In match no. 66 of the ongoing Indian Premier League season, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Lucknow Super Giants at the DY Patil Stadium.
Chitrangada Chaudhuri
Points Table
Ahead of the game, KKR are placed sixth on the table with six wins and seven losses from 13 matches
Points Table
On the other hand, LSG occupy the third spot on the table with eight wins and five losses from 13 games
Both sides head into the match on the back of contrasting outcomes. While KKR will be a confident side entering the game on the back of two consecutive wins, LSG will enter the game on the back of two back-to-back losses
Shreyas Iyer-led Knights find themselves in a must-win situation, needing a victory over LSG to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
Must-win
Meanwhile, Lucknow will look to bounce back to winning ways and become the second team to confirm a place in the playoffs.
Newcomers Lucknow handed former champions Knights a thrashing defeat in their first IPL meeting. In their previous encounter on May 7, LSG crushed KKR by 75 runs.
KKR eye revenge
Weak Links
One of the key areas of concern for LSG has been their poor batting. In the last two matches, the batsmen struggled to build partnerships and put runs on the board in the powerplay.
Furthermore, KL Rahul has scored the bulk of the runs, and LSG will want their skipper to return to form after his lacklustre show in the past few games
Rahul's form
For the Knights, who pulled off a fairytale turn around last season, to play in the finals, will be hope the inform Andre Russell churn out another all round show
Areas of Concern
One of KKR's areas of concern has been their opening combination. The openers will need to fire for the Knights in their must-win match.
On the other hand, the bowlers were key for KKR in their previous game and Shreyas Iyer will hope for another comprehensive show.
KKR Probable XI:
1 Venkatesh Iyer, 2 Aaron Finch / Baba Indrajith, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Andre Russell, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Sam Billings (wk), 8 Umesh Yadav, 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Varun Chakravarthy.
LSG Probable XI:
1 KL Rahul, 2 Quinton de Kock, 3 Deepak Hooda, 4 Krunal Pandya, 5 Ayush Badoni, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Jason Holder, 8 Dushmantha Chameera, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Mohsin Khan, 11 Ravi Bishnoi.