Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants
Blog Highlights @
68th Match:
The match between KKR and LSG is the sixty-eighth meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on May 20th 2023.
KKR vs LSG History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 2 times, till date. Out of them, KKR won 0 times, whereas LSG won both times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against LSG are LL – – -.
@ KKR Backyard:
The teams competed 0 times at the home ground of KKR. The upcoming game will be the first between the teams at KKR backyard.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against LSG are – – – – -.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (KKR):
The team completed 256 games, out of them the team won 129 times and lost 122 times with five (5) without any result (No Result).
The team is at the seventh place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 12 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the fourth to seventh (same) place with 14 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at any of the seventh (same) to ninth position with 12 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WLWWL.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for KKR are LWLLL.
The Visiting Side (LSG):
The team completed 28 games. Out of them, the team won 16 times and lost 11 times with a (1) game without any result (No Result).
The team is at the third place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 15 points (in total), victory will bring the team at any of the second or third (same) place with 17 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the third (same) position with 15 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of LSG are WWLLW.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for LSG are WLWWW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Kolkata shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be 2% throughout the play, as of now, so there would be almost no chances of rain. The temperature would be between 30 to 31 Celsius. The wind would be between 17 to 23 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature, both would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 29 times in 85 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 12 times and lost 17 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLLWW.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 34 times and lost 22 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLLL.
The first batting team won the matches 34 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 51 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLWW.
Over all, the teams won the toss, won the matches 46 times and lost 39 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWLL.
Home Side (KKR):
The team won the toss 36 times in 80 played games. Out of them, the team won 22 times and lost 14 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLWL.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2015.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are LWLWW.
The side never lost any battle after being sent to the field since 2012.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 129 runs in 2008. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 201 runs in 2010 at the ground.
The first innings lowest total was 81 runs in 2011, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2023. For the second inning, the lowest total was 49 runs in 2017, whereas the highest was 205 runs in 2023.
The batting average of the first innings is 26.33 and 28.88 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue, till date. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the team at the venue.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against LSG at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (KKR):
The team had a good record, as the team won 47 times and lost 33 times in 80 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are LWLLL.
The Visiting Unit (LSG):
The team has never got a chance to play at the venue, till date. The upcoming outing will be the first for the team.
Last 5 (completed) match results of LSG at the venue are – – – – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: J. Roy, R. Gurbaz, + V. Iyer, N. Rana, R. Singh, A. Russell, S. Thakur, S. Narine, H. Rana, V. Arora, V. Chakravarthy, + S. Sharma
Lucknow Super Giants:
The team may go with A. Mishra in place of Y. Thakur.
Lucknow Super Giants: Q. de Kock, D. Hooda, P. Mankad, K. Pandya, M. Stoinis, N. Pooran, + A. Badoni, N. ul Haq, R. Bishnoi, S. Singh, M. Khan, + A. Mishra
*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: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://sportsmintmedia.com/ipl-2023-kkr-vs-lsg-match-preview-head-to-head-and-streaming-details/
