Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Details: The second match of IPL 2023 between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will be played today from 3:30 PM at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. In this match, both the teams will enter the ring with a new captain. While Shikhar Dhawan will be in charge of Punjab Kings on one side, Nitish Rana will captain KKR in the absence of Shreyas Iyer. The two teams have faced each other 30 times in the IPL so far. Let’s know all the details about this match.
Pitch report
The match between Punjab and Kolkata will be played at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali and the pitch here is famous for its batting. Batsmen get help on this ground and high scoring matches take place. In such a situation, the match between Punjab and Kolkata could be a high scoring match.
Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Out of total 30 matches played between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL so far, KKR have won 20 matches. Punjab Kings managed to win only 10 matches.
Match prediction
If we look at the statistics of the matches played between Punjab and Kolkata so far, it can be said that KKR have more chances to win this match as KKR has won 20 times in the total of 30 matches played between the two teams. Now it becomes interesting to see which team will win this match.
Possibility Of Playing11
Punjab Kings- Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Prabhsimran Singh (wicket keeper), Bhanuka Rajapakse, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar.
Kolkata Knight Riders- Venkatesh Iyer, Narayan Jadadisan, Nitish Rana (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicket keeper), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora.
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