Kkr vs lsg: The defending winner KKR will face Lucknow Super Giants in the 21st match of the Indian Premier League 2025 at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata at 3:30 pm. KKR defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad (KKR Vs LSG) by a big margin of 80 runs at the same ground, while Lucknow defeated Mumbai Indians by 11 runs in their last match. Now both teams would like to win this match and make their place in the top four. Before this match, let us tell you some interesting information related to this match.

Who ahead in head to head

A total of five matches have been played between defending winners KKR and Lucknow Super Giants so far, in which Kolkata has won twice, then three times Lucknow Super Giants (KKR vs LSG) have won. At the same time, last season, both these teams came face to face twice, in which both KKR won. KKIAL and Lucknow have played two matches in Eden Gardens, in which one match has been won by KKR VS LSG and once Lucknow has gone in favor of Super Giants.

Pitch and weather reports

The pitch on which KKR and Lucknow (KKR Vs LSG) will be played with more help to fast bowlers. Here, fast bowlers get swing from the new ball, then after the ball becomes old, the ball of the spinners gets stuck a little, so that it is not so easy for the batsmen to play big shots. At the same time, if we talk about the weather, there is no possibility of rain here. At the same time, during the match, the temperature here can be around 20 to 25 degrees.

Rinku will be in danger from Shardul

KKR Vs LSG star batsman Rinku Singh scored 32 off 17 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the earlier match. At the same time, captain Rahane will once again expect the same innings from Rinku against Lucknow, but in this match the biggest threat to Rinku can become Shardul Thakur, who is currently in amazing form. Shardul has made Rinku Singh his victim thrice, while Rinku's strike rate in front of him is only 118.18.

Varun will be in front of Pant

This season of Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant has not been special yet. But in the KKR vs Lucknow match, the ball and bat match between Rishabh Pant and Varun Chakraborty can be quite interesting. KKR's mystery spinner Varun has run Pant three times in 6 innings. At the same time, Pant's strike rate in front of Varun is also only 103.33.

Puran and Naren collision

Captain Pant will have high expectations from Lucknow Super Giants's in -form batsman and orange cap holder Nicholas Puran, but his expectation Sunil Naren can shatter his mystery spin bowling. A total of 23 T20 innings between Nicholas Puran and Sunil Naren have been confronted, on which Puran has been dismissed three times by Naren's balls. During this time Puran's strike rate is only 126.78.

KKR's potential playing XI

Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Moin Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Player - Vaibhav Arora

Lucknow Super Giants playing XI

Mitchell Marsh, Aidan Markram, Nicholas Puran, Rishabh Pant (Captain/Wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh.

Impact Player- Ravi Bishnoi