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Kolkata. Sporting the colors of local football giant Mohun Bagan, the Lucknow Supergiants team set out to enter the Eden Gardens to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs for the second consecutive year after registering a win against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) here on Saturday. This season has not been good for KKR and their team has failed to put together a winning combination.
The result has resulted in them losing seven out of 13 matches so far and four of these matches at their home ground Eden Gardens. KKR batsmen are still struggling to find rhythm while their pace attack The lack of experience in the department is clearly visible. Apart from this, his fielding has also been second-rate. With the performance of players like Rinku Singh and Varun Chakraborty, the chances of KKR team reaching the playoffs are not over yet.
In the kind of equation that is being created, four teams can end their campaign with 14 points and in such a situation the team with better net run rate will reach the playoffs. KKR now has 12 points and it should not only win by a big margin. Punjab Kings (vs Rajasthan Royals), Gujarat Titans (vs Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (vs Mumbai Indians) will also have to pray for victories. However, the Lucknow team is not caught in such an equation and they If they win, they will qualify for the playoffs. The Lucknow team is looking in good rhythm.
With KL Rahul ruled out due to injury, Krunal Pandya has handled the captaincy role very well, especially against Mumbai Indians where he showed his captaincy skills by defending 177 against Mumbai Indians. Marcus Stoinis displayed his aggressive nature while Mohsin Khan and Ravi Bishnoi proved to be effective in bowling. Lucknow Supergiants team will wear Mohun Bagan colored jersey in this match. The owner of both these teams is RP Sanjiv Goenka Group.
Teams are as follows:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (Captain), Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaj, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jagdeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Liton Das, Mandeep Singh and Arya Desai.
Lucknow Supergiants: Krunal Pandya (Captain), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gautam, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholls Pooran, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Symes, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen Ul Haq, Yudhveer Charak and Karun Nair.
Match Start: 7.30 PM.
Pc:India TV Hindi
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