Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will lock horns with each other in the first match of the doubleheader Sunday at the Eden Gardens. Ahead of the match, let us discuss the predicted playing XI for KKR vs LSG.
LSG will wear a special “green and maroon jersey” to pay tribute to the Mohun Bagan Super Giants. It is worth noting that Sanjeev Goenka is from Kolkata and owns both the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the IPL and the Mohun Bagan Super Giants in the ISL.
Notably, Mohun Bagan and East Kolkata football matches are marked as the epic clash known as the Kolkata Derby.
KKR vs LSG Probable Playing XI
Kolkata and Lucknow will step onto the field with changes to their side from previous games.
LSG Playing 11 probables: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan
[Impact Sub: Manimaran Siddharth]
KKR Playing 11 probables: Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
[Impact Sub – Suyash Sharma]
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sakib Hussain, Harshit Rana, Dushmantha Chameera, Srikar Bharat, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Allah Ghazanfar
Lucknow Super Giants Squad
Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Deepak Hooda, Amit Mishra, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Shamar Joseph, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ashton Turner, Prerak Mankad, Kyle Mayers, Matt Henry, Mohsin Khan, Arshin Kulkarni