
Kolkata Knight Riders will be up against Lucknow Super Giants in the 15th match of the Indian Premier League 2026. This match will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Kolkata Knight Riders have lost two matches and their previous match was abandoned due to rain. They will be keen to bounce back.
On the other hand, Rishabh Pant will lead the side for Lucknow Super Giants. They have one win and a loss in two matches and will be keen to continue their good form. This should be a closely fought game between these two sides. In this article we look at the playing XIs, top picks, pitch reports for this match.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Match Details
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Series |
Indian Premier League |
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Match |
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants |
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Toss |
To be updated |
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Venue |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
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Match Timings |
7:30 PM IST, 9th April |
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Live Streaming |
JioHotstar |
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Stats
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Player |
Team |
IPL Performance |
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Aiden Markram |
Lucknow Super Giants |
1496 runs |
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Ajinkya Rahane |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
5107 runs |
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Mohammad Shami |
Lucknow Super Giants |
136 wickets |
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Probable Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi
Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav 
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Dream11 Captaincy Picks
Finn Allen has scored 1663 runs in his T20I career. He will be a KKR vs LSG Dream11 captaincy pick.
Aiden Markram has a good record in this format and will give points with his batting. He will be a top pick in this KKR vs LSG Dream11 match.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Match winner
Lucknow Super Giants look a better side when we compare the overall squad of both sides and LSG are expected to win this match.



