Preview of the match KKR vs LSG: The 15th season of the Indian Premier League is in crisis. The Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants teams will square off tomorrow in IPL 2022. KKR needs a big win to keep their playoff hopes alive. While IPL’s bleak hopes of reaching the playoffs need a big win in their final league match, Lucknow Super Giants will be looking to win this match on Wednesday to climb to the top of the table.
KKR sits sixth in the table with 12 points from six wins from 13 matches and even if the team manages to win this match by a wide margin, they will still have to rely on the results of other matches to qualify for the playoffs. The Lucknow team is one step away from securing a place in the play-offs. The team 16 points from 13 games and a victory in this game will ensure its ticket to the playoffs.
<p style="text alignment: justify;"Two-time champion KKR's team reached the finals last year but couldn't keep up the momentum this season. The team, however, kept their hopes alive by recording wins against Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last two matches.
The team led by Shreyas Iyer defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 54 runs in the last match due to the complete game of Andre Russell and the great performance of the bowlers. Russell and Sam Billings led the team to 177 from six after the top order failed in this match and then the bowlers did their job brilliantly.
Ajinkya Rahane at the top of the order fought throughout the season. However, he was ruled out for the current season due to a hamstring strain. Last season’s hero Venkatesh Iyer disappointed this season. Nitish Rana and Shreyas Iyer have consistently failed to deliver.
<p style="text alignment: justify;"After recovering from injury, Umesh Yadav supported Tim Southee well and Russell also took some big wickets. The spinning duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty also found momentum in recent matches. The Lucknow team would like to break the chain of two consecutive losses in this match. The team's hitters have disappointed in these two games.
<p style="text alignment: justify;"The team relies too much on captain Lokesh Rahul. He has scored two centuries on the season but has failed to score big in the last three games. The same goes for veteran Quinton de Kock. He has scored just 11 and seven runs in the last two innings.
<p style="text alignment: justify;"However, the biggest positive is Deepak Hooda's pace for the team, which is consistently scoring runs. However, the Lucknow Super Giants team would like to make better use of youngsters Ayush Badoni and Marcus Stoinis. The team's bowling was good in most games of the season, but in the last game against them, the Rajasthan Royals batsmen had no problem scoring runs. If Lucknow is to record a win in this match then Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Jason Holder and Ravi Bishnoi will have to do well.
The teams are the following:
Lucknow Super Giants: Lokesh Rahul (Captain), Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Quinton de Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmanta Chamira, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ankit Rajput, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Meyers, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gautam, Aayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, and Jason Holder.
<p style="text alignment: justify;"Calcutta Knight Riders: Aaron Finch, Abhijit Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Inderjit, Nitish Rana, Pratham Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (Captain), 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.
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