Match Prediction
Match Details:
Date: 26/04/2021
Time : 07.30PM
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Motera Ahmedabad
Punjab Kings VS Kolkata Knight Riders
Preview:
This is the 21th match of the tournament between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders . Punjab Kings team will descend on the Narendra Modi Stadium in search of their third win. Punjab Kings such team whose batting line up is much better but so far only 5 matches have won 2 match.
Punjab Kings captain KL Rahul was in a good Form whereas Chris Gayle has played a brilliant inning of 43 runs in previous match against Mumbai Indians. Punjab Kings has recorded only 2 win in this tournament so far and with that it is at the 5th position on the points table. Punjab Kings Mayank Agarwal played a good partnership in the last few matches with Rahul and he is capable of scoring a big score. Chris Gayle is also making a comeback, his bat was cold from the last few matches but now he is also making a splash with his bat, there is a lot of pressure above the bowlers when Chris Gayle plays and taking advantage of this pressure, he takes very good hits, this batsman is the key player of the team, the Punjab Kings have high hopes from them and they also live up to the expectations. Mohammad Shami will try his best to give his 100%, why did the previous matches of the match not have any success in his hand and Mohammed Shami will do his utmost to prove himself better.
Kolkata Knight Riders have won only 1 match of this tournament so far and that is why they are ranked at the bottom of the points table. Although the batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders is very long but no specific run score was shown on the board, it was only 133 runs in the last match. If we see the bowling of Kolkata, it is also better, in which Varun Chakaravarthy is Sunil Narine, we can expect better bowling from both these bowlers.
Pitch Report:
This is the pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium is a balanced pitch which will definitely help the batsmen and bowlers. On this pitch, Pace Bowler will get more help than the Spin bowler. As we know that both teams have better Pace bowlers such as Pat Cummins , Prasidh Krishna , Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami. These spinner bowlers will help more on this pitch . Whichever team wins the toss will decide to bat first because it is easier to bat first than it is to chase. The average score on this pitch is 160 (Based on last 5 Matches), and the first inning average score is 159. There is no chance of rain because of this we will enjoy the match .
Head-to-Head
Overall
Played – 27 | Punjab Kings– 09 | Kolkata Knight Riders– 18 |N/R – 0
At Neutral Venue
Played – 9 | Punjab Kings – 3 | Kolkata Knight Riders – 6 |N/R – 0
Squad (Punjab Kings): KL Rahul (C & WK), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Moises Henriques, Fabian Allen, Mohammad Shami , Sharukh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Mandeep Singh, Dawid Malan, Sarfaraz Khan, Harpreet Brar, Saurabh Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh,Murugan Ashwin, Jhye Richardson, Jalaj Saxena, Riley Meredith, Utkarsh Singh, Chris Jordan, Ishan Porel.
Squad (Kolkata Knight Riders): Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (wk),Eoin Morgan (c), Andre Russell, Pat Cummins,Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, Karun Nair, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ben Cutting, Pawan Negi, Sheldon Jackson, Tim Seifert, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shakib Al Hasan, Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Vaibhav Arora, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav.
Probable Playing XI(Punjab Kings) :
- KL Rahul (C&WK)
- M Agrawal
- C Gayle
- D Hooda
- N Pooran
- M Henriques
- F Allen
- M Shami
- S Khan
- A Singh
- R Bishnoi
Probable Playing XI(Kolkata Knight Riders) :
- N Rana
- S Gill
- S Narine
- R Tripathi
- D Karthik(WK)
- E Morgan(C)
- A Russell
- P Cummins
- S Mavi
- V Chakravarthy
- P Krishna
STATS
| Best Batsmen | Team | Matches | Runs Scored |
| KL Rahul | Punjab | 5 | 221 |
| Mayank Agrawal | Punjab | 5 | 130 |
| Nitish Rana | Kolkata | 5 | 186 |
| Best Bowlers | Team | Team | Wickets taken |
| Andre Russell | Kolkata | 5 | 7 |
| V Chakravarthy | Kolkata | 5 | 6 |
| Arshdeep Singh | Punjab | 5 | 6 |
| Mohammad Shami | Punjab | 5 | 6 |
**Dream 11 Fantasy team:
Captain- N Rana
Vice Captain- KL Rahul
Wicket Keeper- KL Rahul(VC), Dinesh Karthik
Batsmen – C Gayle, M Agrawal, N Rana(C), S Gill
All-rounder – S Narine, A Russell
Bowlers – M Shami, P Cummins, V Chakravarthy
