Dressed in the iconic green and maroon jersey of local giants Mohun Bagan, Lucknow Super Giants will find themselves at home as they look to seal a playoff berth by defeating a hapless Kolkata Knight Riders in the final IPL game at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata . Saturday. In this case the original home team, KKR, have not only complained of frustration with the conditions, but their problems run deeper, struggling to find a perfect winning combination in a tumultuous season that saw seven Bearing the loss Four of those seven defeats came at the Eden Gardens.
Be it the batting, which is still a work in progress, the bowling, especially the pace department, is also showing a lack of experience.
In the field, they have made a mockery of themselves with a few attempts, suggesting the two-time champions have shown they do not ‘belong’ at this stage.
Courtesy, Some Personal Genius Rinku Singh And Varun Chakravarthy, KKR are still lucky to have been able to keep their campaign alive in the ‘hot and cold’ season.
With a heavy mid-table traffic, four teams are likely to be locked on 14 points with one making the playoffs with a better net run-rate.
With 12 points, KKR not only need to win by a big margin, but will also have to rely on Punjab Kings (vs Rajasthan Royals), Gujarat Titans (vs Royal Challengers Bangalore) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (vs Mumbai Indians). to win their respective matches.
LSG though need not bother so much about the mathematical scenarios as a win would be enough for them to seal back-to-back playoff berths.
Even on pace, LSG look far better than a struggling KKR, who have struggled to find action in their home den.
KKR Predicted XII (Including Impact Players): Rehmanullah Gurbaz (W), jason roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (C), andre russellRinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Naren, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakraborty
LSG Predicted XII (including Impact Players): quinton de kock (W), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Krunal Pandya (C), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil SinghMohsin Khan, Krishnappa Gautam
(With PTI inputs)
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