Kolkata Knight Riders will host Lucknow Super Giants at the Eden Gardens in today's IPL 2025 match. Later, Punjab Kings will host Chennai Super Kings at Mullanpur. Catch all the live updates, including the updated scorecard from the KKR vs LSG and PBKS vs CSK game right here.
IPL 2025, KKR vs LSG: Live scorecard and commentary
Match 21, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants
vs
- Ball by ball Over
IPL 2025, PBKS vs CSK: Live scorecard and commentary
Match 22, Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings
vs
- Ball by ball Over
KKR vs LSG, PBKS vs CSK: Predicted Playing XIs
Playing XI for Kolkata Knight Riders
Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Impact players: Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia
Playing XI for Lucknow Super Giants
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, David Miller, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Digvesh Rathi.
Impact players: Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh
Predicted XI for Punjab Kings
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson.
Yuzvendra Chahal is the likeliest Impact Player if PBKS bat first.
Predicted XI for Chennai Super Kings
Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), R Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Matheesha Pathirana, Khaleel Ahmed.
Toss updates
KKR vs LSG: Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and KKR will field first.
PBKS vs CSK: The toss will take place at 7 PM IST.
You can find details on where to watch today's IPL 2025 match here.
Team news and updates
KKR have blown hot and cold. One area where they have done well this time is taking wickets immediately after the powerplay to slow the opposition down. They got wickets in the powerplay against the Sunrisers Hyderabad as well, and are slowly looking to return to form after the two defeats.
The last time LSG played at the Eden Gardens, they had donned the maroon and green of local football club Mohun Bagan, co-owned by the same franchise. There is no news of them attempting an encore. As for the cricket, they have had a reasonable season, and would have been in a better position but for the shock defeat against Delhi Capitals. Their Indian pacers are gradually recovering, and the attack is slowly shaping the way they had wanted to. Expect Marsh and Pooran to do the heavy lifting, but the team will expect more of Pant as well.
The defeat against the Rajasthan Royals should not have hurt PBKS: it is not everyday that two of their big hitters will be cleaned up by first-over thunderbolts. Their batting has looked solid and explosive, and their bowling incisive. They will want Chahal to come good, though.
CSK have struggled. They have failed to get going in the powerplay, and have been unable to hit spin in the latter stages of their innings. They will stick to three spinners, but will they back pace more, now that they are on the road?
Eden Gardens and Mullanpur pitch and weather report
Since the start of the 2023 season, the IPL run rate at Eden Gardens has been 9.88 (an average score of 198), the highest of all venues with a five-match cut-off. Pacers go for 10.63 an over here (most), but the spin economy of 8.41 here is the third-best with a 10-match cut-off (after Lucknow and Chepauk). Expect all three of Narine, Moeen, and Varun to play significant roles here, while LSG may bring in local boy Shahbaz Ahmed to support Bishnoi and Rathi.
The Kolkata temperature will rise to 35°C today, will be about 33°C around the toss, and will drop to about 29°C by closing time. There is no chance of rain, but expect a cool evening breeze that is typical of the venue.
Mullanpur has hosted only six IPL matches. Across these, runs have been scored at 8.56 (fourth-slowest since start of 2023). Pacers have gone at 8.91 (third-best) and spinners at 7.36 (best). The challenge for both sides would be to find the most balanced bowling attack.
As a result of the North Indian April heatwave, the temperature in Mullanpur will soar to 40°C in the afternoon. However, it will drop to 35°C around the toss, and will drop to about 27°C by closing time. There is no chance of rain.
KKR vs LSG, PBKS vs CSK: Who will win the match?
Follow Wisden for all IPL 2025 updates, including live scores, team squads & news, team schedule and more. The live streaming details for India, UK and USA can be found here. Check the updated points table, along with the Orange Cap and Purple Cap holders.
