The Lucknow Super Giants scored 83 runs for the loss of 3 wickets at the halfway stage of their innings. The Rishabh Pant-led franchise is looking to chase KKR`s total of 181 runs to register a second win in a row.
After a fast start with the bat, LSG lost their way after the dismissal of both their openers. Aiden Markram scored a quickfire 22 runs in 15 balls before being dismissed. Mitch Marsh soon followed after he was caught behind for 15 runs.
Rishabh Pant and Ayush Badoni stitched a partnership for the visitors as KKR bowlers squeezed the run flow. Pant guided his team to a memorable win against SRH in the last match, but failed to replicate his form after losing his wicket to Cameron Green.
For KKR, Vaibhav Arora was the pick of the bowlers. The right-arm pacer came in as an impact substitute and got both the openers out in the same over. Sunil Narine`s four overs will be crucial for KKR`s chances in this match. Varun Chakravarthy is still out with an injury sustained in KKR`s second match of the season.
LSG have a strong batting line-up with Nicolas Pooran and Abdul Samad in their ranks. The visitors will be eager to leave Kolkata with two points and back-to-back wins under their belt.
Earlier, KKR scored 181 runs due to the early brilliance of Angkrish Raghuvanshi and a late flourish from Cameron Green and Rovman Powell. Having lost the toss, KKR managed to put a competitive total on the board after a fast start by skipper Ajinkya Rahane.
KKR are yet to win a match this season after losing their opening two matches and gaining one point from their third match against PBKS.
Confirmed playing XI for both teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav
