Kolkata will try to defeat Lucknow on its home ground

IPL 2024, KKR vs LSG: Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders Playing without Mayank Yadav in the IPL match at its stronghold Eden Gardens on Sunday Lucknow Super Giants If it faces against India, its aim will be to return to the path of victory. This is KKR’s first match this season at Eden Gardens. Mentor Gautam Gambhir knows very well that the five matches to be held here can prove to be decisive for making it to the playoffs for the first time after 2021. Both the teams have registered three wins each whereas they had faced defeat in the previous round.

IPL 2024: KKR has flopped in batting

KKR is suffering the consequences of excessive dependence on West Indies’ Andre Russell and Sunil Narine, which proved against Chennai Super Kings. Chennai defeated them by seven wickets in the last match. Narayan (27) and Russell (10) failed with the bat. Due to the tremendous form of these two, KKR, which had scored 200-plus in three matches, could only score 137 runs for nine wickets against Chennai. Nitish Rana will not be able to play this match due to finger injury.

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IPL 2024: Shreyas Iyer will have to perform brilliantly

KKR captain Shreyas Iyer has not been able to impress and scored 0, 39 not out, 18 and 34 runs in four matches. Venkatesh Iyer could not reach double figures in three matches and scored his only half-century against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he came at number three but in the last two matches he came at number seven and fifth. Ramandeep Singh also did not impress. Under 19 World Cup 2022 winner Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 54 runs against Delhi Capitals. After failing in the last match, he will be desperate to play a good innings.

IPL 2024: Lucknow will miss Mayank Yadav

Mitchell Starc has failed in bowling and gave away 100 runs in the first two matches. On the other hand, Lucknow will miss fast bowler Mayank Yadav who is out due to arm muscle strain. Arshad Khan, playing in his place, failed against Delhi. Mohsin Khan is also not completely fit yet. Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul will have to play big innings. At the same time, good performance will also be expected from Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran. They also have good spinners like Ravi Bishnoi and Krunal Pandya.

IPL 2024: The teams are as follows

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhveer Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra. , Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gautam, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohammad Arshad Khan.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya. , Harshit Rana, Suyyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Saki Hussain and Mujeeb Ur Rehman.

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