The reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders will square off against Lucknow Super Giants in the 21st match of the ongoing IPL 2025 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Tuesday. Both of these two teams have managed two wins and as many losses in the tournament so far and they would look to be more consistent in their performances.
Ajinkya Rahane has done a decent job as a leader as he has got the best out of the players. KKR has all the depth in their batting unit and they must make the most of it.
On the other hand, LSG is continuing with their strategy of playing with four overseas batters and they should look to strengthen their pace battery, which lacks experience.
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KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane needs 13 fours to complete 500 boundaries in the IPL.
Rinku Singh, who will play his 50th IPL match, needs two sixes to complete 50 maximums in the IPL. He also needs 46 runs to complete 1000 runs in the tournament.
Moeen Ali needs five fours to complete 100 boundaries in the IPL.
Andre Russell needs six runs to reach the 2500-run mark in the IPL.
LSG captain Rishabh Pant needs four fours to complete 300 boundaries in the tournament.
Mitchell Marsh needs two sixes to complete 50 sixes in the IPL.
Shardul Thakur will play his 100th IPL game.
Nicholas Pooran needs 30 runs to complete 2000 runs in the IPL. The left-hander needs seven sixes to complete 150 maximums in the tournament.
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Manimaran Siddharth, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Aryan Juyal, RS Hangargekar, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Mayank Yadav, Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Rovman Powell, Mayank Markande, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya
