• Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Punjab Kings in Match 45 of IPL 2021 on Friday.

  • Mayank Agarwal should come in for Mandeep Singh.

IPL 2021: KKR vs PBKS, Match 45: Pitch Report, Probable XI and Match Prediction
Eoin Morgan, KL Rahul (Pic Source: Twitter)

The 45th match of IPL 2021 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Frid🃏ay.

Eoin Morgan’s KKR won their last game against Delhi Capitals (DC) by seven wickets while the KL Rahul-led PBKS faced a six-wicket defeat from Mumbai I꧑ndians (MI) in their previous fi🦩xture.

Both teams need to win their remaining three games from here to secure a place for the playoffs. KKR currently are placed at the fourth position in the table with 10 points, while PBKS are at the sixth spot with 8 points

Head-to-Head record:

Played: 2൲8 | KKR won: 19 | PBKS won: 9 | No result: 0

Pitch report:

The pitch in Dubai has help🤡ed the batsmen so far and might favour them to go big in the upcoming m🍰atch as well. Of the games played at this venue, the team batting first have won most of the times.

Theꦏ average temperature will hover around 42-degree Celsius.

Probable XIs:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin ꦦMorgan (c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Sandeep Warrier, Va🐈run Chakravarthy

Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mandeep Singh/Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Fabian Allen, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoꦜi, Arshdeep Singh

Match Prediction:

Case 1:

  • KKR wins the toss and bowls first
  • Powerplay score: 45-50
  • PBKS total: 160-170

Case 2:

  • PBKS wins the toss and bowls first
  • Powerplay score: 40-45
  • KKR total: 150-160

Team batting second to win the contest.

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