KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane has kept his cards close to his chest regarding when Cameron Green will bowl. Speaking at the toss, here's what he said about the Rs 25.20 crore star bowling:

"When he (Green) is allowed to bowl,we will probably see him, the combination gets better, so Rovman Powell plays, when Cam Green bowls then we have that extra bowler with us," he said.

Lucknow Super Giants XI vs KKR: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince Yadav.

Same team for the Super Giants.

Kolkata Knight Riders XI vs LSG: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi.

Blessing Muzarabani makes way for Narine. Still no Varun Chakravarthy.

Lucknow Super Giants win the toss and opt to bowl! Rishabh Pant calls right and chooses to bowl first. LSG going with the same team. Ajinkya Rahane confirms that Sunil Narine comes back in.

Looks like Cameron Green is set to bowl today. As per reports, the Australian all-rounder has marked his run-up on both ends of the pitch. His ability to bowl in the powerplay and middle overs should add a great deal of value to KKR's bowling attack.

We are just about 15 minutes away from toss time at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Ajinkya Rahane's decision to win the toss and bat under overcast conditions in the last game was widely criticised by experts, so it'll be interesting to see what the toss-winning skipper elects to do today.

Mohammed Shami is making somewhat of a homecoming, as the Eden Gardens in Kolkata is his home venue in domestic cricket, where he plays for Bengal. The LSG pacer has taken 3 wickets in two games, at an economy rate of less than 5. He stood out with a spectacular spell of 4-0-9-2 against SRH.

Varun Chakravarthy was not included in KKR's lineup in the previous game, with Ajinkya Rahane citing a finger injury. In training, Chakravarthy was spotted with a bandage around his finger, hinting that he may not be available in today's game.

Legendary India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has pointed out that KKR could be without three of their first-choice bowling attack today.

A very important game coming up for KKR tonight!
Not easy with so many injury set backs, which means they are without their first choice bowling attack.
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Can they register their first win of the season like GT did last night? pic.twitter.com/93dKblPDrF

— Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) April 9, 2026

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane is under immense pressure. He has won just 5 matches as captain of the franchise, including last season, but has so far hit back at criticism. Rahane's would also hope to improve his batting record outside the powerplay. He has remodelled his game to become an explosive batter inside the first 6 overs, but tends to struggle once the spinners come on and the field restrictions are taken off.

Lucknow Super Giants have a plethora of fast-bowling options, with the talented duo of Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan not featuring in their previous game. Mohammed Shami and Prince Yadav are in great form, while Avesh Khan specialises at the death. It will be interesting to see if LSG tinker their Indian pace unit for today's game at Eden Gardens.

We could see the return of Sunil Narine today. Narine missed the game against PBKS due to an illness, but was seen training ahead of the LSG encounter. However, with KKR's middle-order not performing well, there is also a chance that Rovman Powell retains his spot.

While Rishabh Pant played an excellent knock under pressure to guide LSG to victory over SRH, the form of their other dashing left-hander - Nicholas Pooran - will worry the team. Pooran hasn't had a great 2026 so far, and managed just 9 runs from the first two games.

Reports ahead of the game have indicated that KKR's Rs 25.20 crore star Cameron Green could finally start bowling against LSG. So far, Green has played only as a batter, but his return to bowling should massively strengthen the team, both in terms of their bowling versatility and the overall balance of their XI.

Lucknow Super Giants recovered from defeat in their opening game to bounce back with victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in their second match. LSG's pace attack is firing on all cylinders at the moment, with Mohammad Shami seemingly back to his best. But what is even better news for the franchise is that Rishabh Pant slammed 68* to guide the team to victory in their last game.

Kolkata Knight Riders have not won any of their first three games of a season for the first time in IPL history. They're off the mark with 1 point after their previous game was washed out, but they were struggling at 25/2 when the rains came, so you could argue luck favoured them on the night. The men in purple and gold desperately need a victory today.

On Monday, only 3.4 overs were possible as persistent rain in Kolkata saw the match between KKR and Punjab Kings abandoned. Today, the forecast is much, much better. As per AccuWeather, there is only a 13% chance of rain after 6 PM, and that falls to 0% from 7 PM onwards.

Importantly, there is no rain at the moment.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the IPL 2026 encounter between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). We are at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata once again, this time hoping for a full match with no rain!

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