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IPL 2022 – KKR Vs LSG: ‘Do Or Die’ For Kolkata, Lucknow Eyes To Secure Place In PlayOffs

Match number 66 of the Tata IPL will see two young captains lock horns. However, one aims for qualification besides the team’s name and the other hopes survival. The LSG stands strong at 3rd position with 16 points, and the Shahrukh Khan owned franchise is at number 6 with a dozen points.

The Last game to be played at the DY Patil stadium will start at 7:30 steaming live at Star sports and Disney Hotstar.

When they last met: LSG crushed KKR, beating them by a huge margin of 75 runs, despite a 19 ball 45 by Andre Russell. Quinton de Kock’s 50 and Deepak Hooda’s valuable 41 backed by Avesh khan’s two wickets strengthened the grounds to the triumph.

Player to watch out for: Kl Rahul who is 31 runs shy of scoring 500 runs in the tournament is also 2nd the list of most runs behind Joss Buttler(627).Similar is the situation for best scores and most hundreds.

Who’s missing out : Ajinkya Rahane has been ruled out due to a hamstring injury.

Probable Playing XI:

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Baba Indrajith, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Sam Billings (wk), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Lucknow Super Giants:

KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.

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