The Indian Premier League (IPL) today has two matches in a double header, ie in a day. The first match of the day will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). The match will begin at 3:30 pm at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
So far this season, both teams have played 4-4 matches. Both have won 2-2 and faced 2 defeats. So far in the IPL, 2 matches have been played at Eden Gardens between Kolkata and Lucknow, both of which have won 1-1 matches. KKR won the last match in 2024.
Preview of the first match …
Match Details, 21st Match KKR VS LSG Date – April 8 Stadium – Eden Gardens Kolkata Time: Toss – 3:00 pm, match start – 3:30 pm
In front of Lucknow Head to Head
Lucknow has a hand in the head to head figures. So far, a total of 5 matches have been played between the two teams in the IPL. Lucknow has won 3 and Kolkata 2. In which Kolkata won the last win in May 2024.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi KKR No Top Scorer
So far this season, 4 different KKR players have scored half a century for the team. While Better Angkrish Raghuvanshi is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 128 runs in 4 matches. He played a 50 -run innings against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the last match. After that, captain Ajinkya Rahane is second, scoring 123 runs in 4 matches. He played 56 against the RCB.
Varun Chakraborty is at the top of the bowling. He has taken a total of 6 wickets in 4 matches for the team. He took 3 wickets in 4 overs against SRH in the last match. While bowler Vaibhav Arora has also taken 6 wickets in 3 matches. He took 3 wickets for 29 runs against Hyderabad.
In the Nicholas Puran Form for LSG
Nicholas Puran of Lucknow Super Giants is the highest scorer in IPL 2025 so far. He has scored 201 runs in the first 4 matches. He played a 75 -run innings against Delhi Capitals. After them, Better Mitchell Marsh has scored 184 runs in 4 matches. Marsh scored 76 in the first match against DC.
Shardul Thakur has become the highest wicket -taker in Lucknow. Shardul has taken 7 wickets in 4 matches so far. He took 4 wickets for 34 runs against SRH. After that, bowler Digesh Rathi has taken 6 wickets in 4 matches. He took 2 wickets against Delhi.
Pitch report The pitch of Eden Gardens is very helpful for batters. However, as the game progresses, spinners can also get a lot of help here. So far 95 IPL matches have been played here. In the first innings, the first batting team has won in 39 matches and the chase team has won in 56 matches.
Weather update The weather will be hot in Kolkata on Tuesday. There will be a lot of suns here today. There is no hope of rain at all. Temperatures can range from 25 to 34 degrees Celsius. The wind speed will be 11 km / h.
Possible playing -11 of both teams
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narayan, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramanandeep Singh, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Eden Marker, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Puran, Ayush Badoni, Digesh Rathi, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ashish Khan, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep.
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