KKR vs LSG Head-to-Head: After beating Chennai Super Kings in their den, a confident looking Kolkata Knight Riders will host the high-flying Lucknow Super Giants in the 68th match of IPL 2023 on Super Saturday, May 20. Krunal Pandya and company are placed third on the points table with 15 points from 13 matches. A win for the Super giants will seal the playoffs berth for the Goenka owned franchise. After losing to Gujarat Titans by 56 runs, LSG has registered consecutive wins against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians. The team also has a brilliant net run rate of +0.304. Nitish Rana led Kolkata Knight Riders has a slim chance of making it to the Playoffs. They need a win over LSG on Saturday, and also need favours from other teams. The players of both teams are fully charged and in good form. The battle is expected to one of the best in the season. The match will be played at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Going into the fixture, take a look at the KKR vs LSG Head-To-Head record. Follow Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates on Insidesport.In.
KKR vs LSG Head-To-Head: Lucknow Super Giants take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Super Saturday
🤫 + 🔥 = Mohsin's game-winning moves 🙌 pic.twitter.com/LqKakmf9T7
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) May 18, 2023
KKR vs LSG Head-To-Head: The past record in numbers
Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants have played only a couple of matches in the Indian Premier League. KKR are yet to win a game against LSG in IPL as the Super Giants have sealed the game on both the occasions.
Both matches were played during IPL 2022. The first match was played in Pune in which LSG defeated KKR by 75 runs. Avesh Khan claimed three wickets for LSG and became the player of the match. Lucknow won the second game by 2 runs. Quinton de Kock smashed 140* runs off 70 balls in the high-scoring encounter.
KKR have a great record at the Eden Gardens which makes it tough for the visitors to dominate. LSG have one of the best teams in the season so far. The match will be an anticipated one.
KKR vs LSG Head-To-Head: Lucknow Super Giants take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Super Saturday
Ekdom thik bolecho, Nitish Da! 🤓 pic.twitter.com/AQEArR9REw
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) May 17, 2023
Full Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders full squad:
Nitish Rana (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Weise, Kulwant Khejrolia, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Jason Roy.
Lucknow Super Giants full squad:
KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Romario Shepherd, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Naveen ul Haq, Yudhvir Charak.
