Overview:
Punjab kings will face the Knights from Kolkata in the 8th game of TATA IPL
Punjab have just played one game in the tournament and they started their campaign with a victory over RCB where they chased the target of over 200 for fun. They played the first game without some of their marquee players but now Rabada is available for their game against KKR , Jhonny Bairstow is still not available for this game.
On the other hand, Kolkata started their campaign well as they defeated the defending champions CSK comfortably in the season opener, in their 2nd game they were batting first and posted a total of just 128 but when they came back for defending in 2nd innings they made total look like 170 , they played hard untill last over before losing the game with 4 overs to spare. With 1 loss and 1 win in 2 games, KKR stand at number 5 in points table.
Head to head:
Played 29
KKR won 19
PBKS won 10
Matches played in India : 23
KKR won 17
PBKS won 6
Kolkata Knight Riders' 19 wins against Punjab Kings 10 is the most they have attained against any side in the history of the Indian Premier League. It remains to be seen if KKR can make it 20 wins against Punjab Kings tonight.
All-Time Top Performers:
Gautam Gambhir has scored the most runs (492) in the matches between these sides in the IPL. He is followed by Robin Uthappa (438) and Wriddhiman Saha (394). Among the bowlers, Sunil Narine has picked up the most wickets (31), followed by Piyush Chawla (24) and Umesh Yadav (14).
Top performers in the current squads:
Most runs for KKR: 261 (Andre Russell)
Most runs for PBKS: 223 (Mayank Agarwal)
Most wickets for KKR: 30 (Sunil Narine)
KKR predicted playing 11:
A Rahane , V Iyer , S Iyer (C), N Rana, S Billings , S Jackson (WK), A Russell , S Narine , T southee , U Yadav, V Chakaravarthy
Punjab Kings predicted playing 11:
M Agarwal (C), S Dhawan , B Rajapaksa, L Livingstone, R Bawa, SR Khan , O Smith , A Singh , H Brar , S Sharma, R Chahar
Pitch and Weather Report:
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Date &Time: April 1st at 7:30 PM IST and local time
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar
There is plenty of assistance out there for the bowlers and it’s not easy for the batters to come and straight away smash fours and sixes. Keeping wickets in hand till the end will win matches.
Dream 11 Team:
