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KKR vs LSG Match Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, 68th Match of IPL 2023
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KKR vs LSG Match Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders will go against Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on May 20, 2023.
Kolkata Knight Riders played quite well in their last match against the Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets, and it was one of the most dominating performances by the Kolkata Knight Riders team.
Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh performed really well in the last match against the Chennai Super Kings bowlers. The innings of Kolkata Knight Riders started pretty rough as they lost 3 wickets under 35 runs, but after that, Nitish Rana and Rinku together built an amazing partnership and took their team to victory. However, Kolkata Knight Riders are out of the IPL season 2023, but it was a good sign for the future season.
The bowling unit of the Kolkata Knight Riders did quite well in the match, where they restricted the Chennai side to a 146 score. Varun Chakarvarthy and Sunil Narine were the best performers on the bowling side.
Good season for me, and the pitch was sticking with a bit of moisture. Became flat after the second powerplay. I’ve been working on my leg spin, good to see it went well. Last season, I used to bowl cross seam leg seam, so this time I’m mixing it up with cross seam and seam up, surely creating bigger doubts in the batters minds.
Varun Chakaravarthy said after the end of 1st innings.
Lucknow Super Giants are still in the playoffs race after they won the match against Mumbai Indians in their last match. They won the match by 5 runs, and it was a close encounter between both teams. Mohsin Khan once again should tell the world why he was the key player in the last IPL for the Lucknow Super Giants team, as he defended 11 runs in the last over against the two most dangerous power hitters of the ball in the new era of Cricket.
Mohsin had a very emotional game in the end because his father got discharged the day before the game after being in ICU for 10 days, and he dedicated the match to him.
The plan was to execute what I did in practice and I executed. Even Krunal was talking to me and I told him the same. The run-up is the same, did not change it in the last over. I was trying to calm myself down, not look at the scoreboard and bowl the 6 balls well. Since the wicket was gripping, I tried the slower ball, but I bowled two of those and then changed to the yorker and it was reversing as well. Been a tough time as I was injured, playing after a year. My father got discharged from the ICU yesterday and he was in the hospital for the last 10 days and I did it for him, he would have been watching.
Mohsin Khan said in the post match interview
Lucknow Super Giants need to win their last match against the Kolkata Knight Rider to qualify for the playoffs because they have 15 points from 13 matches.
Lucknow had a roller coaster form in the IPL 2023, but the ending looks good for the Lucknow Super Giants since their captain KL Rahul got injured. Marcus Stoinis was the player of the match for his amazing batting skill, but it is still quite a surprise why Lucknow Super Giants not using him as a medium-pace bowler in the recent match on the slow surface.
KKR vs LSG: Head-to-Head Record
Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants played 2 matches in IPL history in which the Luckow team won both of their previous encounter against the Kolkata Knight Riders.
The last match between the two sides was a high-scoring match in which both teams crossed 200+ runs, and it was a game in which Lucknow Super Giants did not lose any wickets while batting first and scoring 210 runs in a loss of no wickets.
Quinton de Kock was the star of the match as he scored 140 runs in just 70 balls with a 200 strike rate. In reply, Kolkata had the worst start they could get, and the two wickets fell under 10 runs.
KKR vs LSG: Pitch Report of Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Stats in the table from the last 16 IPL matches played at Eden Garden, Kolkata
| Match Played | 16 |
| Batting first won | 9 |
| Batting second won | 7 |
| Average 1st innings score | 181 |
| Pace bowlers took | 116 wickets |
| Spiner bowlers took | 73 wickets |
In the last match on the Eden Garden pitch, spinners got some assistance from the surface, but overall it was a neutral track due factor did help the chasing side because the spinners were not able to find the right grip on the ball, and it gets easier for the batter to hit their shots.
The Eden Gardens pitch in Kolkata has a neutral surface and has recently favored batsmen and Spinners. In the 2019 IPL season, Kolkata Knight Riders’ score versus Mumbai Indians was the highest on this particular pitch. The surface will be ideal for batsmen, and there will be dew in the batting second, making chasing easier and defending harder for bowlers who struggle to grasp the ball. The scoring on this ground is also good, as seen in one of the matches when Chennai Super Kings posted the highest team total of 235 runs in the Indian Premier League 2023.
