Starc to de Kock, no run, fuller length delivery on off, driven back at the bowler who makes a half-stop
The lone slip moves slightly wider
0.3
Starc to de Kock, no run
0.2
Starc to de Kock, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for de Kock - fuller length delivery and shaping away from wide of off, drew de Kock into the drive and finds a thick edge, flies behind square on the off-side and beats Rana's dive in the deep
0.1
Starc to de Kock, FOUR, to long-on
de Kock and Rahul are at the crease. de Kock is on strike. Starc will open the attack
Justin Langer rings the bell and we're ready for Match 28 of #IPL2024. The players are out in the middle and it'll be Starc who'll open for KKR
Rinku Singh should be KKR's impact sub while LSG could use Manimaran Siddarth as their impact sub unless they reckon they need a bit of pace . Have you locked in your fantasy team? Do you need some help in doing so? Head over to our expert XI for more guidance
Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams
Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Arshad Khan, Prerak Mankad, M Siddharth, Amit Mishra, K Gowtham
Teams:
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Shamar Joseph, Yash Thakur
Lucknow Super gaints are wearing the famous Mohun Bagan football clubs colours today - maroon and green, they own this historic football club and it's a sort of a home game for them as well
KL Rahul - I would have bowled first, but this does look like a good pitch. It was important to recover ona short turnover, it's just about making sure that everyone is rested and recovered well. Few changes - Padikkal and Naveen-ul-Haq miss out, Shamar Joseph and Deepak Hooda are back.
Shreyas Iyer - We'll bowl first. Feels nostalgic, the crowd is electrifying and this was what we missed playing out of Kolkata, great feeling to be back. I've no idea about the conditions, the last game was a belter, but we're professionals and will have toa dapat. Bowling first, so Rinku goes out, Harshit Rana comes in.
Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and have opted to field
Team News - Shamar Joseph has been handed his maiden IPL cap, he'll replace Naveen-ul-Haq most probably.
Ayush Badoni: It was a very important knock for me (the fifty in the last game), because I wasn't to be score as many as I would have liked in the previous 2-3 games, so glad I could kick on in the last game, happy for that but we couldn't win that game. Today we will look to win this game. All the players are young and fit and we have recovered well from last game. The outfield is very fast here, so there will be lots of runs on offer so exciting times for the batters.
Lucknow Super Giants
Kolkata Knight Riders
