KKR vs LSG IPL 2024 Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets

KKR have registered a pretty comprehensive win over LSH here.

KKR are very little away from winning this. They need 19 from 36 balls and have all the time in the world. But they would be wary of the NRR too.

Salt brings up his fifty in style. Two back-to-back fours for Salt and he gets to the half-ton in 26 balls. KKR go past 100 too.

KKR are on top after 8 overs in the game. They have scored 80/2 in the first 8 overs and LSG are in desperate need of a wicket

After removing Narine, Mohsin gets Raghuvanshi too. This was a back-of-a-length ball outside off and beat Raghuvanshi by the bounce. 

A tough start for Shamar Joseph. 22 off the first over, which was a 10-ball over. He bowled a couple of no-balls and wides that would have been disappointing. There was some swing from the bowler but a big over for KKR. Mohsin Khan comes and takes out Narine in his first over.

The two KKR openers are out in the middle. Phil Salt and Sunil Narine with the bat in hand. And it's the debutant Shamar Joseph, who will open the bowling for the visitors

Starc gets Arshad cleaned up on the last ball and gives only 6 runs in the final over. LSG finish at 161/7. This looks a below-par total considering this was said to a good batting pitch. But Starc says in the mid-innings interview that the wicket looked a bit two-paced.

Starc gets the prized wicket of Pooran on the first ball of the 20th over. This was on a length outside off and Pooran got a faint edge on it. Impact sub Arshad Khan comes in for QDK

LSG have struggled their way to 126/5 from the 17 overs. Pooran and Krunal are at the crease but they have not flown freely. Probably the pitch has a role to play too. But a strong finish is now needed.

LSG are now 5 down as Narine has got Badoni. They keep losing wickets at regular intervals and there is no momentum being built-up

Varun gets Stoinis in his second over and this is a very fine sharp catch by wicketkeeper Phil Salt. This got deflected from Stoinis' bat to pads and lobbed up to the right of the keeper, who had very less time to react. But Salt kept his eyes pinned on the ball and stretched himself to the right to hang on to this one. LSG 4 down

Rahul's fine stay comes to an end as Andre Russell gets him on the second ball of his first over. Rahul hit him for a six over point but falls on the next after hitting this to deep mid-wicket 

LSG bring up their fifty just outside the powerplay. Sunil Narine comes for the 7th over and Badoni gets a single to bring the team fifty at 6.1. Rahul is looking strong with more intent, while Badoni is relatively new. A crucial middle-phase coming.

Ramandeep Singh grabs a blinder of a catch at backward point and Starc gets his first and he gets Hooda. This was a length ball outside off, Hooda looked to punch it from the backfoot but could not keep it down as he tried to pierce the gap on the off-side. Ramandeep makes a side dive to his right and takes a brilliant catch

LSG made a fine start 2 fours and a six in the first 10 balls but have now lost QDK. Vaibhav Arora gets the first wicket.

The two LSG openers are out in the middle. Rahul and QDK would be looking for a strong start and have enjoyed some moments with the bats. They will look to continue it.

Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana

KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Shamar Joseph, Mohsin Khan

KKR have won the toss and are bowling first.

All three previous games between KKR and LSG have been won by the side batting first.

Shamar Joseph will be playing his first match in IPL. He has been handed his debut cap and will likely replace Naveen-ul-Haq.

Sunil Narine is leading the run charts for Kolkata this season with 161 runs in four games.

Nicholas Pooran is the leading run-getter for Lucknow Super Giants this season with 178 runs in five games.

KKR's probable team:

Sunil Narine, Phil Salt, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana/Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana/Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy [Impact Sub: Suyash Sharma]

LSG's probable team:

KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshad Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq/Shamar Joseph, Yash Thakur [Impact Sub: M Siddharth/Devdutt Padikkal]

Right in the top four. The place you generally want to be at the end of the league stage. KKR suffered their only defeat to CSK in their last game and are on 2nd. LSG are on fourth and have lost two out of five games. This game holds a importance then.

Eden Gardens, Kolkata - whose home shall we call it? Obviously KKR's home. But there is another facet to it. LSG owners have their headquarters six kilometres away from the Eden Gardens. The owners have stakes in Kolkata's Mohun Bagan. LSG sport Mohun Bagan's maroon colour for this clash. They get support here. So it is also LSG's home away from it. Back to basics now.

KKR and LSG are looking to return to winning ways after suffering defeats in the previous game. The Super Giants' top order was blown away but was rescued by Ayush Abdoni and Arshad Khan. But it was not enough against DC. Meanwhile, KKR suffered their opening defeat to CSK in Chennai on a track that suited the spinners finally. Who will take the win today? Let's see