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]IPL 2026, Match 38: Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XIs
by Dwijesh
Lucknow Super Giants will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the 38th match of Indian Premier League 2026 on April 26th at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow with the game set to begin at 7:30 PM.
Rishabh Pant will captain LSG, while Ajinkya Rahane will lead KKR. Both teams feature several top-quality players, and strong performances can be expected from stars like Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Cameron Green and Tim Seifert. It will be intriguing to see the final playing XIs that each side settles on ahead of this important clash.
Match Details
| Details | Information |
|---|---|
| Match | Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Date | 26 April 2026 |
| Time | 7:30 PM IST |
| Match No. | 38th T20 |
| Tournament | Indian Premier League 2026 |
| Venue | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium |
| Broadcast | Star Sports Network |
| Streaming | JioHotstar |
LSG vs KKR – Full Squad
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) |
|---|---|
| Mitchell Marsh ✈️ (AR) | Tim Seifert ✈️ (WK) |
| Ayush Badoni (BAT) | Ajinkya Rahane (C) (BAT) |
| Rishabh Pant (C/WK) | Angkrish Raghuvanshi (BAT) |
| Aiden Markram ✈️ (AR) | Cameron Green ✈️ (AR) |
| Nicholas Pooran ✈️ (BAT) | Rovman Powell ✈️ (BAT) |
| Himmat Singh (BAT) | Rinku Singh (BAT) |
| Mukul Choudhary (BAT) | Ramandeep Singh (AR) |
| Mohammed Shami (BOWL) | Anukul Roy (AR) |
| Mayank Yadav (BOWL) | Sunil Narine ✈️ (AR) |
| Digvesh Singh Rathi (BOWL) | Vaibhav Arora (BOWL) |
| Mohsin Khan (BOWL) | Kartik Tyagi (BOWL) |
| Prince Yadav (BOWL) | Varun Chakaravarthy (BOWL) |
| Abdul Samad (BAT) | Manish Pandey (BAT) |
| Matthew Breetzke ✈️ (BAT) | Umran Malik (BOWL) |
| Shahbaz Ahmed (AR) | Finn Allen ✈️ (BAT) |
| Arshin Kulkarni (AR) | Matheesha Pathirana ✈️ (BOWL) |
| Avesh Khan (BOWL) | Prashant Solanki (BOWL) |
| Manimaran Siddharth (BOWL) | Tejasvi Dahiya (BAT) |
| Akash Singh (BOWL) | Rahul Tripathi (BAT) |
| Arjun Tendulkar (BOWL) | Sarthak Ranjan (BAT) |
| Anrich Nortje ✈️ (BOWL) | Daksh Kamra (AR) |
| Naman Tiwari (BOWL) | Rachin Ravindra ✈️ (AR) |
| Akshat Raghuwanshi (BAT) | Blessing Muzarabani ✈️ (BOWL) |
| Josh Inglis ✈️ (BAT) | Saurabh Dubey (BOWL) |
| George Linde ✈️ (AR) | Navdeep Saini (BOWL) |
LSG vs KKR – Predicted Playing 11
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) |
|---|---|
| Aiden Markram ✈️ | Tim Seifert ✈️ |
| Ayush Badoni | Ajinkya Rahane (C) |
| Rishabh Pant (C/WK) | Cameron Green ✈️ |
| Nicholas Pooran ✈️ | Rinku Singh |
| Mitchell Marsh ✈️ | Rovman Powell ✈️ |
| Abdul Samad | Sunil Narine ✈️ |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | Ramandeep Singh |
| Avesh Khan | Varun Chakaravarthy |
| Mohsin Khan | Anukul Roy |
| Mayank Yadav | Vaibhav Arora |
| Mohammed Shami | Kartik Tyagi |
| Impact: Mukul Choudhary | Impact: Angkrish Raghuvanshi |
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