Kolkata Knight Riders are back to their home after three weeks and ready to welcome Lucknow Super Giants at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday (April 14).

The Knights and the Giants have faced each other on three occasions and the latters have absolute dominance over the Knights by winning all of the matches they played. In their last match, LSG clinched the match by winning by a margin of 1 run.

KKR had a great start in this IPL campaign by winning the first three matches until they got smashed by CSK at Chepauk. The Knights are now sitting at second just after RR with 6 points in four matches. Whereas the Giants are in fourth position with the same points in five matches. LSG beat GT in their last match.

IPL 2024 KKR vs LSG: Bowling Squad Comparison

KKR has always maintained a strong bowling unit across the seasons. The Kolkata side bowling squad is quite spinner-heavy as spinners like Sunil Narine, Varun Chakrabarty and Suyash Sharma are starring in the squad. Though their pace-battery certainly lacks similar depth and diversity. Mitchell Starc is the only seasoned fast bowler in the squad though he remained inconsistent in this season so far. Rather uncapped pacers like Vaibhav Arora, and Harshit Rana showed enough potential to be expected to shine in future games.

On the other hand, Lucknow’s bowling squad is devoid of such experiences and diversities that their opponent possesses. Amit Mishra is the only exception to that. Just like the last IPL, this year also the Giants will depend on the youngsters. Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Yash Thakur, Naveen ul Haq, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi and Krunal Pandya will be the bowlers, LSG will depend upon in this season.

IPL 2024 KKR vs LSG: Who will get the Maximum Wickets?

Vaibhav Arora (KKR): The 27-year-old Indian pacer bagged 13 wickets in 12 matches. In this season Arora claimed 5 wickets in just two matches with an impressive economy rate of 6.88. It will be a great opportunity for the right-arm fast bowler to prove his mettle as there is a dearth of quality fast bowlers in the Knight squad.

Andre Russell (KKR): For several years, the Caribbean big batter has been a pillar of the KKR club. Russell, noted for his explosive batting performances, is also a regular bowler for KKR. His right-arm medium-fast bowling has previously assisted the Knights in plenty of vital situations. This season, the 36-year-old veteran claimed five wickets in four matches.

Ravi Bishnoi (LSG): The 24-year-old right-arm legspinner has a decent career in IPL so far. Bishnoi claimed 57 wickets in IPL till now. In this season the youngster bagged 4 wickets in 5 matches. In the spin-friendly pitch of Eden Gardens, he is expected to put in a decent performance.

The visitors are expected to be confident about the fixture against KKR, as they won their last match while KKR’s winning streak came to a halt against CSK. Also, the records against the Knights will give LSG some extra moral boost. But KKR also tries their best to win the battle to remain one step ahead in the race to the playoffs.