In a crucial clash to keep their playoff hopes alive, Lucknow Supergiants and Kolkata Knight Riders are gearing up for their final showdown of the IPL 2023 season. Both the teams are brimming with confidence after pulling off impressive wins against formidable opponents in their recent encounters. The Knight Riders emerged victorious against the Chennai Super Kings, while the Super Giants defeated the mighty Mumbai Indians.
Kolkata Knight Riders should be buzzing after their comprehensive win over Chennai Super Kings. Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh have been in form while the spinners did well at Chepauk. They will need more from the top order.
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Fantasy player picks for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants
Nitish Rana is in fine form – he withstood all the pressure and played a fine knock against Chennai Super Kings. He will be a great threat against LSG and should be the captain of your team.
Krunal Pandya is doing a good job as an all-rounder for Lucknow Super Giants. If the pitch at Eden Gardens helps the spinners, then they can prove to be helpful. He has also been in good form with the bat in the middle order. He can be the vice-captain of your fantasy team.
head-to-head records
Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Supergiants have faced each other in 2 matches in the IPL. Out of these 2 matches, Kolkata has not won a single match and Lucknow is in clear lead with 2 wins.
KKR vs LSG Dream11 Prediction
Captain: Nitish Rana
Vice-captain: Krunal Pandya
Wicketkeeper: Quinton de Kock
Batsmen: Nitish Rana, Jason Roy, Kyle Mayers
All-rounders: Andre Russell, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya
Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan
KKR vs LSG Probable XI
KKR Probable XI: Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Nitish Rana (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma
LSG probable XI: Kyle Mayers, Quinton de Kock (wk), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Krunal Pandya (c), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil Singh, Mohsin Khan
What are the full squads of Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants for IPL 2023?
kkr vs lsg full squad
Kolkata Knight Riders: N Jagadeesan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Manan Vohra, Kyle Mayer, Krishnappa Gautam, Krunal Pandya (c), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Symes, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yudhvir Charak, Karun Nair, Mayank Yadav