Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants - 68th Match
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Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants - 68th Match - May 20
The 68th match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants on the 20th of May, 2023 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Top Tournament Stats - IPL 2023
Current Form Lucknow Super Giants:
Lucknow Super Giants are currently placed at the 3rd position on points table.
The top run scorer for Lucknow Super Giants is Marcus Stoinis with 368 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Lucknow Super Giants is Ravi Bishnoi with 14 scalps under his belt.
Lucknow Super Giants have won their previous thriller of a match against Mumbai Indians by a small margin of 5 runs.
Lucknow Super Giants batted first and they got to a total of 177 for 3 in 20 overs. They lost 3 wickets for just 35 runs and looked to be in sheer trouble. This is when Marcus Stoinis came the rescue of his team and smashed 89 not out in just 47 balls. He hit 8 sixes and got his team to a respectable total.
During the chase, Mumbai Indians got off to a flier with Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan taking the bowlers to cleaners. Kishan made 59 while Rohit Sharma scored 37 runs off 25 balls. The Mumbai Indians hero Suryakumar Yadav failed this time and got out to Yash Thakur for 7 runs. The middle order couldn't really accelerate when required and Mumbai Indians found themselves in a difficult situation. Tim David scored 32 not out in 19 balls but failed to take his team home as Mumbai Indians fell short by 5 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders Form Guide:
Kolkata Knight Riders are currently placed at the 7th position on points table.
The top run scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders is Rinku Singh with 407 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Kolkata Knight Riders is Varun Chakravarthy with 19 scalps under his belt.
Kolkata Knight Riders have won their previous game against Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings batted first and they posted a small total of 144 for 6 in 20 overs. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway gave Chennai Super Kings a slow but stable start. Conway made 30 runs before being dismissed by Shardul Thakur. The middle order failed terribly except Shivam Dube who smashed 48 not out in 34 balls. On the back of his innings, Chennai Super Kings got to a total of 144 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Kolkata Knight Riders had a shaky start. They lost 3 wickets for just 33 runs. Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh then took the responsibility of taking their team over the line. They smashed 57 and 54 runs respectively to take Kolkata Knight Riders over the line with 6 wickets in hand.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): KL Rahul (C), Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Karan Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Charak, Naveen-ul-Haq, Swapnil Singh, Prerak Mankad, Amit Mishra, Daniel Sams, Romario Shepherd, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Nicholas Pooran
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T), Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T), Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan
Cricket Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Lucknow Super Giants
Who will win?- Kolkata Knight Riders
Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Jason Roy (Kolkata Knight Riders), Quinton de Kock (Lucknow Super Giants)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders), Ravi Bishnoi (Lucknow Super Giants)
Most Sixes – Jason Roy (Kolkata Knight Riders), Marcus Stoinis (Lucknow Super Giants)
Player of the Match- Jason Roy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Team Scores Batting first - Kolkata Knight Riders 175+, Lucknow Super Giants 165+
Match Handicap: Kolkata Knight Riders
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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