Delhi: In the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025), the first match in Dabur Header on Tuesday is to be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Supergiants. The lineup of both the teams is quite strong and this season the Kolkata team has won two out of four matches and lost two matches, which is fifth in the points table. On the other hand, the team of Lucknow Supergiants has won two out of 4 matches and two have lost, which is currently at number six in the points table. The last time both teams clashed, Kolkata won and once again the fight has become interesting with the strong batting and bowling attack of both teams. Let us know how the pitch report for this match and the possible playing 11 of both teams can be.
KKR to do Will want This League In Return
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team will be seen playing firmly in their home ground Eden Gardens against Lucknow Super Joints who would like to return to this league. The team has veteran players like Quinton de Kock, Ajinkya Rahane, Rowman Powell, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh who can bat aggressively. Apart from this, KKR has all rounder players like Ramandeep Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell and Sunil Naren to put four moons in the bowling unit of the team. If we talk about bowling, he has many bowlers like Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson who can dodge the opposing batsmen.
Extremely balanced Is Lucknow Super Joints of Team
The team of Lucknow Super Joints (LSG), which shows the game of amazing every year, has not been able to do anything special under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant. In such a situation, once again they have a chance to show their strength. The team currently has many talented and aggressive batsmen like David Miller, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Puran and Aden Markram, who are strengthening the team’s batting unit. Apart from this, the team looks stronger than all -rounder players like Mitchell Marsh, Arshin Kulkarni, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Shahbaz Ahmed. The bowling unit of the team is filled with bowlers like Ravi Bishnoi, Akashdeep, Avesh Khan who are working to add depth and experience in the team’s bowling lineup. However, there is no official information about when Mayank Yadav will join the team after his injury.
pitch Report
The pitch of Eden Gardens is considered to be suited to batting which has good bounce and speed. The surface is usually flat and the boom is correct, which makes it very favorable to play stroke. Here, there is a lot of runs in T20 format, where it has been easy for the team that batting later to achieve the target. In such a situation, the teams like to bat later in view of the flat pitch.
Head-to-head record
| Head-to-head record | Description |
| Match played | 5 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders won | 2 |
| Lucknow won by Supergiants | 3 |
| Tie (tied) | 0 |
| No result (no result) | 0 |
| Match played for the first time | 7 May 2022 |
| Most of the most recent match | 5 May 2024 |
Match details
| Match | Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Supergiants |
| Site | Eden Gardens |
| Date and time | 8 April 3:30 pm |
| Live broadcast and streaming details | Star Sports and Jio Hotstar |
Both Teams of potential Playing XI
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Lucknow Supergiants |
| Quinton de Cock (wicket keeper) | Mitchell Marsh |
| Sunil Naren | Aden marikram |
| Ajinkya Rahane (Captain) | Nicholas puran |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Rishabh Pant (Captain, wicketkeeper) |
| Rinku Singh | Ayush Badoni |
| Andre Russell | David miller |
| Ramandeep Singh | Abdul samad |
| Enrich Nokia | Shardul Thakur |
| Harshit Rana | Akash Deep |
| Vaibhav Arora | Ravi Bishnoi |
| Varun chakravarti | Digvesh Rathi |
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