Zoom News : May 18, 2022, 08:03 PM
The 66th match of IPL 2022 is being played between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders. LSG captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bat first. After 4 overs, Lucknow's score is 26/0. Captain KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock are at the crease. The pitch where this match is being played has had three matches before this. The team batting first in all three wins.Playing-11 of both the teams
Lucknow:Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (Captain), Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gautam, Jason Holder, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan and Ravi Bishnoi.Kolkata: Abhijit Tomar, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunir Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee and Varun Chakraborty.Lucknow has made it to the top-4 by winning eight matches in 13 matches. His net run rate is +0.262. Talking about Kolkata, it has registered 6 out of 13 matches played. His net run rate is +0.160.If KKR lose today's match, they will be out of the last four race. His hope will remain after the win, although he will still have to pray for the results of other teams' matches to go in his favour. If LSG wins, it will reach top-2 in the points table. At present the team of Rajasthan is at number 2. Gujarat Titans is at No.Lucknow has proved to be laggy in the run chase.Lucknow Super Giants won their last match while chasing on 7 April. After that every time chasing the target, this team has lost. The pace with which captain KL Rahul was batting in the initial rounds has lost its momentum. Against Rajasthan, Rahul was seen struggling for a single in front of Trent Boult. Later, when he went to attack the famous Krishna, he was given a simple catch.