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May 19, 2023 - 7:03 pm

KOL vs LKN Dream11 Prediction Today, IPL 2023 Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants Dream11 Team, Weather Report, Pitch Report, Injury Updates and Team News

KOL vs LKN Dream11 Prediction: Lucknow has a very explosive batting unit and they can go all guns blazing on a good batting wicket of Kolkata. They have a good bowling attack as well. They will be the favourites to win this game.

Match Information: KOL vs LKN Dream11 Prediction

  • Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants, Match 68

  • Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

  • Time: 7:30 PM IST

 

Key fantasy pointers

  • Must win game for Lucknow to qualify for the playoffs.

  • Both teams have won their last respective game.  

  • Both teams will be on their toes for this match.  

  • KKR is heavily dependent on their spinners and the pacers need to join the party in this game. 

  • Lucknow is looking very balanced with their batters and bowlers doing well.   

  • Eden is a high-scoring ground and spinners have been successful here this season. Pick batters and spinners in your fantasy teams.  

 

Venue Pointers

  • Average 1st innings score: 196

  • Average 1st innings: wickets: 6.1

  • Average 2nd innings wickets: 5.6

  • Win % of the team batting first: 50%

  • Win % of team batting second: 50%

  • Plenty of runs and spinners will be important.  

 

Last Three matches at the venue: 

 

Innings record

KKR (bat first 7 games, bowl first 6 games)

Bat first runs: Venkatesh Iyer (213), Rinku Singh (169), Gurbaz (164)

Bat second runs: Rana (279), Rinku (238), Venkatesh Iyer (167)

Bowl first wickets: Chakravarthy (8), Narine (6), Russell (3)

Bowl second wickets: Chakravarthy (11), Suyash (7), Russell (4)

 

LKN (Bat first 6 games, Bowl first 7 games)

Bat first runs: Mayers (221), Stoinis (215), Pooran (138)

Bat second runs: Pooran (162), Stoinis (153), Mayers (140)

Bowl first wickets: Mishra (7), Pandya (7), Bishnoi (6)

Bowl second wickets: Bishnoi (8), Yash Thakur (6), Avesh (5)

 

Form alert (last 4 games)

KKR 

Most runs: Rana (172), Rinku (137), Roy (90) 

Most wickets: Chakravarthy (6), Thakur (3), Narine (2)

 

LKN

Most runs: Stoinis (139), De Kock (115), Pooran (70)

Most wickets: Yash Thakur (3), Bishnoi (2), Krunal (2)

 

Poor form alert (KKR) 

  • Sunil Narine has only 2 wickets in the last 4 matches.  

Poor form alert (LKN) 

  • Avesh Khan has only 2 wickets in the last 4 matches. 

 

Risk-Reward Alert

  • Ravi Bishnoi has a great record against left-handers and he will be a must-pick for this game, especially when KKR is batting 2nd.

  • Krunal Pandya’s bowling value decreases as there are plenty of left-handers in the KKR batting unit. You can drop him.  

  • Quinton de Kock and Kyle Mayers (if he plays) can wreak havoc as KKR is struggling with their new ball bowling. Varun Chakravarthy is the only threat to the duo. 

  • Yash Thakur and Mohsin Khan will be excellent differential picks, especially when KKR is batting 1st. 

 

Probable KKR Playing XI:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Probable Impact Sub: Suyash Sharma

 

Probable LKN Playing XI:

 

Quinton de Kock (wk), Kyle Mayers/Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Mohsin Khan

Probable Impact Sub: Yash Thakur

 

Low to medium-risk small leagues

  • High risk to avoid players with high ownership (try to fit in most players with more than 60% ownership with not more than 2 differentials)

 

Best leagues for safe play

  • Rs 36 – 10 spots (top 5 get 60)

  • Rs 60 – 10 spots (top 5 get 100)

  • Rs 119 – 10 spots (top 5 get 200)

  • Rs 590 – 10 spots (top 5 get 1000)

  • Rs 7777 – 7 spots (top 4 get 10k, 5th gets 7777)

 

*Same team can be used for other multiplier leagues

*Same team can be used for multiple joins in three-team leagues or head-to-heads

 

KOL vs LKN Dream11 Prediction: Base fantasy team safe + medium risk (irrespective of toss)

 

Spots left: 2

Highest ownerships from the outside base team: Bishnoi, Rinku, Venkatesh, Mayers 

  • Pick Rinku if KKR is chasing and Venkatesh Iyer if they’re batting first. 

