KKR vs LSG, IPL 2023: Toss result and playing XIs for today's match, umpires list and pitch report

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) meet Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 68th game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday (May 20). The game, the second of a doubleheader, will be crucial, keeping the playoffs scenario in mind.

Lucknow are third in the points table, with 15 points from 13 games. A win for them on Saturday will confirm their berth in the playoffs. In case of a loss, they will have to hope for other results to go their way. LSG will be confident, having won their last two games. In their previous game, they got the better of Mumbai Indians by five runs.

Kolkata, meanwhile, are seventh in the points table. They have 12 points from 13 games, but KKR have a very slim chance of qualifying. Even if they finish on 14 points and are in a race with a few other teams, they are unlikely to make the cut due to their extremely poor net run rate of -0.256.

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Today's KKR vs LSG toss result

KKR have won the toss and opted to bowl first. Nitish Rana said:

“Need to win by a big margin, want to play positively. We have done well in patches in other areas as well.”

Kolkata are going in with the same team. For LSG, Karan Sharma comes in for Deepak Hooda and Krishnappa Gowtham for Swapnil Singh.

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KKR vs LSG - Today's match playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma

Kolkata subs: Suyash Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, David Wiese

Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock (w), Karan Sharma, Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya (c), Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan

Lucknow subs: Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Yudhvir Singh, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers

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Today’s KKR vs LSG pitch report

According to Matthew Hayden and Deep Dasgupta, the pitch is dry, but things are holding together nicely. The cracks aren't moving.

Pace is going to go the distance; 200 will probably be par. There's very little chance of dew, with a nice breeze blowing across. The last time a game was played on this strip, 140-odd was chased inside 14 overs.

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Today’s KKR vs LSG match players list

Kolkata Knight Riders squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Mandeep Singh, Johnson Charles, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Aarya Desai

Lucknow Super Giants squad: Quinton de Kock (wk), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya (c), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil Singh, Mohsin Khan, Kyle Mayers, Yash Thakur, Krishnappa Gowtham, Daniel Sams, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Amit Mishra, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Romario Shepherd, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karan Sharma

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KKR vs LSG - Today's match umpires

On-field umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal, Ulhas Gandhe

TV umpire: Yeshwant Barde

Match Referee: Manu Nayyar