The on-going IPL season is in the final week of its league stage where Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab will face each other today at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India. The game is expected to turn out quite a need for both the teams who stand at the sixth and seventh position in the points table, currently. The teams are sailing in a similar boat where the chances of qualifying for playoffs are expected to vanish for either of the teams if things don’t fall in place.
Pitch Conditions
Venue: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
Mohali pitch always has an advantage for medium pacers in the initial overs of the innings. In the previous matches played here, medium pacers have got swing in the initial overs of the innings. Spinners will also get some help from the pitch. Dew will play a huge role here. So, no doubt, team winning the toss will look to field first.
Average 1st Innings Score: 175 runs
Average 2nd Innings Score:177runs
Weather Conditions
The temperature will be around 36 degrees Celsius. According to reports, cloudy weather is expected for the whole day, but no rain is in the forecast.
Team Analysis: Kings XI Punjab
As far as team combination of Kings XI Punjab is concerned, Sam Curran might replace Mujeeb Ur Rehman who went for 66 runs in the previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. No other changes are expected. Kings XI Punjab is at the second last spot in the points table with 5 wins in the 12 matches they have played.
Team Analysis: Kolkata Knight Riders
Talking about the team combination of Kolkata Knight Riders, then they may bring the Chinaman bowler, Kuldeep Yadav in place of Piyush Chawla who went for runs in the previous encounter against Mumbai Indians. No other changes are expected. Kolkata Knight Riders is at the 6th spot in the points table with 5 wins.
Here’s Probable playing XI of both the squads
|
Kings XI Punjab |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
|
Ravichandran Ashwin ( C) |
Dinesh Karthik ( C&WK) |
|
Chris Gayle ✈️ |
Chris Lynn ✈️ |
|
KL Rahul |
Sunil Narine ✈️ |
|
Mayank Agarwal |
Shubman Gill |
|
Nicolas Pooran(WK) ✈️ |
Andre Russell ✈️ |
|
David Miller ✈️ |
Robin Uthappa |
|
Prabsimran Singh |
Nitish Rana |
|
Murugan Ashwin |
Rinku Singh |
|
Sam Curran ✈️ |
Kuldeep Sharma |
|
Mohammad Shami |
Sandeep Warrier |
|
Arshdeep Singh |
Harry Gurney ✈️ |
Player to look for-
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul
Kolkata Knight Riders: Andre Russell
Head to Head between the teams in IPL
Total matches played -24
Matches won by KXIP- 8
Matches won by KKR- 16
Let’s see what happens in the upcoming knockout between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders. Whether Kolkata Knight Riders will be able to repeat their previous match performance or Kings XI Punjab will go one step closer to playoffs.
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