IPL 2024: Mayank-less LSG to take on KKR at Eden Gardens

Kolkata Knight Riders will be keen to get back to winning ways when they lock horns with Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL 2024The match will be KKRs first of the five matches at home on the trot and the Gautam Gambhirmentored side will be fully aware this can prove decisive to clinch the playoff spot for the first time since 2021LSG will clash with KKR in the 28th fixture of the IPL 2024 without having the services of their pace sensation Mayank Yadav The pacer will need some more time to recover from his injuryIn the points tally nothing separates the two teams both of whom have secured three wins each and lost their respective lastround matches KKRs overreliance on their Caribbean ageing duo of Sunil Narine and Andre Russell was exposed by defending champions Chennai Super Kings when they lost by seven wickets in their previous outingNarine 27 and Russell 10 failed with the bat and the team who had posted two 200plus scores from three matches on the back of the Caribbean duos blazing form could manage an underpar 1379 at ChennaiThat sums up KKRs batting that has relied on some odd fireworks and missed an anchor in the absence of Nitish Rana finger injury who is slated to sit out of another matchKKR captain Shreyas Iyer has failed to make an impact from the beginning of the IPL 2024 and his scores give an abysmal picture 0 39 not out 18 and 34Also ReadIN PHOTOS IPL 2024 PBKS vs RR Players to watch out forTheir other designated batter Venkatesh Iyer has three singledigit scores this season to go with one odd fifty against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the team it seems doesnt have a clear role for himFrom batting at No 3 in their IPL opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad Iyer was seen in the finishers role at No 7 and No 5 in their last two matchesRamandeep Singh also had a lean run after an impressive 35 against SRH The 2022 U19 World Cupwinning Angkrish Raghuvanshi has impressed the most following his 54 against Delhi Capitals And he would like to return among runs after failing to convert his start against CSKMitchell Starcs poor form with the ball has also been the talk of the town The Aussie speed gun has an economy of 1100 and took his first wicket of this IPL against DC after giving away 100 runs in the first two matchesHaving come as Impact Subs leftarm orthodox spinner Anukul Roy has been impressive and he would like to forge a formidable partnership with NarineMayanks replacement Arshad Khan failed to impress conceding at 1073 runs over as they failed to defend 167 at home against DC last eveningMohsin Khan who claimed 234 against Punjab Kings could be a perfect replacement but it remains to be seen if hes fully recovered from his hamstring injury that had sidelined the leftarm pacerThe team owned by Kolkatabased industrialist Sanjeev Goenka will hope for a much better show after mustering an average of 1677 against DC on FridayQuinton De Kock and KL Rahul will look forward to scoring runs while their middle order also consists of players like Nicholas Pooran and Marcus Stoinis Krunal Pandya and Ravi Bishonib will have to pose some tough questions against KKRSquads for IPL 2024Kolkata Knight Riders Shreyas Iyer c KS Bharat Rahmanullah Gurbaz Rinku Singh Angkrish Raghuvanshi Sherfane Rutherford Manish Pandey Andre Russell Nitish Rana Venkatesh Iyer Anukul Roy Ramandeep Singh Varun Chakravarthy Sunil Narine Vaibhav Arora Chetan Sakariya Harshit Rana Suyash Sharma Mitchell Starc Dushmantha Chameera Sakib Hussain and Mujeeb Ur RahmanLucknow Super Giants KL Rahul c Quinton de Kock Nicholas Pooran Ayush Badoni Kyle Mayers Marcus Stoinis Deepak Hooda Devdutt Padikkal Ravi Bishnoi NaveenulHaq Krunal Pandya Yudhvir Singh Prerak Mankad Yash Thakur Amit Mishra Shamar Joseph Mayank Yadav Mohsin Khan K Gowtham Arshin Kulkarni M Siddharth Ashton Turner Matt Henry and Mohd Arshad KhanWith PTI Inputs