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Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Date &Time: 1st April Friday at 7:30 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 29
KKR won - 19
PRKS won - 10
NR - 00,

Pitch Report :

The pich is batting friendly,This is also likely to be high scoring match. The new ball moves a lot in the initial few overs which the pacers will look to exploit. There isn’t much for the spinners especially in the second innings when there is a lot of dew. Chasing sides have won 45 games out of 85 played here. Teams will look to chase as there will be a lot of dew in the second innings.
The average first innings score here has been 167 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 31°C on the Friday with 53% humidity and 11 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the game.

Probable XI :

KKR-

Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.

PBKS -

Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Liam Livingstone, Raj Bawa, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Sandeep Sharma.

Preview :

The Kolkata Knight Riders were brought down to earth by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their previous match and now face the Punjab Kings in this next match. It was impressive to see the Punjab Kings smash the RCB bowling to all parts of the ground. Is IPL 2022 their year or will they struggle to maintain consistency.

KKR went hard against RCB in its previous match and ended up losing a few too many wickets. However, that approach seems to be the one that the team is committed to and we do not see any throttling back in this next match. If anything, Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer may be told to get more of a move on in the powerplay overs.
The batting lineup for KKR looked out of sorts in the previous match. Venkatesh Iyer could have a few questions over facing the short ball, Ajinkya Rahane is playing out of his comfort zone, and Nitish Rana has so far failed to get going.
Umesh Yadav has been brilliant with the new ball so far making an early impact on both the matches he has played. The extra bounce and movement that he has got with the new ball make him very dangerous. Tim Southee should keep his place in the playing eleven while Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy are also dependable on most days.

The Punjab Kings would have been thrilled to get off to a winning start as they chased down 205 with one over to spare. The team played only three overseas players in the previous match and now with Kagiso Rabada available for selection, we expect them to play four. Sandeep Sharma is the player likely to miss out unless the Punjab Kings decide to go in with one spinner.
The batting lineup for the Punjab Kings is stacked. Mayank Aggarwal and Shikhar Dhawan form an excellent opening pair while Bhanuka Rajapaksa showed his T20 class in the previous match. With Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, and Odean Smith in the lineup, there is no shortage of six-hitting prowess in this lineup.

Team Guide

Make various team combinations with the help of these information.

Wicket keeper :

Sam Billings:

Sam Billings has scored 25 & 14 runs in 2 innings at a strike rate of 105.40 and an average of 19.50. He has a top score of 25 and he is bat in middle order & looking in form, very good pick.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa played very attacking knock scored a quickfire 43 runs from 22 balls against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. He hit the spinners really well, hit or miss type player.

Batter :

Shikhar Dhawan:

Shikhar Dhawan is one of the best and most consistent & experienced players in the IPL. He is scored 43 runs in the first game and looked in fabulous touch. Dhawan will be a safe captaincy choice.

Mayank Agarwal:

Mayank Agarwal will open the innings with Dhawan for Punjab and he too looked in good touch with the bat. Mayank scored 32 runs in the first game and he has been one of the most consistent batters in the last two seasons. Another excellent captaincy choice.

Ajinkya Rahane :

Rahane scored brilliant 44 runs against Chennai Super Kings, wasn’t able to carry forward the same form against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the 2 matches in this tournament, he has added 53 runs at a strike rate of 120.45, very good c/vc pick.

Nitish Rana:

Nitish Rana scored 21 & 10 runs in 2 matches. Rana has looked in good touch in both matches and one big knock from him is just around the corner. can fetch a lot of points with the bat. Punt pick.

All-rounder :

Andre Russell :

Russell played a useful Innings in the last game While all the batsmen appeared to be struggling, Russell played an aggressive innings of 25 runs there. He has 1725 runs & 73 wickets in 86 matches, popular captain pick for this game.

Sunil Narine:

Sunil Narine has bowled really well in this tournament so far. The West Indies mystery spinner has picked up one wicket at an economy rate of 3.37. Moreover, he can be handy with the bat, great option for fantasy captain or vice captain selection.

Venkatesh Iyer:

Venkatesh Iyer is very good allrounder he has just scored 26 runs in the last 2 matches & just bowl one over in last game, he has 396 runs & 3 wkts in 12 matches, he couldn't do much in these last two matches. Look, maybe someone can play a big innings in this match, punt captain pick.

Liam Livingston :

Liam Livingstone is an effective all-round cricketer in this format of the game. He smashed a 10-ball 19 runs against the RCB. He has 131 runs with bat and not get a wicket in IPL till now. Punt & useful pick.

