The 21st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Both teams are coming after registering big wins in their previous games, if the current form is concerned.
Day & Date: Tuesday, 8th April 2025
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Timings: 3:30 PM (IST)
Categories | Kolkata Knight Riders | Lucknow Super Giants |
---|---|---|
Matches Played | 5 | 5 |
Matches Won | 2 | 3 |
Tied | 0 | 0 |
No Result | 0 | 0 |
The pitch at Eden Gardens in Kolkata is expected to be a batting-friendly pitch; however, this game is going to be a day game, hence the pitch might slow down as the match progresses, tempting the teams to choose batting as a preferred option after winning the toss.
The weather in Kolkata is expected to be windy & rainy as there are 40% chances of rain at the Eden Gardens. The temperatures will hover around 34°C.
The Lucknow Super Giants have a good head-to-head record against KKR, but based on current form, the KKR look like the favorites to win against LSG.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Quinton de Kock (wk),Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Moeen Ali, Ajinkya Rahane (c) Rinku Singh Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact Subs-Manish Pandey/ Mayank Markande
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi, Akash Deep
Impact Subs - Mitchell Marsh/Digvesh Rathi
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Sunil Narine & Varun Chakaravarthy
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Rishabh Pant & Ravi Bishnoi
Player Name | Team Name | Fantasy Points | Innings |
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Nicholas Pooran | Lucknow | 447.0 | 4 |
Mitchell Marsh | Lucknow | 386.0 | 4 |
Ajinkya Rahane | Kolkata | 279.0 | 4 |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Kolkata | 250.0 | 4 |
Shardul Thakur | Lucknow | 236.0 | 4 |
Varun Chakravarthy | Kolkata | 232.0 | 4 |
Digvesh Singh | Lucknow | 220.0 | 4 |
Quinton de Kock | Kolkata | 215.0 | 4 |
Vaibhav Arora | Kolkata | 205.0 | 4 |
Aiden Markram | Lucknow | 195.0 | 4 |
Player Name | Team Name | Runs | Innings |
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Nicholas Pooran | Lucknow | 201 | 4 |
Mitchell Marsh | Lucknow | 184 | 4 |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Kolkata | 128 | 4 |
Ajinkya Rahane | Kolkata | 123 | 4 |
Quinton de Kock | Kolkata | 103 | 4 |
Aiden Markram | Lucknow | 97 | 4 |
David Miller | Lucknow | 86 | 4 |
Ayush Badoni | Lucknow | 81 | 4 |
Venkatesh Iyer | Kolkata | 69 | 4 |
Rinku Singh | Kolkata | 61 | 4 |
Player Name | Team Name | Wickets | Innings |
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Shardul Thakur | Lucknow | 7 | 4 |
Varun Chakravarthy | Kolkata | 6 | 4 |
Vaibhav Arora | Kolkata | 6 | 4 |
Digvesh Singh | Lucknow | 6 | 4 |
Andre Russell | Kolkata | 4 | 4 |
Ravi Bishnoi | Lucknow | 3 | 4 |
Harshit Rana | Kolkata | 3 | 4 |
Sunil Narine | Kolkata | 2 | 3 |
Moeen Ali | Kolkata | 2 | 2 |
Avesh Khan | Lucknow | 2 | 3 |