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The 45th match of IPL 2021 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Dubai In✨terna෴tional Cricket Stadium on Friday.
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 Indians (MI) 🤡in their previous fixture.
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:
Playeไd: 28 | KKR won: 19 | PBKS won: 9 | No result: 0
Pitch report:
The pitch in Dubai has helpe🌱d the batsmen so far and might favour them to go big in the upcoming match ✃as well. Of the games played at this venue, the team batting first have won most of the times.
The aver🥃age temperature will ho🀅ver around 42-degree Celsius.
Probable XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (🐼wk), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Sandeep Warrier, Varun Chakravarthy
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mandeꦯep Singh/Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Fabian Allen, Harpre🍷et Brar, Nathan Ellis, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, 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.