Indian Premier League match 66: KKR vs LSG

Kolkata Night Riders need a win to have an outside chance for Playoffs. KKR have won 6 out of their 13 matches; their last loss came against LSG. Lucknow Super Giants have till now won 8 out of 13 games, and a win would help them finish second on the points table.

Pitch report

The pitch will favour spinners as dry patches are witnessed. The team winning the toss might look to bowl.

Probable Kolkata Night Riders playing XIs:

Baba Indrajith, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Sam Billings (wk), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy. 

Kolkata Knight Riders, though they had a promising start in the tournament,

then went into a freefall. Struggling with the right batting and bowling combinations, under coach Brendon McCullum they have made numerous changes and have not been able to settle any combinations. The players could not click as a team, thus leading to KKR's downfall. Players to watch out for KKR 

Andre Russell and Sunil Narine 

Andre Russell has played many matches, winning knocks for KKR this season, and his comprehensive capabilities played many games; winning knocks for KKR this season and his extensive capabilities make him a vital player for the team.

Sunil Narine has not scalped many wickets, but the mystery bowler is giving a hard time to batters on the field. In 12 games played, he has eight wickets but a commendable economy of 5.23 runs, making him an essential player for the team.

Probable Lucknow Super Giants playing XIs:

KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan. 

LSG has a balanced team, with depth in the batting lineup, along with some severe young pace of Avesh Khan and mysterious googlies of Ravi Bishnoi. Jason Holder adds the bowling power for Lucknow Super Giants. Krishnappa Gowtham is adding a boost to the bowling unit of Lucknow Super Giants. In the batting department, Apart from the skipper, the top order in the form of Quinton de Kock, Manish Pande, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni and Marcus Stoinis in the middle order gives a lot of depth and strength in the middle order.