In a crucial encounter to keep their playoff hopes alive, the Lucknow Super Giants and the Kolkata Knight Riders are gearing up for their ultimate showdown of the IPL 2023 season. Both teams are riding high on confidence, having clinched impressive victories against formidable opponents in their recent outings. The Knight Riders emerged triumphant against the Chennai Super Kings, while the Super Giants vanquished the mighty Mumbai Indians.
The Kolkata Knight Riders should be buzzing after their comprehensive win over the Chennai Super Kings. Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh are the batters in form while the spinners did a decent job in Chepauk. They will need more from the top order.
Fantasy Player Picks for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants
Nitish Rana has been in good form - he soaked up all the pressure and played the perfect knock against Chennai Super Kings. He will be a big threat against LSG and should be the captain of your side.
For Lucknow Super Giants, Krunal Pandya has been doing a good job as the all-rounder. If the track at the Eden Gardens assists spinners, he can be handy. He is also in good form with the bat in the middle order. He can be the vice-captain of your fantasy team.
Head-to-Head Records
Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants have faced each other in 2 matches in IPL. Out of these 2 games, Kolkata have not won any and Lucknow hold the clear advantage with 2 wins.
KKR vs LSG Dream11 Prediction
Captain: Nitish Rana
Vice-captain: Krunal Pandya
Wicketkeeper: Quinton de Kock
Batters: Nitish Rana, Jason Roy, Kyle Mayers
All-rounders: Andre Russell, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya
Bowlers: Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan
KKR vs LSG Probable XIs
KKR Probable XI: Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Nitish Rana (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma
LSG Probable XI: Kyle Mayers, Quinton de Kock (wk), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Krunal Pandya (c), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil Singh, Mohsin Khan
What are the full squads of Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants For IPL 2023?
KKR vs LSG Full Squad
Kolkata Knight Riders: N Jagadeesan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Manan Vohra, Kyle Mayers, Krishnappa Gowtham, Krunal Pandya (c), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak, Karun Nair, Mayank Yadav