Kolkata: When two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) without Mayank Yadav in the IPL match at their home Eden Gardens on Sunday, their aim will be to return to the winning path. .This is KKR’s first match at Eden Gardens this season (IPL 2024). Mentor Gautam Gambhir knows very well that the five matches to be held here can prove to be decisive for making it to the playoffs for the first time after 2021. Both the teams have registered three wins each while having faced defeat in the previous round.

How was KKR’s performance?

KKR are suffering the consequences of over-reliance on West Indies’ Andre Russell and Sunil Narine, which will prove to be the case against Chennai Super Kings. Chennai defeated them by seven wickets in the last match. Narayan (27) and Russell (10) failed with the bat. Due to the excellent form of these two, KKR, which had scored 200-plus in three matches, could only score 137 runs for nine wickets against Chennai. Nitish Rana will not be able to play this match due to finger injury. KKR captain Shreyas Iyer has not been able to impress and scored 0, 39 not out, 18 and 34 in four matches.

Iyer could score the only half-century

Venkatesh Iyer failed to reach double figures in three matches and scored his only half-century against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the first match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he came at number three but in the last two matches he came at number seven and fifth. Ramandeep Singh also did not impress. Under-19 World Cup 2022 winner Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 54 runs against Delhi Capitals. After failing in the last match, he will be desperate to play a good innings. Mitchell Starc has failed in bowling and gave away 100 runs in the first two matches.

This Lucknow player will be missed

On the other hand, Lucknow will miss fast bowler Mayank Yadav who is out due to arm muscle strain. Arshad Khan, playing in his place, failed against Delhi. Mohsin Khan is also not fully fit yet. Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul will have to play big innings. At the same time, good performance will also be expected from Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran. They also have good spinners like Ravi Bishnoi and Krunal Pandya.

Teams:

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhveer Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra. , Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, K. Gautam, Arshin Kulkarni, M. Siddharth, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Mohammad Arshad Khan.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya. , Harshit Rana, Suyyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Saki Hussain and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.