For the first time in the ongoing IPL 2025, a day game will be played on a Tuesday. Apparently, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) was meant to be played on Sunday, April 6 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. However, due to the Ram Navmi festival this weekend, the match was postponed as it will be played on April 8. The timings of this game will be 3:30 PM IST at the same venue.
KKR vs LSG: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) |
|---|---|
| Aiden Markram ✈️ | Quinton de Kock (WK) ✈️ |
| Mitchell Marsh ✈️ | Sunil Narine ✈️ |
| Nicholas Pooran ✈️ | Ajinkya Rahane (C) |
| Rishabh Pant (WK/C) | Venkatesh Iyer |
| Ayush Badoni | Rinku Singh |
| David Miller ✈️ | Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
| Abdul Samad | Moeen Ali ✈️ |
| Shardul Thakur | Andre Russell ✈️ |
| Digvesh Singh Rathi | Ramandeep Singh |
| Akash Deep | Harshit Rana |
| Avesh Khan | Varun Chakaravarthy |
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KKR vs LSG Squad
| Kolkata Knight Riders (MI) | Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG) |
|---|---|
| Ajinkya Rahane (C) – Top Order Batter | Rishabh Pant – Wicketkeeper Batter (c) |
| Quinton de Kock (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Abdul Samad – Batter |
| Manish Pandey – Top Order Batter | Ayush Badoni – Batter |
| Rovman Powell ✈️ – Middle Order Batter | Matthew Breetzke ✈️ – Batter |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Top Order Batter | Himmat Singh – Batter |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Aryan Juyal – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Ramandeep Singh – Middle Order Batter | David Miller ✈️ – Middle order Batter |
| Rinku Singh – Middle Order Batter | Nicholas Pooran ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Luvnith Sisodia (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter | Yuvraj Chaudhary – Batting Allrounder |
| Venkatesh Iyer (VC) – Allrounder | Rajvardhan Hangargekar – Bowling Allrounder |
| Moeen Ali ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Arshin Kulkarni – Allrounder |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder | Aiden Markram ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Anukul Roy – Allrounder | Mitchell Marsh ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Andre Russell ✈️ – Allrounder | Shahbaz Ahmed – Allrounder |
| Vaibhav Arora – Bowler | Akash Deep – Bowler |
| Harshit Rana – Bowler | Akash Singh – Bowler |
| Spencer Johnson ✈️ – Bowler | Avesh Khan – Bowler |
| Mayank Markande – Bowler | Shamar Joseph ✈️ – Bowler |
| Anrich Nortje ✈️ – Bowler | Prince Yadav – Bowler |
| Chetan Sakariya – Bowler | Digvesh Rathi – Bowler |
| Varun Chakravarthy – Bowler | Ravi Bishnoi – Bowler |
| Umran Malik – Withdrawn Bowler | Manimaran Siddharth – Bowler |
| Shardul Thakur – Bowler |
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KKR vs LSG 2025: Injury Updates
Kolkata Knight Riders: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
Lucknow SuperGiants: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
