In the 15th league match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rishabh Pant-led Lucknow Super Giants. The match between the two star-studded teams is scheduled to take place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday (April 9). LSG have won one out of two matches played so far in IPL 2026, whereas KKR have lost two out of three matches in IPL 2026, and one game (vs PBKS on April 6) ended without a result due to rain.
For KKR, captain Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi have impressed with their batting, but the likes of Finn Allen and Cameron Green are yet to play big knocks in IPL 2026. In the bowling, the experienced spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy have failed to stop the flow
of runs and were unable to take wickets either in the first couple of matches.
LSG, on the other hand, are coming into Thursday’s match after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday afternoon. In that fixture, Mohammed Shami impressed with his bowling, and skipper Rishabh Pant scored an unbeaten half-century. But the likes of Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh are yet to deliver as per their reputation.
KKR vs LSG: Head-to-head in IPL
- Matches played: 6
- KKR won: 2
- LSG won: 4
- No result: 0
Results of KKR vs LSG matches in IPL
| WINNER | MARGIN | LOSER | VENUE | DATE |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 75 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Pune | May 7, 2022 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 2 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Navi Mumbai | May 18, 2022 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 1 run | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 20, 2023 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 wickets | Lucknow Super Giants | Kolkata | April 14, 2024 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 98 runs | Lucknow Super Giants | Lucknow | May 5, 2024 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 4 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 8, 2025 |
Top performers and record-holders in IPL matches between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants:
- Highest total: 238/3 in 20 overs by Lucknow Super Giants in Kolkata on April 8, 2025.
- Lowest total: 101/10 in 14.3 overs by Kolkata Knight Riders in Pune on May 7, 2022.
- Biggest win (by runs): Kolkata Knight Riders won by 98 runs (Target: 236) in Lucknow on May 5, 2024.
- Biggest win (by wickets): Kolkata Knight Riders secured a win by 8 wickets (Target: 162) in Kolkata on April 14, 2024.
- Most runs: 228 runs in 4 matches by Quinton de Kock for Lucknow Super Giants.
- Highest score: 140* runs from 70 balls by Quinton de Kock for Lucknow Super Giants in Navi Mumbai on May 18, 2022.
- Most sixes: 18 maximums in 4 matches by Nicholas Pooran for Lucknow Super Giants.
- Most 50+ scores: 2 scores of 50+ each by Nicholas Pooran and Quinton de Kock (for LSG).
- Most wickets: 6 wickets each by Andre Russell, Harshit Rana (for KKR) and Mohsin Khan and Ravi Bishnoi (for KKR).
- Best bowling figures: 3 for 19 in 3 overs by Avesh Khan for Lucknow Super Giants in Pune on May 7, 2022.
- Most matches: 6 matches each by Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh (for KKR) and Ravi Bishnoi (for LSG).
Likely playing XIs of KKR and LSG for IPL 2026 match on April 9
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani. Impact player: Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell, Tejasvi Dahiya
- Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav. Impact player: Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anrich Nortje, Himmat Singh
Squads for IPL 2026
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Anrich Nortje, Mohsin Khan, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Himmat Singh, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Matthew Breetzke, Josh Inglis, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari, Arjun Tendulkar, Manimaran Siddharth, Mayank Prabhu Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh
