🏏IPL 2023: Match 68 - LSG vs KKR on 20/05/2023 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏 - Page 3

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Originally posted by: Savera84

It is not over until it is over. 👍🏼

Cheers..

Yes after six balls only an over becomes an over😊

Hello and welcome to our coverage of Match 68 between Kolkata Knight Riders and the Lucknow Super Giants. The equation is simple for Lucknow. A win takes them through to the playoffs regardless of what happens elsewhere. They might still go through even if they lose, but for that to happen they need at least one of MI or RCB to lose tomorrow.

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Both these teams are coming off very impressive wins - LSG over a surging MI, and KKR over CSK at Chepauk. Interestingly, after the win in Chennai, Nitish Rana lamented the lack of home advantage for his team this season. A brilliant spin troika of Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma and Sunil Narine have largely been neutralised by a flat deck with the average first innings score here being 196. Lucknow's shot-makers won't mind it one bit. Marcus Stoinis, who played one of the knocks of the tournament against MI, has struck more sixes than fours this season. Nicholas Pooran isn't far behind with 22 fours and 21 sixes. And this is as good a six-hitting venue as any.

LSG are the away team but they will be playing today in a maroon jersey, inspired by the Kolkata-based football club Mohun Bagan. Mohun Bagan FC is also owned by Sanjiv Goenka's RPSG group, and now has been rechristened as Mohun Bagan Super Giant.

Hello and welcome to game 68 of IPL 2023. It's Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens. Placed third, LSG need a win to qualify for the playoffs. They will also be keeping an eye on the game between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings, since they can secure a top-two finish if they beat KKR by a big enough margin to overtake CSK's net run rate.

For KKR, the chances of qualifying to the playoffs are very slim. They need to win by 102 runs (if they score 180) to get ahead of Rajasthan Royals on NRR.

Varun Chakaravarthy: It's been a good season for me, but as a team we have gone through some ups and downs. Overall we played good cricket and there are few close games which could have gone either way and irrespective of today's result we will hold our heads high (talking about his and the team's season so far). One against GT (in Kolkata) and one against Delhi (in Delhi), if we had done few things better we would be sitting on 16 points today (on missing out on close games). We are on the way to build an amazing core and that has been the main feature of this season, all the Indians boys have done well this season and it is a good sign.

Nicholas Pooran: The players are ready for the fight, it's all about control whatever we can and obviously whenever the momentum is on our side, we wanna take it (talking about the preparations for today's game). I think I had a decent season, still looking for more (rating his performance this season so far). Smaller venue, better wicket than Lucknow, we are looking forward to the challenge. KKR has been a dangerous team especially at home, the results haven't shown that but they are a very dangerous team. Our batters are looking forward to execute their plans. (About the venue and opposition). It's a beautiful chasing venue and that's the first thing he (Gambhir's inputs about the venue) mentioned. As a batter, when you get the opportunity, get set and win it for the team.

Varun Chakaravarthy: It's been a good season for me, but as a team we have gone through some ups and downs. Overall we played good cricket and there are few close games which could have gone either way and irrespective of today's result we will hold our heads high (talking about his and the team's season so far). One against GT (in Kolkata) and one against Delhi (in Delhi), if we had done few things better we would be sitting on 16 points today (on missing out on close games). We are on the way to build an amazing core and that has been the main feature of this season, all the Indians boys have done well this season and it is a good sign.

Nicholas Pooran: The players are ready for the fight, it's all about control whatever we can and obviously whenever the momentum is on our side, we wanna take it (talking about the preparations for today's game). I think I had a decent season, still looking for more (rating his performance this season so far). Smaller venue, better wicket than Lucknow, we are looking forward to the challenge. KKR has been a dangerous team especially at home, the results haven't shown that but they are a very dangerous team. Our batters are looking forward to execute their plans. (About the venue and opposition). It's a beautiful chasing venue and that's the first thing he (Gambhir's inputs about the venue) mentioned. As a batter, when you get the opportunity, get set and win it for the team.