Kolkata Knight Riders will start their IPL 2023 campaign against Punjab Kings.
KKR Vs PBKS
Kolkata Knight Riders will start their IPL 2023 campaign against Punjab Kings.
KKR Vs PBKS
KKR vs PBKS IPL 2023: Two-time Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders will begin their IPL 2023 campaign against Punjab Kings. The match will be played on 1 April 2023 at 3.30 pm at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. KKR will be led by Nitish Rana in the absence of Shreyas Iyer. At the same time, the command of Punjab will be in the hands of Shikhar Dhawan.
KKR vs PBKS Head to Head Record
Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders have faced each other 30 times in 15 seasons of the Indian Premier League, with KKR emerging victorious on 20 occasions and Punjab emerging victorious on ten occasions. If we talk about the record in the last five matches between these two sides, then Kolkata Knight Riders have won on three occasions, while Punjab Kings have managed to win only two matches, but in the match played tomorrow, Punjab Kings have the upper hand. Looks a bit heavy. This is because, on one hand, it is the home ground of the Punjab team. On the other hand, the second thing is that the Punjab team looks stronger than Kolkata.
KKR vs PBKS Match Pitch Report
Apart from this, talking about the pitch of Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, a total of 9 matches have been played on this ground so far, in which the team bowling first has won 5 matches and the team batting first has won 4 matches. The average score on this pitch is 168, while it would be right to bat first after winning the toss. This match will be broadcast live on different channels of Star Sports Network. Live streaming of this match will be available on Jio Cinema app.
KKR vs PBKS Predicted XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaj, Jagdishan wk, Nitish Rana c, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan c, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Shah Rukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma wk, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar.
