The high-flying Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have been yanked down by their first loss of their final match away to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. As the Purple and Gold brigade return house for his or her second house sport on the Eden Gardens on Sunday, they may hope to get again to the profitable methods in opposition to a down Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

The sport will see mentor Gautam Gambhir, who left Lucknow to return to Kolkata, come up in opposition to his former aspect.

KKR comfortably sit second on the factors desk, credit score their first three wins on the trot. On the opposite hand, LSG have slipped to fourth with an uncharacteristic loss to Delhi Capitals on Friday. Both groups have six factors of their kitties and are available into the match having misplaced their earlier.

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The final time the 2 groups confronted off, LSG sported a Mohun Bagan-inspired Green and Maroon jersey, which garnered quite a lot of help within the stands for the away group. This will sport it once more once they lock horns with the hosts on Sunday afternoon.

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KKR Team News

The opening pair of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine has been a revelation for KKR and the introduction of Angkrish Raghuvanshi has been a catalytic addition to their explosive line-up. The three have been the spine of their batting and KKR’s fortunes relaxation on them giving them a powerful begin. Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer and Ramandeep Singh have scored runs however their strike-rate wants enchancment. Rinku Singh and Andre Russell do present the firepower for a powerful end however the duo will likely be hoping to face extra deliveries to depart a greater affect.

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Vaibhav Arora stepped up in Harshit Rana’s absence with the latter seen bowling within the nets on the eve of the match. The spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy has managed to stem the move of runs within the center overs. The massive purchase of Mitchell Starc has but to yield the specified outcomes with the brand new ball however the Aussie speedster has been coming into his personal in latest video games.

KKR Playing XI vs LSG

Phil Salt (WK), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma (SUB)

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LSG Team News

Lucknow have been blowing cold and hot within the season up to now, indicating a necessity for extra constant performances from their stars. KL Rahul, on the high of the order, has scored runs however as he highlighted after their loss to DC, they have been quick on runs. Their gung-ho method has misfired on events and meant extra strain on their bowlers when their batters fail.

Injury to Mayank Yadav has robbed the LSG assault of their chunk with the brand new ball as aside from Ravi Bishnoi, most bowlers have leaked quite a lot of runs.

LSG Playing XI vs KKR

Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (C/WK), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Arshad Khan

KKR vs LSG Pitch Report

The pitch was regarded as returning to that of years previous which aided spinners however has typically regarded like a batting paradise, akin to latest seasons. Being a day sport, dew might not play an enormous half within the proceedings however the sultry warmth in Kolkata will certainly have its impact.