Bowler :

Odean Smith :

Odean Smith was expensive with the ball in last game again RCB and made it up for that with a match-winning innings of unbeaten 25* runs from 8 balls which included one four and three sixes. He is a powerful stroke-maker and no ground is big for him. He is best grand league captain choice because he is contribute with both bat & bowl.

Umesh Yadav :

This season has started like a dream for Umesh Yadav. He has taken 4 wickets in two matches.
He has been brilliant with the new ball and has been a wicket-taker for KKR in the power play. In the first two matches, wickets have been taken in the opening overs. The same will be expected in this match as well.

Kagiso Rabada :

Kagiso Rabada is set to make his debut for Punjab in this game. The South African fast bowler has taken 76 wickets from just 50 games in the IPL carrier. Punt captain pick.

Tim Southee :

Tim Southee brought the Knight Riders back in the game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore by picking up two wickets in the 18th over. However, it wasn’t enough to win the game for his side. He returned with figures of 3 for 20 in his full quota of 4 overs. Useful pick because he is bowling in death overs can pick wickets in bulk like last game.

Rahul Chahar :

Rahul Chahar is one of the best leg spinners in the competition. He is a quick leg-spinner and has good accuracy. He picked one wicket in the first game and gave away only 22 runs in his 4 overs, good pick in bowling section.

Varun Chakravarthy:

Varun Chakravarthy picked up a wicket each from 2 matches at an average of 28, an economy of 7, and a strike rate of 24. He has a BBI of 1/23 and is a very good bet for wickets. Good pick.

Arshdeep Singh:

Arshdeep Singh has been a good find for the Punjab Kings and was thus, retained. He bags wickets at crucial junctures and will hold the key. He was brilliant last season, ending with 18 wickets. He started this season with a wicket but would be hoping to add more.

Details Analysis

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Cheat sheet

‍Punjab Kings

WK :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk) -

1dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn,
43(22), 14(20), 25(15), 23(25), 33(20),

Jonny Bairstow (Wk) -

Open, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
13(17), 1(3), 0(1), 16(11)*, 8(4)*,

Prabhsimran Singh (Wk) -

Open, Open, Open, Open
18(21), 40(34), 119(61)*, 6(16)

Batter :

Mayank Agarwal (c) -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
32(24), 4(3), 28(25), 28(29), 23(22)

Shikhar Dhawan -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
43(29), 36(39), 7(7), 43(35), 39(35)

Shahrukh Khan - Right Arm Offbreak

4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn
24(20)*, 33(15)*, 19(9)*, 7(3)*, 26(24)

Jitesh Sharma -

3dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn
12(9), DNB, 28(7)*, 54(20)*, 71(31)*

Atharva Taide - Left Arm Orthodox

Open, Open, Open, Open
32(16), 40(42), 56(38), 35(22)
0/6(1), 1/9(3), DNB, 2/2(2)

Allrounder :

Liam Livingstone - Legbreak

2dwn, 4dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
19(10), 9(8), 0(1), 6(8), 24(16),
1/14(1), 0/32(2), 1/22(3), 0/34(4), 2/17(3),

Odean Smith - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, DNB, 6dwn, DNB, 6dwn,
25(8)*, DNB, 4(4), DNB, 7(3),
0/52(4), 0/10(1), 0/31(2), 1/41(4), DNB,

Rishi Dhawan - Right Arm Medium

4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn
1(2), 12(8), 45(26)*, 26(31)
0/33(4), 3/16(4), 6/23(4), 2/31(3)

Writtick Chatterjee - Right Arm Offbreak

1dwn, 1dwn, DNB, 7dwn, 7dwn
51(40), 18(9), DNB, 0(1), 1(1)
1/23(2), DNB, 1/14(3), 2/19(4), 1/14(2)

Benny Howell - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn
2(1)*, 3(5), 8(3)*, 8(8)
1/34(4), 1/11(2), 0/36(4), 0/42(4)

Prerak Mankad - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
23(20), 0(3), 9(5), 47(31)
0/9(1), 0/15(1), 0/7(1) DNB

Raj Bawa - Right Arm Medium

3dwn (last game)

0(1),

DNB,

Domestic ODI
4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 2dwn
35(54), DNB, 0(5), 162(108)*
5/35(10), 0/20(4), 0/16(6), 0/12(2)

Bowler :

Kagiso Rabada - Right Arm fast

3/48(4), 3/20(4), 0/32(3), 1/27(4), 1/28(4)

Harpreet Brar - Left Arm Orthodox

0/38(3), 0/22(4), 1/26(4), 2/12(4), 0/26(4)

