Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) on Wednesday in the Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022). The Shreyas Iyer-led side are placed sixth in the table with 12 points from six wins from 13 matches and the results of other matches to qualify for the playoffs even if they manage to win this match by a huge margin. Will have to depend on On the other hand, the Lucknow team is one step away from securing a place in the play-offs. The team has 16 points from 13 matches.
Kolkata team has kept its hopes alive by registering victories against Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last two matches. The team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 54 runs in the last match due to the all-round performance of Andre Russell and the strong performance of the bowlers. Russell and Sam Billings took the team to 177 for six after the top order faltered in this match and then the bowlers did their job brilliantly.
Ajinkya Rahane has been ruled out of the current season due to a hamstring strain. Last season’s hero Venkatesh Iyer disappointed this season. Nitish Rana and Shreyas Iyer have consistently failed to perform well. After recovering from injury, Umesh Yadav supported Tim Southee well and Russell also took some important wickets. The spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty also found momentum in the last few matches.
Lucknow team would like to break the chain of two consecutive defeats in this match. The batsmen of the team have disappointed in both these matches. The team is excessively dependent on captain Lokesh Rahul. He has scored two centuries in the season, but has failed to score big in the last three matches. Same is the case with veteran Quinton de Kock. He has scored only 11 and seven runs in the last two innings. Although Deepak Hooda is consistently scoring runs.
The Lucknow team would like to make better use of young Ayush Badoni and Marcus Stoinis. The team’s bowling was good in most of the matches of the season but in the last match against them, the Rajasthan Royals batsmen did not have trouble in scoring runs. If Lucknow wants to register a win in this match, then Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Jason Holder and Ravi Bishnoi will have to bowl well.
Lucknow Supergiants Probable Playing 11
Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (c), Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Aayush Badoni/Manish Pandey, Marcus Stoinis/Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chamira, Avesh Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing 11
Venkatesh Iyer, Baba Inderjit/Sheldon Jackson, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Sam Billings (wk), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakraborty
Suggested Team for Lucknow Supergiants vs Kolkata Knight Riders Dream11-1
1 KL Rahul, 2 Venkatesh Iyer, 3 Deepak Hooda, 4 Krunal Pandya, 5 Nitish Rana, 6 Andre Russell, 7 Sam Billings, 8 Jason Holder, 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Mohsin Khan, 11 Avesh Khan.
Captain: KL Rahul, Vice-Captain: Deepak Hooda, Wicketkeeper: Sam Billings.
Suggested Team-2 for Lucknow Supergiants vs Kolkata Knight Riders Dream11
1 KL Rahul, 2 Quinton de Kock, 3 Deepak Hooda, 4 Nitish Rana, 5 Krunal Pandya, 6 Andre Russell, 7 Jason Holder, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Avesh Khan.
Captain: Nitish Rana, Vice-Captain: Andre Russell, Wicketkeeper: Quinton de Kock.