KKR vs LSG Live Score, IPL 2026: Prince Yadav stuns Finn Allen and Kolkata as Lucknow take control in powerplay

After hitting two back-to-back fours off Prince Yadav, Finn Allen goes for a big six, but a thick top edge ends his innings with Digvesh Rathi taking a good catch at deep third.

Allen scored 9 runs off 8 balls. Angkrish Raghuvanshi comes in at No. 3.

KKR - 16/1 in 2 overs

A lot of movement on the ball as Mohammed Shami dominates the opening over, troubling Fin Allen, before getting smashed by Ajinkya Rahane on the last delivery.

Ajinkya Rahane - 5 off 2 balls

Finn Allen - 1 off 4 balls

KKR - 6/0 in 1 over

Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen are out in the middle to begin the game for KKR.

Mohammed Shami to bowl the first over of the match today.

The game is on at Eden Gardens...

KKR: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Tejasvi Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert

LSG: Ayush Badoni, Matthew Breetzke, Shahbaz Ahmad, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singh

No changes to LSG's playing eleven today.

LSG XI (Bowling 1st): Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, M Siddharth, Avesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav

Blessing Muzarabani makes a way for Sunil Narine. Navdeep Saini keeps his place. Vaibhav Arora starts from the bench.

KKR XI (Batting 1st): Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi

Captains Ajinkya Rahane and Rishabh Pant are in the middle for the toss at Eden Gardens. No rain at the moment.

Rishabh calls it tails, and tails it is.

Lucknow Super Giants win the toss and choose to bowl first.

No changes to Lucknow's playing XI.

Sunil Narine returns, but Varun Chakravarthy remains unavailable.

KKR: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy

LSG: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mohammed Shami, Anrich Nortje, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi

It's been a mixed start for Rishabh Pant's men this season. Pant's decision to open the innings and shuffle their top order in the opening game against Delhi backfired, as LSG suffered a huge 6-wicket defeat while defending 141 at home. However, they survived a late scare against Sunrisers Hyderabad by chasing 157 with a ball remaining in the last game.

Mohammed Shami was brilliant and Rishabh Pant found some momentum to end his poor run of form against SRH in the last game. The team will now look for a convincing result for two more points at Eden Gardens.

Kolkata began their IPL 2026 campaign against Mumbai Indians at Wankhede. Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen boosted them to a 220-run total, but it was not enough. In their second game, at home against SRH, they conceded 226 runs and suffered a huge 65-run defeat. And in their last game, against PBKS at home, the rain saved their day when they were struggling on 25 for 2.

So, it's been a disastrous start for the three-time champions, who now sit at the 9th position in the points table. The reason is injuries to key pacer bowlers and struggling spin attack. The hosts will look to improve in all departments today and get it going amid a rain threat.

It is not raining at the moment, but there were light showers in Kolkata this afternoon. There is a chance of light drizzle around 8 pm.

Hello everyone, welcome to Sports Yaari's live coverage of today's IPL game. Kolkata Knight Riders are hosting Lucknow Super Giants in the 15th match of the tournament at Eden Gardens.

Rain is likely to interrupt the play today, but we are expecting a full 20-over a side game, with a lot of action and drama.

So, stay tuned for live updates from Eden Gardens...