Placed third at the moment with 15 factors, Lucknow Super Giants' street to the playoffs is a simple one: win in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders and sail by way of. And if Chennai Super Kings lose to Delhi Capitals, LSG might even safe a top-two end. But in the event that they lose, they'll require a minimum of one in every of Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore to lose.
LSG are enjoying away from house however they're coming off back-to-back wins after only one victory within the 4 accomplished matches earlier than that. Marcus Stoinis led the best way with match-defining performances in each these wins, whereas there have been helpful contributions from stand-in captain Krunal Pandya and legspinner Ravi Bishnoi, too.
Kolkata Knight Riders WLWWL (final 5 accomplished matches, most up-to-date first)Lucknow Super Giants WWLLL
Both KKR and LSG ought to have all gamers accessible for choice.
They have each been essential for his or her sides this season, however which ones has been higher?
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KKR may proceed utilizing Venkatesh Iyer and Suyash Sharma as their affect gamers, relying on whether or not they bat first or bowl first.
Kolkata Knight Riders (possible XII): 1 Jason Roy, 2 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 3 Venkatesh Iyer, 4 Nitish Rana (capt), 5 Andre Russell, 6 Rinku Singh, 7 Shardul Thakur, 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Harshit Rana, 10 Vaibhav Arora, 11 Varun Chakravarthy, 12 Suyash Sharma
LSG might look to substitute out Prerak Mankad or Ayush Badoni for both Yash Thakur or Amit Mishra, relying on how the pitch behaves.
Lucknow Super Giants (possible XII): 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Deepak Hooda, 3 Prerak Mankad, 4 Krunal Pandya (capt), 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Nicholas Pooran, 7 Ayush Badoni, 8 Naveen-ul-Haq, 9 Ravi Bishnoi, 10, Swapnil Singh, 11 Mohsin Khan, 12 Yash Thakur/Amit Mishra
Andre Russell has scored solely 59 runs from 52 balls in opposition to spin this season•BCCI
It rained in Kolkata within the build-up to the match, and intermittent showers are anticipated through the recreation too. Eden Gardens has proved to be a high-scoring venue, with 200 being breached 4 instances in six video games.
"Home advantage is not a question of pitches. It is about winning games. We should have won the games we played [at Eden Gardens]. Pitches have changed; nobody can give a guarantee on them."KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit does not suppose pitches at house have been unfavourable for his aspect
Himanshu Agrawal is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
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