LUCKNOW: Enjoying their final match on house turf, Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) must give it their greatest shot to edge previous Kolkata Knight Riders on the Ekana cricket stadium on Sunday. KKR are a step away from a berth within the Playoffs with 14 spots.
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Of their earlier match towards Mumbai Indians, LSG had been removed from convincing as they needed to toil onerous to chase the modest 145-run goal.On the batting aspect, LSG skipper KL Rahul is in type up the order and has performed some fantastic knocks, smashing fifties towards Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Tremendous Kings.
Allrounder Marcus Stoinis additionally performed nicely towards MI, scoring 62 runs, and had additionally performed a spectacular match-winning innings towards CSK. Deepak Hooda has additionally performed some first rate knocks. Wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran has not been capable of make his mark within the final 2-3 matches and it’s time for him to place his greatest foot ahead. High-order batter Quinton de Kock missed the final match towards MI and he was again early to the pavilion towards Rajasthan Royals.
On the bowling aspect, LSG’s bowlers may even face a harsh take a look at with none of them making an actual dent with particular person brilliance. Within the final match, Mohsin Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Naveen-ul-Haq and Mayank Yadav did nicely towards MI. LSG will now need to go with out tempo sensation Mayank, who had walked out of the final match towards MI attributable to his aspect pressure appearing up.
Mayank is unlikely to play within the the rest of the IPL. LSG head coach Justin Langer mentioned, “We’ll be praying that he can play hopefully within the play-offs however I’m a realist as nicely. It should in all probability be troublesome for him to rise up for the again finish of the match. He is (Mayank) had a scan. He is bought a small tear in an identical space to the place his final one (damage) was. So, it is very unlucky. We noticed the impression he had when he got here again into the sport.”
As for KKR, their bowlers had been in glorious type towards MI on Friday. All of the bowlers, particularly spinners Varun Chakaravarthy and Sunil Narine.
