LSG looks for home charm against PBKS to chalk up its first victory of season
KNIGHT RIDERS BOWLING
Starc 4-0-47-0, Rana 4-0-39-2, Anukul 2-0-6-0, Narine 4-0-40-1, Russell 4-0-29-2, Varun 2-0-20-0.
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
Phil Salt c Green b Vyshak 30 (20b,
Sunil Narine b Dagar 47 Venkatesh Iyer c Kohli b Dayal 50 (30b, 3x4, 4x6),
Shreyas Iyer (not out) 39 (24b, 2x4,
Rinku Singh (not out) 5 (5b);
Extras (lb-7, w-8): 15; Total (for three wkts. in 16.5 overs): 186.
FALL OF WICKETS
RCB BOWLING
Siraj 3-0-46-0, Dayal 4-0-46-1, Joseph 2-0-34-0, Dagar 2.5-0-23-1, Vyshak (Impact Player in place of Karthik)
Toss: PoM: Narine.
KKR won by seven wickets with 19 balls to spare.
Lucknow Super Giants is back on familiar turf. It should be hoping to get back into form as it takes on Punjab Kings in its first home match of the 17th edition of the IPL.
After the defeat to Rajasthan Royals last Sunday, LSG would want the season’s overwhelming trend to continue: every team had won its first match at home till Thursday.
For Punjab Kings, this is the third game: it won the first and then lost the second.
Though it is very much the early days yet, no team would want to register two losses on the trot. So, much is at stake at the Atal
Bihari Vajpayee on Saturday.
LSG, which qualified for the playoffs in both the editions it took part in, would be keen to put up a good show in front of its fans. For that, more of the 11 — or 12, at times — need to
Stadium
SANDEEP SA◣ENA contribute.
Captain K.L. Rahul and Nicholas Pooran showed form against Royals, but the likes of Quinton de Kock and Devdutt Padikkal have to remain at the wicket longer. Bowlers like Ravi Bishnoi and Mohsin Khan have to be sharper, as well.
As for Kings, they need to put behind them the terrible finish to their match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
They would be hoping for Jonny Bairstow to regain his touch at the top of the order, where skipper Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh also have to deliver.
Kagiso Rabada and Harpreet Brar may not mind more support in the bowling department.