LSG vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2026: Pant wins toss, opt to bowl first

LSG vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2026: The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are the two worst teams of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Both teams have lost 5 of their 7 matches, but it’s LSG who have actually been the worst side of late. After starting strong, with 2 wins in 3 matches, Rishabh Pant’s team has lost the last 4 matches handily. Meanwhile, KKR didn’t get a win after playing 6 matches but won their last game against the Rajasthan Royals. Mathematically, both still have a chance to qualify for the playoffs. But realistically, all they’ll want to do is not finish the season as one of the worst three teams.

LSG vs KKR: Match Details

Match Number: 38
Date: Sunday, April 26
Toss Time: 7 PM IST
Start Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Captains: Rishabh Pant (LSG), Ajinkya Rahane (KKR)
Streaming: JioStar app & website

LSG vs KKR: Predicted Playing XIs

Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh✈️, Aiden Markram✈️, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Nicholas Pooran✈️, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Matthew Breetzeke ✈️ (Impact)

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Cameron Green✈️, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell✈️, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine✈️, Varun Chakravarthy, Matheesha Pathirana✈️, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi (Impact)

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LSG vs KKR Live Score: Pant opts to field

26/04/2026 19:01

LSG have won the toss and opted to bowl first. George Linde returns to the team with M Siddharth going out.

LSG vs KKR Live Score: Toss to decide match?

26/04/2026 18:52

Of the 3 matches played in Lucknow, teams chasing have won 2. Despite helpful conditions, chasing seems like the easier option. So, whoever wins the toss might have a better chance of winning today.

LSG vs KKR Live Score: Will Pathirana play?

26/04/2026 18:43

Pathirana has been training. But is he match-fit? If KKR feel he's ready, they might need to drop of Seifert or Powell to bring him in. Will that happen? We'll find out soon enough.

LSG vs KKR Live Score: Pant & Co. off to the stadium

26/04/2026 18:30

All set. All heart. All in at 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 🏟️🔥 pic.twitter.com/ZRPYv9cpXk
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) April 26, 2026

LSG vs KKR Live Score: Ekana Stadium Pitch Report

26/04/2026 18:22

The Ekana Stadium in Lucknow has traditionally been a surface that assists spinners and slower bowlers. However, in the 2026 season, the track has started to help the fast bowlers as well. Regardless, the average score has remained the same. After 3 matches, the highest score achieved at the venue is 165.

Predicted KKR XI vs LSG

26/04/2026 18:11

KKR might bench Tim Seifert and bring in their INR 18 crore pick Matheesha Pathirana, who has been bowling the nets since joining them.

Predicted LSG XI vs KKR

26/04/2026 18:01

Will LSG bring in Matthew Breetzke against KKR? They have been playing with 3 overseas players and that hasn't been working that well for them. Might be the time to test things.

LSG vs KKR head-to-head in IPL

26/04/2026 17:51

LSG have had an upper hand over KKR since they first faced off in 2023.

LSG vs KKR Live Score: Squads

26/04/2026 17:40

Lucknow Super Giants: Mitchell Marsh, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Himmat Singh, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mohsin Khan, Prince Yadav, George Linde, Manimaran Siddharth, Matthew Breetzke, Abdul Samad, Avesh Khan, Josh Inglis, Anrich Nortje, Arjun Tendulkar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Maharaj Singh, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari

Kolkata Knight Riders: Tim Seifert (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Rachin Ravindra, Prashant Solanki, Blessing Muzarabani, Saurabh Dubey, Matheesha Pathirana, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra

LSG vs KKR Live Score: Toss at 7 in Lucknow

26/04/2026 17:28

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the 38th match of the IPL 2026 season between the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

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