Arshdeep Singh - Left Arm Fast Medium

1/31(4), 1/31(3), 0/25(4), 1/17(4), 0/27(4)

Rahul Chahar - Legbreak

1/22(4), 0/30(4), 1/17(3), 1/43(4), 1/27(4), 1/33(4)

Sandeep Sharma - Right Arm Fast Medium

0/37(4), 0/18(3), 1/30(3), 1/20(4), 0/26(3)

Baltej Singh - Right Arm Medium

1/49(4), 0/53(4), 0/34(4), 3/11(2)

Ishan Porel - Right Arm Medium Fast

0/25(2), 0/14(2), 1/39(4), 0/23(3)

Nathan Ellis - Right Arm Medium Fast

3/41(4), 0/14(3), 1/31(4), 2/27(4)

Vaibhav Arora - Right Arm Medium

0/27(3), 1/19(4), 0/20(4), 1/15(4)

Ansh Patel - Left Arm Orthodox

0/11(2), 1/28(4), DNB, 1/13(1)

Kolkata Knight Riders

WK :

Sam Billings (Wk) -

4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn,
14(15), 25(22), 41(28), 13(4)*, 5(7),

Sheldon Jackson (Wk) -

5dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn,
0(1), 3(3)*, 50(43), 70(40), 79(47)*,

Batter :

Shreyas Iyer (c) -

1dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
13(10), 20(19)*, 73(45)*, 74(44)*, 57(28)*, 25(16)

Ajinkya Rahane -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
9(10), 44(34), 71(45), 69(55), 17(16), 54(44)

Aaron Finch -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
8(12), 25(20), 8(12), 82(64), 75(52),

Nitish Rana - Left Arm Orthodox

2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn,
10(5), 21(17), 25(20), 34(27), 14(9)*,
DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/23(4), 0/18(2),

Baba Indrajith -

2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn
12(17), 46(27), 8(10), 13(13)

Pratham Singh -

Open, Open, Open, Open
24(15), 5(7), 22(21), 13(13)

Rinku Singh - Right Arm Offbreak

4dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn
4(6), 44(34)*, 63(41)*, 19(18)
1/24(4), DNB, DNB, DNB

Abhijeet Tomar -

Domestic
Open, Open, Open, Open
5(11), 58(99), 36(48), 38(42)

All-rounder :

Andre Russell - Right Arm Fast

6dwn, DNB, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn,
25(18), DNB, 11(7), DNB, 0(3),
0/36(3), 1/38(4), 3/17(3), 1/45(3), 0/17(3),

Sunil Narine - Right Arm Offbreak

3dwn, DNB, Open, Open, 4dwn,
12(8), DNB, 57(23), 57(16), 17(16),
1/12(4), 0/15(4), 2/15(4), 0/24(4), 1/16(4),

Venkatesh Iyer - Right Arm Medium

Open, Open, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
10(14), 16(16), 5(4), 33(18)*, 24(13)*
0/10(1), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/4(1), 1/12(3),

Chamika Karunaratne - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,
12(19)*, 0(2), 0(2), 75(47)*, 10(5),
1/31(4), 0/28(4), 2/22(4), 1/53(4), 1/31(4),

Mohammad Nabi - Right Arm Offbreak

DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
DNB, 16(19), 8(12), 21(15), 3(3),
1/14(4), 0/19(2), 0/30(4), 0/28(4), 0/15(2),

Anukul Roy - Left Arm Orthodox

0/24(4), 2/27(4), 1/24(3), 2/18(4)

Bowler :

Pat Cummins - Right Arm Fast

1/30(4), 1/32(4), 0/27(4), 1/30(4),

Tim Southee - Right Arm Medium

3/20(4), 3/39(4), 3/20(4), 0/32(4), 3/16(4)

Umesh Yadav - Right Arm Medium Fast

2/16(4), 2/20(4), 1/10(4), 1/19(4), 0/16(3), 0/35(4)

Varun Chakravarthy - Legbreak Googly

1/33(4), 1/23(4), 0/15(3), 0/23(4), 0/33(4), 0/23(2),

Shivam Mavi - Right Arm Medium

0/35(4), 2/22(4), 0/14(3), 2/32(4), 1/32(4)

Rasikh Dar - Right Arm Medium

0/42(4), 3/38(4), 0/22(3), 0/22(4)

Aman Khan - Right Arm Offbreak

2dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn
5(3)*, 4(7), 12(10), 18(9)
0/7(1), DNB, DNB, DNB

Ramesh Kumar - Left Arm Orthodox

0/15(2), 1/26(4), 0/27(3), 3/14(3)

Cheat Sheet

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