Knight Riders, on the other hand, have won 6 out of 13 matches and would need a win, rather a massive victory in this game, to keep their slim chances of featuring in the playoffs alive.
Lucknow Super Giants are coming into this match on the back of a 24-run defeat against Rajasthan Royals as they failed to chase the target of 178. The Knight Riders, on the other hand riding on Andre Russell's all-around brilliance, registered an emphatic 54-run win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last match and would look to keep the momentum going when they take on the KL Rahul-led side on Wednesday.
Match Details
Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, Match 66
Venue: Dr DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
Date & Time: 18th May at 7:30 PM IST & Local Time
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+ Hotstar
Pitch Report: The surface at the Dr DY Patil Stadium has been offering something to both the departments. The ball is coming onto the bat nicely, and the bowlers are picking wickets regularly. Considering the dew factor, both the skippers will be looking to bowl first after winning the toss.
Pitch Stats [Last 5 Matches]
Matches Played: 5
Matches Won Batting First: 3
Matches Won Bowling First: 2
Average 1st Inning Score: 167
Average 2nd Inning Score: 136
Head-To-Head
Both the teams have already faced each other once in the tournament, where Lucknow Super Giants emerged victorious by 75 runs as they completely outplayed Shreyas Iyer & Co in all the three departments.
Key Matchups
KL Rahul vs Narine: 131/2 at 181 SR
KL Rahul vs Southee: 116/2 at 129 SR
De Kock vs Russell: 141/5 at 188 SR
Nitish vs Stoinis: 68/2 at 148 SR
Hooda vs Narine: 29/2 at 111 SR
Shreyas vs Holder: 37/1 at 154 SR
Shreyas vs Krunal: 38/1 at 90 SR
Injury Update:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane has been ruled out of the remainder of IPL 2022 due to a hamstring injury, and hence he won't feature in the game against LSG. Baba Indrajith might replace him in the playing eleven.
Lucknow Super Giants: They are expected to play with the unchanged playing combination.
Key Performers
KL Rahul, the second leading run-scorer in the season, has piled up 469 runs from 13 matches at an average of 42.64 and strike rate of 135.55.
Avesh Khan has been the regular wicket-taker for the Super Giants. He has so far bagged 17 wickets in 11 matches at an economy of 7.87.
Andre Russell has been the top contributor with both bat and ball for the Knight Riders. He has smacked 330 runs at an average of 41.25 and scalped 17 wickets as well.
Tim Southee has scalped 14 wickets in eight matches this season at 15.57 and an economy rate of 7.03.
Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sheldon Jackson (WK), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav, Sam Billings, Aaron Finch, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Baba Indrajith, Anukul Roy, Shivam Mavi, Pratham Singh, Abhijeet Tomar, Aman Hakim Khan, Ashok Sharma, Ramesh Kumar, Harshit Rana.
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock (WK), KL Rahul (C), Deepak Hooda, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Jason Holder, Mohsin Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Kyle Mayers, Evin Lewis, Ankit Rajpoot, Krishnappa Gowtham, Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav.
Probable Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Baba Indrajith, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (C), Rinku Singh, Sam Billings (WK), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (C), Quinton de Kock (WK), Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.
CREX XI Suggestion
Wicketkeeper: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul
Batters: Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana
All-Rounders: Andre Russell, Jason Holder, Krunal Pandya
Bowlers: Tim Southee, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan
Captain: KL Rahul
Vice-Captain: Andre Russell