Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants are face to face in the 68th match IPL 2023 on 20 May. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM IST and will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. However, it rained in the city on Friday, just a day before the game. Will rain spoil the game in the crucial match of the tournament? let’s find out.
Here’s all you need to know about the weather forecast in Kolkata-
According to AccuWeather, there is a low chance of rain disrupting the match hours. However, there is a strong possibility of rain and showers throughout the day till 7 pm. There is a greater than 40% chance of rain during the afternoon. On the other hand, the cloud cover is expected to be less than 48% during the match hours.
- How will the weather be during the match?
The weather at the venue is expected to be dangerously humid throughout the match and the humidity is predicted to fluctuate around 75% to 84% during match hours. The temperature at the start of the game is expected to be around 33 °C and is expected to drop to 30 °C towards the end.
If rain interrupts the game, the overs are likely to be reduced. And this is also not possible then the match will be canceled and both the teams will have to share 1 point. This will also result in LSG who are currently on 15 points getting 16 points and move closer to playoff qualification, on the other hand, KKR will be knocked out of the playoff race as they will be stuck on 13 points.
- What are full squads?
Lucknow Super Giants: quinton de kock(w), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Krunal Pandya(C), Marcus StoinisNicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil Singh, Mohsin Khan, Kyle Meyers, Yash Thakur, Krishnappa Gautam, Daniel Sams, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Amit Mishra, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karan Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), jason royNitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil NarenVaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakraborty, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, Umesh YadavLockie Ferguson, Tim SoutheeMandeep Singh, Johnson Charles, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Arya Desai