Preparation for Kolkata Knight Riders has been disrupted ahead of their next IPL 2026 fixture against Lucknow Super Giants, with rain halting training at Eden Gardens on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
KKR practice hit by rain ahead of LSG clash<\/strong><\/p>\n The development comes a day after KKR\u2019s previous match against Punjab Kings was abandoned without a result due to persistent rain. Conditions have remained unsettled in Kolkata, with showers continuing into the following day, preventing the team from getting a full practice session.<\/p>\n The ground staff were forced to keep the covers on for most of the day, with the outfield still affected by the rain. With limited time before the next match, the lack of preparation could impact KKR\u2019s readiness.<\/p>\n Weather concerns ahead of April 9 fixture<\/strong><\/p>\n KKR are scheduled to face Lucknow Super Giants at Eden Gardens on Thursday, April 9. However, the ongoing weather conditions have raised concerns about the match as well.<\/p>\n With back-to-back days of rain, the surface and outfield will need time to recover. The team management will be hoping for clearer conditions before match day to allow at least some preparation.<\/p>\n While there is still time for the weather to improve, the recent washout and disrupted practice underline the uncertainty around fixtures in this phase of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Preparation for Kolkata Knight Riders has been disrupted ahead of their next IPL 2026 fixture against Lucknow Super Giants, with\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":47413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47578,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47577\/revisions\/47578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}