Team Preview of Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders are out of the IPL playoffs contention, and now they are going to play the last match at their own home ground Eden Gardens, against the Lucknow Super Giants for the first time in IPL season 2023.
Kolkata Knight Riders did quite well in their last few matches, but still, their opening pair has been a bit of a headache for them. Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh have been performing well for the side, but Andre Russell’s form has been a big issue for the Kolkata Knight Riders team.
The pace unit also did not perform well in the IPL season 2023, which has been one of their biggest weaknesses.
Nitish Rana is a good player, but his captaincy choice in the matches cost Kolkata a few points, and in the next season, Kolkata Knight Riders need to keep another captaincy option.
Said at the toss that if all 3 departments do well, our chances are good. Have to give credit to Chandu sir (coach Chandrakant Pandit) for this – I wasn’t in favour of taking heavy roller but he insisted to go for it. I feared pitch might break up. But that didn’t happen and ball didn’t turn much. Every team has home advantage except KKR.
Nitish Rana said in the post match presentation
Important Players of the match against Lucknow Super Giants
1- Jason Roy can be one of the important players against the Lucknow Super Giants because the pace bowling unit of the Lucknow Super Giants team is not performing well, and Roy is a great player against a pace bowler. He has been performing well since he came into the team and till now scored 240 runs in 7 innings with an average of 34.29.
2- Sunil Narine can be the crucial bowler against the Lucknow team because they have many left-hand batters who will have a bit of a disadvantage against the off-spinner, and Narine has a lot of experience in T20. He is also one of the greatest players in IPL history, but his performances were not right in recent matches.
3- Nitish Rana can be the game-changer for the Kolkata side because there is a high chance that he will be going to bowl some overs in the match against the Lucknow Super Giants team because they have few numbers left-hand batsmen. He also is in great form in recent matches in which he scored quite well, and there is no proper off-spinner in the Lucknow side who will be going to trouble him.
Kolkata Knight Riders should give chances to some new players in their last match in the IPL because they are already out of the tournament, so it is better to give chances to the player who is not featured in any of the matches.
Team Preview of Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants are on the great winning runs, and in the last match, they won against the mighty Mumbai Indians to pick up the two crucial points for themself and now have a higher chance to qualify for the playoffs.
It was one of the rare win for the Lucknow Super Giants on their own home ground because, in the past, their batters struggled to score run on the slow surface of the Ekanna Stadium. In the last match, Krunal Pandya made a bold move and got himself retired hurt because he could not hit the ball quite well and decided to give the other batter a chance to hit.
Marcus Stoinis played one of the best innings in his IPL career, in which he scored 89 runs in just 47 balls, and the way he hit those 8 sixes was unbelievable from any fan’s view.
Lucknow Super Giants team management need to be more focused on choosing the right player on the right pitches, which they were not able to do in recent time, and the batting order is something they need to be fixed about because no team which has all floating batting order perform consistently.
Important Players of the match against Kolkata Knight Riders
1- Prerak Mankad can be the differential player for the Lucknow side because he is a great player of spin bowling, and the pitch will be slow, which is going to favor spinners more.
2- Krishnappa Gowtham can be given a chance in the next match because Kolkata Knight Riders have few left-hand players who are in great form. He can also provide some batting depth for the Lucknow Super Giants side.
3- Ayush Badoni can be used as a spinner in the match against Kolkata Knight Riders because he has the skill and gives great stability to the batting unit.
4- Quinton de Knock will be happy to face the Kolkata team once again because, in his last match against them, he scored a quick-fire 140 runs.
KKR vs LSG Probable Playing XIs:
Probable Lineup of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy
Probable Lineup of Lucknow Super Giants (RR)
Quinton de Kock(w), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Krunal Pandya(c), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil Singh, Mohsin Khan
Impact Players who can come to the match of KKR vs LSG
For the Kolkata Knight Riders, Jason Roy will be an impact player for Suyash Sharma, and for the Lucknow Super Giants, Krishnappa Gowtham can be used as an impact player in place of Prerak Mankad.
