Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Preview & Prediction | IPL 2025 | League Stage
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Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants each have the opportunity to move onto six points with a win here at Eden Gardens.
Date & time: Tuesday April 8th 2025: USA PT – 3:00am / USA ET – 6:00am / UK – 11:00am
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
Weather: Sunny intervals with a gentle breeze and temperatures of 33c.
How to watch: USA – Willow TV / UK – Sky Sports & Sky Go / Australia – Foxtel
Kolkata Knight Riders Preview: Utterly dominant
Kolkata Knight Riders destroyed Sunrisers Hyderabad in their most recent league game, thrashing their opponents by 80 runs after piling up 200/6 in their innings. They then proceeded to bowl out SRH for just 120 with Varun Chakravarthy adding another three wickets to his collection. This was KKR’s second win of the season.
Lucknow Super Giants Preview: Another positive bounce back
For the second time running, Lucknow Super Giants bounced back from defeat at the first time of asking, winning their next game. After losing to Punjab Kings, Lucknow responded with a 12-run victory over Mumbai Indians. Like KKR, they also have four points as the league stage table continues to generate huge congestion.
Kolkata Knight Riders Betting Analysis
When taking into account both his three wickets last time out and the fact that he is likely to prove hugely important against a big hitting LSG batting line-up, bettors should explore investment in Varun Chakravarthy. His spin-bowling could be targeted but that only increases his wicket-taking potential if the opposition look to score off of him. Therefore, back Chakravarthy to take 2+ wickets.
Lucknow Super Giants Betting Analysis
Lucknow Super Giants will hope for some pyrotechnics from the likes of Nicholas Pooran and Heinrich Klaasen. The latter makes a habit of hitting maximums and a ground like Eden Gardens is perfectly suited to his style of batting. With that in mind, back South African international Klaasen to strike over 1.5 match sixes across this contest.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Expert Prediction
Whilst Lucknow Super Giants have bounced back admirably from defeat on two separate occasions now, they are still yet to record back-to-back victories this season, something which shouldn’t be ignored ahead of this game with Kolkata Knight Riders desperate to get themselves back to winning ways.
On what is likely to be an excellent batting surface, back Kolkata’s bowlers to get themselves to grips with conditions earlier than Lucknow and with their knowledge of dimensions, it’s worth backing them to gain the points.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Top Tip: Kolkata Knight Riders to win
