In the 19th season of IPL, every match is full of thrill. Today in IPL 2026, the teams of Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants will clash. This will be the 15th match of this season, which will be played at KKR’s home ground Eden Gardens. KKR is looking for its first win. Whereas Lucknow has won the last match. Lucknow has played two matches in IPL 2026 so far. During this period, one match has been won and one match has been lost. Whereas KKR has lost two out of three matches and one match was canceled due to rain.

Who is ahead in head to head between Kolkata and Lucknow?

A total of six matches have been played so far in the IPL between Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants. During this period, Lucknow team has won four matches. Whereas KKR has got only two wins. Both the teams have met thrice so far on the ground of Eden Gardens. During this period, Lucknow has won two matches. Here also Lucknow is ahead by 2-1.

Eden Gardens pitch report

The pitch of Eden Gardens, Kolkata is suitable for the batsmen. It had rained here in the last few days, but today the sky is expected to remain clear at the time of the match. The fast bowlers get good bounce here with the new ball, but the old ball comes well on the bat. The team winning the toss can decide to bowl first, because run chases are seen more here.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is telling that Kolkata Knight Riders have the upper hand in this match. The contest is 55-45. However, the team chasing the target has more chances of victory.

KKR’s probable playing eleven- Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Karthik Tyagi, Varun Chakraborty and Vaibhav Arora.

Impact Player- Anukul Roy

Impact Player- Vaibhav Arora

Probable playing eleven of Lucknow- Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (captain and wicketkeeper), Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, M Siddharth, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan and Prince Yadav.

Impact Player- Digvesh Rathi