Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will encounter Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 21st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on the 8th of April, Tuesday. The match will be played at KKR’s home ground, Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The Ajinkya Rahane-led KKR and Rishabh Pant’s LSG both have won two out of the four games played. They will seek win in order to climb the ladder of the IPL Points Table. Here is all you need to know about the venue of the match.
Pitch report
The pitch at the Eden Gardens will favour batters and bowlers both. While a decent score around 160-180 runs can be expected, there will be assistance for slower bowlers as the ball might hold a bit at the venue.
The team that will win the toss will want to bowl first as dew is expected in the second innings.
KKR vs LSG, Weather Report at Kolkata
According to AccuWeather, the temperature will be 33 degrees Celsius at the beginning of the match and it will fall down to 28 degrees Celsius towards the end. The humidity is predicted to fluctuate around 68% during the game. The sky is expected to be have intermittent clouds in the beginning of the game and will be clearer as the match progresses. There is about 5% to 7% possibility of rain during match hours.
IPL stats at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Highest team score: 262/2 by Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders (2024)
Lowest team score: 49/10 by Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Kolkata Knight Riders (2017)
Highest score by a player in a match: Rajat Patidar – 112* runs vs LSG (2022)
Most wickets by a player in a match: Sunil Narine vs KXIP – 5 wickets (2012)
KKR vs LSG Head-to-head details
Probable Playing XIIs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora
Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi
