Set to be clad in native giants Mohun Bagan’s iconic inexperienced and maroon jersey, Lucknow Super Giants would discover themselves at dwelling as they give the impression of being to seal their playoff berth knocking out a hapless Kolkata Knight Riders within the ultimate IPL recreation, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Saturday. The actual dwelling group on this case, KKR, haven’t solely complained of being let down by the situations however their issues go deeper, having struggled to discover a excellent successful mixture in a topsy-turvy season, enduring seven defeats. Out of these seven, 4 losses had been on the Eden Gardens.

Be it the batting, which nonetheless appears to be a piece in progress, the bowling, particularly tempo division, has additionally appeared terribly brief on expertise.

In fielding, they’ve made a mockery of themselves with a number of the efforts suggesting that the two-time champions have confirmed they don’t ‘belong’ at this stage.

Courtesy, some particular person brilliance from Rinku Singh and Varun Chakravarthy, the KKR nonetheless are fortunate to have been capable of maintain their marketing campaign alive in ‘blow hot-and-cold’ season.

With a heavy mid-table site visitors, there’s a risk of 4 groups to be locked on 14 factors with the one with a superior internet run-rate making the playoffs.

Hanging by the thread, KKR with 12 factors wouldn’t solely must win by a giant margin, however they must depend on Punjab Kings (vs Rajasthan Royals), Gujarat Titans (vs Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (vs Mumbai Indians) to win their respective matches.

LSG nevertheless shouldn’t have to worry a lot in regards to the mathematical situations as a win could be sufficient for them to seal their back-to-back playoff berth.

On momentum too, LSG look far superior to a struggling KKR who’ve struggled to get into the act at their dwelling den.

KKR Predicted XII (together with impression participant): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy

LSG Predicted XII (together with impression participant): Quinton de Kock (w), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Krunal Pandya (c), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil Singh, Mohsin Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham

(With PTI Inputs)