KKR v LSG: Kolkata Knight Riders' Predicted Playing XI Against Lucknow Super Giants, IPL 2022 Match 66

Updated - 18 May 2022, 04:21 PM

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KKR v LSG: Kolkata Knight Riders' Predicted Playing XI Against Lucknow Super Giants.

Kolkata Knight Riders will battle against Lucknow Super Giants in their next match of IPL 2022. The KKR vs LSG clash takes place on May 18 (Wednesday) at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. KKR is led by Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2022.

KKR has played 13 games in IPL 2022, winning 6 and losing 7. In their previous encounter against LSG, KKR lost by 75 runs. KKR grabbed a victory in their previous game of IPL 2022 against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 54 runs. Ahead of KKR s LSG clash, here we talk about Kolkata Knight Riders’ predicted playing XI against Lucknow Super Giants.

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KKR v LSG: Kolkata Knight Riders’ Predicted Playing XI Against Lucknow Super Giants, IPL 2022 Match 66

Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane KKR
Ajinkya Rahane (Image Credits: Twitter)

Ajinkya Rahane might be the opener for the team in the next match of IPL 2022 as well. The right-handed batsman played a knock of 28 runs in the last match. In 7 games so far, Rahane has scored 133 runs at an average of 19.0. Since other openers are performing poorly, the team will stay with Rahane as an opener in the next match as well.

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Venkatesh Iyer

Venkatesh Iyer
Venkatesh Iyer. Credits: IPL

Venkatesh Iyer might be the other opener for the team in the next match. Iyer has scored 182 runs in 11 games so far at an average of 18.20. The left-handed batsman has hit 1 fifty. He will aim to come up with the big knock in the last match of the league stage.

Shreyas Iyer (C)

KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer. Photo- IPL
KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer. Photo- IPL

Shreyas Iyer is the skipper of Kolkata Knight Riders and will lead the side in the ultimate game of the tournament as well. He might bat at no.3 or no.4 position in the next match according to the match situation. In 12 games so far, the right-handed batsman has mustered 351 runs at an average of 29.25. Iyer has also shattered 2 fifties.

Nitish Rana

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Nitish Rana will be a middle-order batsman for Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming game of IPL 2022. The left-handed batter scored 26 runs in the last match. In 13 games so far, Rana has smacked 319 runs at an average of 26.58. He has also slammed 2 half-centuries.

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Rinku Singh

Rinku Singh
Rinku Singh (Image Credit: Twitter)

Rinku Singh might be another middle-order batter for KKR in the next match of IPL 2022. The right-handed batsman has scored 134 runs in 6 games so far at an average of 33.50. He has played crucial knocks for the team multiple times. Rinku is in a good form and the team will not be happy to bench him in the next game.

Sam Billings (WK)

Sam Billings
Sam Billings (Image Credits: Twitter

Sam Billings will be the wicketkeeper for Kolkata Knight Riders in the next match of IPL 2022. With his valuable knock of 34 runs in the last match, Billings has proved that he is a better wicketkeeper’s option than players like Baba Indrajith or Sheldon Jackson. In 7 games so far, Billings has scored 133 runs at an average of 22.16.

Andre Russell

Andre Russell, KKR
Andre Russell. (Photo: IPL)

Andre Russell might be the all-rounder for the team in the next match. In the previous game, the West Indies player came up with astonishing performance, scoring a 49-run quickfire and picking 3 wickets. With 330 runs and 17 wickets in 13 matches, Russell has proved himself to be the most valuable all-rounder this season.

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Tim Southee

Sheldon Jackson and Tim Southee. Photo-IPL
Sheldon Jackson and Tim Southee. Photo-IPL

Tim Southee might be one of the pacers for the team in the next match of IPL 2022. The Kiwi pacer has scalped 14 wickets in just 8 games so far at an amazing average of 15.57. Southee also owns a great economy of just 7.03. He scalped 2 wickets in the previous game.

Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav (Image Credits: Twitter)
Umesh Yadav (Image Credits: Twitter)

Umesh Yadav might be another pacer for the team in the next match of IPL 2022. The right-arm pacer has hunted 16 wickets in 11 games so far at an average of 19.06. He has an outstanding economy of just 6.93 while bowling. Yadav will be a crucial addition to the team.

Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine. Photo- IPL
Sunil Narine. Photo- IPL

Sunil Narine will be one of the spinners for Kolkata Knight Riders in the next match. The right-arm spinner accounts for 9 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 31.66. He holds an incredible economy of just 5.48. Narine has done an incredible job for the team in bowling so far.

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Varun Chakravarthy

Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy (Image Credits: Twitter)

Varun Chakravarthy might be another spinner for the team in the next match of IPL 2022. The leg spinner has scalped 6 wickets in 10 games so far at an average of 49.0. He owns an economy of 8.40. The right-arm spinner has bowled good spells in the last few games.

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