Samira Vishwas
Tezzbuzz|09-04-2026
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant has won the toss and elected to bowl first against the Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 15 of the Indian Premier League 2026. The toss took place at 07:00 PM IST, with the match set to start at 07:30 PM IST at the Eden Gardens.
Toss Decision – Captain’s Comments & Reasoning
“We will bowl first. We wanted to put them into batting.
I trust our bowlers. When you win, it impacts the team positively. Our top is batters heavy, but we trust them to score runs,” Rishabh Pant said.KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane would have bowled first as well had he won the toss.
“We wanted to bowl first as well. When Cameron bowls, the combination gets better. We need to watch the ball as a batting unit and set a certain target. It is important to execute our plans,” he said.
Playing XIs
Lucknow Super Giants bowling-first XI: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, M Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav
LSG Impact Sub Options: Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Shahbaz Ahmad, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders batting-first XI: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi.
KKR Impact Sub Options: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Tejasvi Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert
Toss Result Today – KKR vs LSG Match 15 IPL 2026
Q1: Who won the toss today in the KKR vs LSG Match 15 IPL 2026?
LSG captain Rishabh Pant has won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Q2: What was the toss time today?
The toss took place at 07:00 pm IST.
Q3: Why did the captain choose to bowl first?
Rishabh Pant has decided to bowl first because of the good bowling conditions.
Q4: Where is today’s match being played?
Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
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