  • Pick Kyle Mayers if he plays.

  • Pick Bishnoi if Lucknow is bowling 2nd. 

  •  Other Picks: Yash Thakur (Lucknow bowls 1st), Mohsin Khan (Differential), Sunil Narine 

 

If KKR bats first

  • Complete the team with the inclusion of Venkatesh and Mayers (if he plays).

  • Captaincy choices: De Kock, Rana and Roy

  • Do not captain: Russell

 

If LKN bats first

  • Complete the team with Bishnoi and Rinku. 

  • Captaincy choices: De Kock, Roy and Stoinis

  • Do not captain: Gurbaz

 

Medium-risk leagues to join

  • Rs 72 – 20 spots (top prize 300)

  • Rs 75 – 50 spots 

  • Rs 165 – 11 spots (top prize 500)

  • Rs 329 – 35 spots (top prize 2.7k)

  • Rs 777 – 11 spots (top prize 3k)

  • Rs 1999 – 11 spots (top prize 7.5k)

  • Rs 2477 – 7 spots (top prize 7k)

 

High-risk small leagues

Best leagues to join

  • Rs 1390 – 25 spots (top prize 10k)

  • Rs 3999 – 30 spots (top 10 get 10k each)

  • Rs 2999 – 20 spots (top 5 get 10k each)

 

Base Fantasy Team

KKR vs LKN Base Team

 

Spots left: 3

KKR bats first 

  • Pick only Chakravarthy from Kolkata’s bowlers. 

  • Pick Mayers (if he plays), Vekatesh and Yash Thakur/Mohsin.

  • Captaincy Picks: Gurbaz, Pooran and De Kock.

 

LKN bats first

  • Pick Mayers (if he plays), Rinku and only Chakravarthy from the bowling section.

  • Can Pick Narine.

  • Captaincy picks: Stoinis, Russell, Roy, Mayers and De Kock.

 

Grand League Tips

  • Try to fit in 7 players with more than 70% ownership leaving 2 big players out who have potential risks

  • Have three differential picks with ownership less than 25% 

  • Join with more than 5 teams and alternate differentials 

  • Change 2 out of the 7 players with 70% ownership (in team 6 onwards)

  • Pick one player who was brought in for this game

 

Choices for this game

  • Pick only Chakravarthy from the bowling section, especially when KKR bats first. 

  • Quinton de Kock will be an excellent captaincy pick. 

  • Pick Kyle Mayers as captain in 3-4 teams. 

  • Can drop Krunal Pandya.

  • Select Pooran as captain in 1-2 teams if Lucknow is chasing. 

  • Rinku will be a good captaincy pick if KKR is chasing. 

 

Base team for T1-T5

Gurbaz, De Kock, Pooran, Rana, Roy, Russell, Stoinis, Krunal, Chakravarthy   

Other picks in order: Venkatesh (if KKR bats 1st), Rinku (If KKR bats 2nd), Bishnoi (If Lucknow bats 1st), Narine (If KKR is bowling 1st).  

One major differential pick: Yash Thakur, Shardul Thakur, Prerak Mankad

 

KOL vs LKN Dream11 Prediction: Who will win the battle between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants? 

Lucknow has a very explosive batting unit and they can go all guns blazing on a good batting wicket of Kolkata. They have a good bowling attack as well. They will be the favourites to win this game.