Match particulars
Kolkata Knight Riders (2nd; W3 L1) vs Lucknow Tremendous Giants (4th; W3 L2)
Kolkata, 3.30pm IST (10am GMT)
Huge image – KKR’s home run
Which IPL group has their headquarters solely six kilometres from Eden Gardens? In case you’re pondering Kolkata Knight Riders, that is mistaken.
That honour belongs to Lucknow Tremendous Giants, whose homeowners are based mostly in Kolkata. They’ve a majority stake in one other native group with a powerful fan base – Mohun Bagan – and the final time they performed at Eden Gardens, LSG turned out sporting that soccer group’s iconic maroon, leaving native KKR followers break up over who to root for.
KKR had their first defeat of the season of their earlier recreation, towards Chennai Tremendous Kings in Chennai. However like LSG, KKR are additionally in a cushty place, simply two factors behind table-toppers Rajasthan Royals and with a recreation in hand. Within the first leg of the schedule, they had three away video games and gained two of these. The quirk of scheduling in an election yr now sees them based mostly at home for his or her subsequent 5 fixtures, which suggests, if they can exert dominance at home the way in which CSK, Mumbai Indians or Gujarat Titans do, they may have one foot within the playoffs by the top of it.
Kind information
Kolkata Knight Riders: LWWW (IPL 2024; most up-to-date matches first)
Lucknow Tremendous Giants: LWWWL
Workforce information and Influence Participant technique
Kolkata Knight Riders
Doubtless XII: 1 Phil Salt (wk), 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 4 Venkatesh Iyer, 5 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 6 Ramandeep Singh/Nitish Rana, 7 Andre Russell, 8 Rinku Singh, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Vaibhav Arora/Harshit Rana, 11 Varun Chakravarthy, 12 Suyash Sharma
Lucknow Tremendous Giants
Doubtless XII: 1 Quinton de Kock, 2 KL Rahul (capt, wk), 3 Devdutt Padikkal/Prerak Mankad, 4 Marcus Stoinis, 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 Ayush Badoni, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Arshad Khan, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Yash Thakur, 12 M Siddharth
Within the highlight – Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul
Stats that matter
- Mitchell Starc has dismissed Nicholas Pooran twice in 4 innings. Nonetheless, Pooran has dominated Andre Russell, hitting him for 105 runs in 69 balls, and Varun Chakravarthy, placing 51 runs in 29 balls.
- Ought to KKR bat Russell larger? Since IPL 2018, his entry level has not made a lot distinction to his strike charge. It’s 182.2 when getting into after the 14th over, and 177.6 when he is available in earlier than the tenth, and 173.3 when he is available in between overs 10 and 14.
- Bishnoi loves dealing with KKR. His 9 wickets are his highest towards any group, and he has a beneficial common (19.2) and financial system (6.40) too.
Pitch and situations
With a day begin and temperatures anticipated to cross 35°C at the time of the toss, fielding within the first innings will probably be excruciating. Nonetheless, chasing may nonetheless be the choice as historic numbers counsel, along with the opportunity of drizzle within the night. Anticipate numerous runs.
Quotes
“They know me as nicely (smiles). To begin with, everybody is aware of one another very nicely. It is extra about how we play for 3 and a half hours within the subject is extra essential. It’s not like I’ll plan one thing completely different for them. Even they know quite a bit about me. I’ve deliberate towards KKR for the final two seasons so it is most likely even-stevens. It is one of the best group that wins not the group that plans greatest.”
KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir says his previous position at LSG doesn’t give KKR any edge
“He [Mayank] is feeling good. He appears good however we don’t wish to rush him. We have to defend his physique. However he is itching to go. Have to guarantee that he’s 100% match earlier than he comes again.”
LSG captain KL Rahul gave an replace on his quick bowler after the Capitals recreation
Sreshth Shah is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @sreshthx
