IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants – Dafanews Match Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders will lock horns with Lucknow Super Giants in the 68th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Saturday. With a playoff spot to grab, both teams will be looking to bag a win.

While LSG has its destiny in its own hands, such a privilege is not in KKR’s camp and they will need favors from other teams in order to get a ticket to the last four. We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current results for LSG: W W L NR L

LSG won their previous match against Mumbai Indians by five runs after prolific performances from Marcus Stoinis and Mohsin Khan. Stoinis had scored a blistering knock of 89 runs whereas Khan had defended 10 runs in the final over against MI.

Current results for KKR: W L W W L

KKR were able to keep themselves in the playoffs race after beating CSK by six wickets but they have a poor Net Run Rate of -0.256, which can lead to their undoing. However, they will need to win against LSG to stand a chance to qualify for the last four.

Head to Head: Matches: 2, Won by LSG: 2, Won by KKR: 0.

LSG had won both of their matches against KKR in the previous season.

Players to look out for: Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, and Mohsin Khan will be the crucial players for LSG.

Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Varun Chakravarthy, and Venkatesh Iyer are going to hold the key for KKR.

KKR IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG), N. Jagadeesan, Litton Das (BAN).

Batters: Jason Roy, Nitish Rana ©, Rinku Singh, Mandeep Singh.

All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell (WI), Shardul Thakur, David Wiese (NAM).

Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine (WI), Tim Southee (NZ), Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Kulwant Khejroliya.

LSG IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), Manan Vohra, Nicholas Pooran (WI),

Batters: Karun Nair, Ayush Badoni.

All-rounders: Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers (WI), Krunal Pandya, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis (AUS), Romario Shepherd (WI), Daniel Sams (AUS), Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Yudhvir Charak,

Bowlers: Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG).