Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants
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53rd Match:
The match between KKR and LSG is the fifty-third meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Maharastra Cricket Association (MCA) International Stadium, Pune on May 7th 2022.
KKR vs LSG History:
The teams competed against each other 0 times, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against LSG are – – – – -.
KKR Home:
The teams competed 0 times at the home ground of KKR.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against LSG are – – – – -.
LSG Home:
The teams faced each other 0 times at the home ground of LSG.
Last 5 (completed) match results of LSG against KKR are – – – – -.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 0 times at the neutral venue.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against LSG – – – – -.
Teams and Ranks:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team completed 239 games, out of them the team won 121 times and lost 113 times with 5 times without any result (No Result).
The team is at the eighth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 8 points (in total), victory will bring the team in any of the fifth to eighth (current) place with 10 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the current (eighth) position with 8 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WLLLL.
Lucknow Super Giants:
The team completed 10 games, out of them the team won 7 times and lost 3 times.
The team is at the second place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 14 points (in total), victory will bring the team in any of the top two places with 16 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in any of the second (current) or third position with 14 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of LSG are WWWLW.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Pune shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 1% to 2% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 27 to 30 Celsius. The wind would be between 8 to 14 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 17 times in 48 games. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 10 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLWLW.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2015.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 16 times and lost 15 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LLLLW.
The first batting team won the matches 25 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 23 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWWWL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 26 times and lost 22 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLLW.
KKR:
The team won the toss 7 times in 7 played games. The team won all 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWWW.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2013.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are – – – – -.
LSG:
The team won the toss 0 times in an only played game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the LSG at the venue, while winning the toss, are – – – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the LSG at the venue, while losing the toss, are W – – – -.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 119 runs in 2013. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 196 runs in 2016 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 73 runs in 2017, and the highest total was 211 runs in 2018. For the second inning, the lowest total was 96 runs (completed innings) in 2017, whereas the highest was 198 runs in 2018.
The batting average of the first innings is 28.72 and 23.51 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against LSG at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
KKR:
The team had a dream record as the team won all 7 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WWWWW.
LSG:
The team had a good record, as the team won an only outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results of LSG at the venue are W – – – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team would like to go with a winning combination.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: B. Indrajith, A. Finch, S. Iyer, N. Rana, R. Singh, A. Russell, A. Roy, S. Narine, S. Mavi, T. Southee, U. Yadav
Lucknow Super Giants:
The team would like to go with A. Khan, if he will be fit for the play, in place of K. Gowtham.
Lucknow Super Giants Eleven: Q. de Kock, KL. Rahul, D. Hooda, M. Stoinis, K. Pandya, A. Badoni, J. Holder, M. Khan, D. Chameera, A Khan, R. Bishnoi
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: “***” means the match was tied and the super over was also tied but the match was decided through a second super over. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://www.tv9hindi.com/sports/cricket-news/who-will-win-lsg-vs-kkr-ipl-match-prediction-preview-7-may-in-hindi-au84-1217093.html