KKR vs LSG Match 21 IPL 2025: The 21st match of the 18th season of IPL will be played on April 8 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. The match will start at 3:30 PM IST. Ajinkya Rahane will be captaining the Kolkata Knight Riders, while Rishabh Pant will be leading the Lucknow Super Giants. In this article, we will talk about the head to head records, pitch report, weather forecast and playing XI of both teams.
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KKR vs LSG Match 21 IPL 2025: Head-To-Head Records
In the last 3 seasons of IPL, 5 matches have been played between Kolkata and Lucknow so far. Out of these, KKR has won 2 matches, while LSG has emerged victorious in 3 matches. During these matches, KKR’s highest score against Lucknow has been 235 runs, while LSG’s highest score against Kolkata has been 210 runs. On the other hand, KKR’s lowest score against the Super Giants is 10s1 runs, while LSG’s lowest score against the Knight Riders is 137 runs.
KKR vs LSG Match 21 IPL 2025: Pitch Report at Eden Gardens
The pitch of Kolkata’s Eden Gardens Stadium is favorable for both bowlers and batters. Big scores have also been seen here. Due to good bounce, the ball comes well on the bat. At the same time, spinners also get a lot of help on this pitch. Let us tell you that after winning the toss here, the teams would like to bowl first most of the time.
So far 95 matches of IPL have been played in Eden Gardens Stadium. Out of these, the team batting first won 39 matches, while the team bowling first won 56 matches. Apart from this, 50 matches have been won by the team winning the toss. At the same time, the team losing the toss won 44 matches. Chasing has been easy at this pitch.
KKR vs LSG Match 21 IPL 2025: Weather Forecast in Kolkata
The 21st match of IPL 2025 will be played on Monday between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. If we look at the IPL 2025 points table, KKR is at the fifth position while LSG is at the sixth position. Kolkata has lost 2 out of 4 matches while Lucknow has won 2 out of 4 matches.
Now, both the teams will clash in Kolkata to increase the points in the points table. Since the match will be played during the day, the temperature is expected to be around 30 degrees Celsius during the match, which may gradually drop to 27 degrees Celsius. The humidity level is expected to be between 60% to 79%, due to which the players may have to face humidity.
KKR vs LSG Match 21 IPL 2025: Probable Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing XI: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Impact Substitutes: Vaibhav Arora/Manish Pandey
Lucknow Super Giants Probable Playing XI: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (captain & wicketkeeper), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.
Impact Substitutes: Manimaran Siddharth/Abdul Samad
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad for IPL 2025
Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anrich Nortje, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Lavnith Sisodia, Sunil Narine, Chetan Sakariya, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) started the IPL 2025 match with a defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore. After that, the team opened its account by defeating Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets. After this, KKR also had to face defeat against Mumbai. However, in their last match, the KKR team made a tremendous comeback in the points table by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 80 runs.
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Lucknow Super Giants Squad for IPL 2025
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper & captain), Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Ravi Bishnoi, Manimaran Siddharth, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh, Akash Maharaj Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Aryan Juyal, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Mayank Yadav, Joseph Kulkarni.
On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) has also won two out of four matches. LSG started their season with a defeat against Delhi Capitals. After this, the team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 5 wickets. At the same time, in their third match, LSG had to face defeat against Punjab Kings. However, after this, the team returned to the winning track by defeating Mumbai Indians.