Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders will battle it out in the Match 53 of the IPL 2022, on 7th May at MCA Stadium, Pune.
LSG has been pretty impressive in their debut season. They are at the 2nd spot on the points table with 7 wins in 10 matches while KKR has dropped down to the 8th spot with 4 wins in 10 matches.
Quinton de Kock is trying to get into the form again and the skipper KL Rahul is at his top form with 451 runs in 10 matches.
Deepak Hooda smashed 52 runs off 34 deliveries in the last match and he has had one of the best IPL seasons this year.
Marcus Stoinis is yet to give a good performance this year. He might not be dropped too early as everyone is aware of his capabilities.
Ayush Badoni has not been able to perform well since the last 4-5 matches. There is a possibility that the team will look forward to replacing him as the playoffs are approaching. This might be his last chance to score big.
All rounders Krunal Pandya and Jason Holder are in fine form. Holder looks little out of form since the last 2 matches but he is an important player and won’t be dropped. Krunal Pandya has picked 9 wickets in 10 matches.
Mohsin Khan has impressed everyone with 8 wickets in 4 matches. He has joined the pace attack of Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan and Jason Holder.
Ravi Bishnoi is performing little lower than he was expected to but he still has picked 8 wickets in 10 matches.
KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
Player | Matches | Runs | Average |
---|---|---|---|
KL Rahul | 104 | 3724 | 48.36 |
Quinton de Kock | 87 | 2550 | 31.10 |
Deepak Hooda | 90 | 1064 | 18.67 |
Marcus Stoinis | 62 | 1004 | 27.14 |
Krunal Pandya | 94 | 1271 | 23.11 |
Player | Matches | Wickets | Economy |
---|---|---|---|
Avesh Khan | 33 | 40 | 8.25 |
Ravi Bishnoi | 33 | 32 | 7.31 |
Krunal Pandya | 94 | 60 | 7.29 |
Dushmantha Chameera | 8 | 8 | 8.23 |
Mohsin Khan | 4 | 8 | 6.07 |
Out of the 4 matches he played, Aaron Finch scored in double digits only once. Baba Indrajith opened up with Aaron Finch twice but was not able to perform well yet.
KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer is in good touch and he has scored 324 runs in 10 matches.
Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh are in good form as we witnessed in the last match. They took the match towards KKR’s side. KKR middle-order looks strong with these two.
Sunil Narine is struggling with the form a little bit and Andre Russell started off the season with a bang and hasn’t performed well after scoring 48 runs and picking 4 wickets against Gujarat Titans.
Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Andre Russell and Shivam Mavi are at the KKR’s pace attack. Yadav and Russell have picked 10 wickets each while Southee has picked 10 wickets at an impressive average of 15.70.
Aaron Finch, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (c), Baba Indrajith (wk), Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi
Player | Matches | Runs | Average |
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Aaron Finch | 91 | 2077 | 25.33 |
Shreyas Iyer | 97 | 2699 | 32.13 |
Nitish Rana | 87 | 2068 | 28.33 |
Andre Russell | 94 | 1927 | 30.11 |
Rinku Singh | 13 | 177 | 19.67 |
Sunil Narine | 144 | 981 | 14.64 |
Player | Matches | Wickets | Economy |
---|---|---|---|
Umesh Yadav | 131 | 134 | 8.35 |
Tim Southee | 48 | 41 | 8.58 |
Shivam Mavi | 31 | 29 | 8.56 |
Sunil Narine | 144 | 150 | 6.64 |
Andre Russell | 94 | 82 | 9.16 |