Punjab Kings will face off against Kolkata Knight Riders at PCA Stadium, Mohali in the first match of the doubleheader on 1 April 2023 in the IPL 2023. Shikhar Dhawan will lead PBKS while Kolkata Knight Riders would be captained by Nitish Rana in absence of Shreyas Iyer.
Match Details
Details: IPL 2023 Match 2 Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Venue: PCA Stadium, Mohali
Date and Time: 1 April, 3.30 PM
Head-to-Head Record
Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings played a total of 30 matches with KKR winning 20 while Punjab Kings won 10. The last time both these teams met last year, Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by six wickets in 2022.
Top-Run Scorer
Former Indian batter Gautam Gambhir occupies the top spot as the leading run scorer between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders. He made 492 runs from 15 matches at an average of 44.72. His best score against Punjab Kings was 72 not out at a strike rate of 121.78.
Top Wicket Taker
The West Indies legend is the leading wicket-taker between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. He has grabbed a total of 32 wickets from 22 matches at an economy of 6.91 runs per over. His best figures against Punjab was 5 for 19.
Pitch Report
The pitch at PCA Stadium, Mohali is expected to be a beautiful pitch full of runs. There will be initial assistance for pace bowlers but becomes better for batting. Captain winning the toss would like to field first as the matches in T20I and IPL matches set huge targets.
A total of 6 T20I matches have been played on this ground with the team batting first winning twice and the team chasing down targets winning four times.
The team batting first in IPL matches on this ground won 24 times while the team chasing down targets won 31 times.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)- Predicted XI
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Shahrukh Khan, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Venetaksh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitish Rana (C), Andre Russell, David Wiese, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakvarthy.
Fantasy Team Selection- Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings
Team 1: Shikhar Dhawan, Sikandar Raza (C), Sam Curran, Andre Russell (VC), Sunil Narine, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Arshdeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Rahul Chahar.
Team 2: Bhanuka Rajapaksa (VC) Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitish Rana (C), Rinku Singh, Venetaksh Iyer, Andre Russell, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Chahar, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy.
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