By Admin 
The 38th match of IPL 2026 is being played today between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders at Ekana Stadium. LSG captain Rishabh Pant has won the toss and decided to bowl first. There has been a change in the playing 11 of Lucknow. Linde is playing in place of Siddharth.
Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI
Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Puran, Mukul Chaudhary, George Linde, Digvesh Rathi, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan.
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Vaibhav Arora.
LSG vs KKR Head to Head
Head to head figures are also not good for Kolkata. He has had 7 matches with Lucknow, out of which KKR has won only 2 times while facing defeat 5 times. Kolkata’s highest score against LSG is 235. Lucknow has the highest score of 238 in front of Kolkata.
Ekana Stadium pitch report
According to the report, today’s match will be played on a black soil pitch, in such a situation the spinners can get more help. The captain who wins the toss will want to bowl first. Till now all the matches played on this ground have been low scoring, the pitch is expected to remain the same even today. Fast bowlers can also get help in the beginning, in such a situation it will not be easy for the batsmen to score runs. The average score here in the first innings is 170 runs.
Position of both teams in points table
Lucknow Super Giants have won only 2 out of 7 matches, the team has faced defeat in 5 matches. LSG is at ninth position in the points table with 4 points. The situation of Kolkata Knight Riders is even worse, they have won only 1 out of 7 matches and lost 5. One match of KKR was cancelled. Kolkata is at 10th place in the table with 3 points.