Team LSG celebrating the wicket (file photo)
Kolkata Knight Riders need to win by a huge margin in their do or die match against Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants will play to cement their place in the top four.
KKR are sixth in the points table with 12 points from 13 matches. To stay alive in the race for the playoffs, Knight Riders will not only have to win their last match but also hope that the matches of the rest of the teams will go ahead.
LSG are already in the top three with 16 points, but they would like to secure two more points to cement their place at the top.
Andre Russell has done exceptionally well with the ball as well as with the bat for the Shreyas Iyer-led side.
Ajinkya Rahane And Pat Cummins was excluded from the remainder of IPL due to injuries. Venkatesh Iyer has failed to meet his team’s expectations from him.
Nitish Rana’s performance has not been consistent while Iyer has failed to do well in the last three matches.
trio of Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee And Sunil Narine An important role to play for the team.
LSG, on the other hand, suffered two consecutive defeats.
The main concern for LSG is their poor batting performance in the powerplays and their dependence on the captain KL Rahul Who has been off-colour in the last three matches.
quinton de kock Those who have scored three half-centuries will have to take more responsibility. Kunal Pandya The burden also needs to be shared.
LSG will also consider using all-rounders Marcus Stoinis Better.
The bowling has proved to be the weak link for LSG, although Avesh Khan and Jason Holder Took 17 and 14 wickets so far. In the last game, Mohsin Khan was taken to the cleaners.
Teams:
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul, Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis, Manish PandeyQuinton de Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, dusmantha chimera, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ankit Rajput, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Meyers, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gautam, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Kunal Pandya. Jason Holder.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Aaron FinchAbhijit Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Inderjit, Nitish Rana, Pratham Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Ashok Sharma, Pat Cummins, Rasikh Dar, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Aman Khan, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy , Chamika Karunaratne, Mohammad Nabi, Ramesh Kumar, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson.
The match will start at 7:30 pm.
(Inputs by PTI)