IPL 2026 LSG VS KKR Live Streaming: How to watch Lucknow vs Kolkata clash live in US, Canada and UK - Preview, Start Time, Venue, Squads and More

IPL 2026 LSG VS KKR Today Match Live: The Sunday clash between the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow will be a real test for captains Rishabh Pant (LSG) and Ajinkya Rahane (KKR), who are under pressure due to their teams’ poor performances, with both sides currently sitting at the bottom of the points table.

The bold decision by KKR, which is sitting at the 10th position, to persist with Rahane at the helm after a woeful IPL 2025 campaign has not paid off, as concerns have only deepened with results continuing to elude them. It took them seven matches to register their first win, a narrow escape powered by individual brilliance from Rinku Singh rather than a collective resurgence.

KKR are set to receive a boost with the return of Sri Lankan slinger Matheesha Pathirana, their Rs 18-crore recruit, who is in line for his debut in purple brigade. Likely to replace Tim Seifert, Pathirana's presence could add bite to an attack that has lacked penetration.


On the other hand, the Pant-led side, which is placed ninth with just two wins at the halfway mark, is also staring at an early exit, compounded by four straight defeats and a string of questionable on-field decisions from their captain.

Pant's struggles have been particularly stark. Since a match-winning unbeaten 67 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he has managed only 72 runs in five innings, including a three-ball duck against Rajasthan Royals. That dismissal summed up his current state. LSG's struggles are compounded by a poor home record.

The Ekana Stadium has hardly been a fortress for the Sanjiv Goenka-owned side: six losses in eight matches here last season, including five in a row, and three consecutive defeats this year already.Overall, they have just nine wins from 24 games at the venue. Their batting has lacked consistency, with frequent top-order collapses exposing a misfiring middle order.

As far as their overall captaincy records are concerned, Rahane has so far won six matches and lost 12 games in 20 outings as KKR skipper, while LSG have won eight times and lost on 13 occasions in 21 matches under Pant's leadership.

IPL 2026 LSG vs KKR Today Match Live

HOW TO WATCH Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders IN US AND CANADA

Match: Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Date: April 26, Sunday

Venue: Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Channel: Willow TV

Streaming: Willow TV App/Fubo/Sling TV

Start Time: 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) in the US and Canada


HOW TO WATCH Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders IN UK

Match: Lucknow Super Giants vs Kolkata Knight Riders

Date: April 26, Sunday

Venue: Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Channel/Streaming: Sky Sports and Sky Go app

Start Time: 3:00 PM (British Summer Time - BST)

LSG vs KKR: Squads

LSG: Rishabh Pant (captain), Aiden Markram, Himmat Singh, Matthew Breetzke, Mukul Choudhary, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ayush Badoni, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Anrich Nortje, Naman Tiwari, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan.

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