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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will battle against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 53rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the iconic Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkཧata on Monday (May 8). Notably, KKR and PBKS have faced each other once in the IPL 2023, where Punjab♉ emerged victorious by seven runs in a rain-affected game.
As far as the previous matches of the two teams are concerned, KKR d♌efeated Sunrisers H♑yderabad (SRH) in their last game, whereas PBKS lost to Mumbai Indians (MI). Rinku Singh top-scored for the Kolkata-based team in their match against SRH, scoring a quickfire 46 off 35 balls. Among bowlers, Varun Chakravarthy put up a sensational show and played a significant part in KKR’s win by defending eight runs off the last over. Meanwhile, despite Liam Livingstone storming 82, Punjab were handed over a six-wicket defeat by MI. Although Nathan Ellis bagged two sca🌞lps for his side, he failed to defend the total and eventually ended up on the losing side.
KKR are placed on the ꦡeighth place of the IPL 2023 points table and will aim to move up when the face Punjab on Monday. On the other hand, Punjab are on the seventh position and will look to break into the top ൲five.
Pitch report:
The track at Eden Gardens has a history of favouring the batters. However, the spinners can also come into play as the game progresses. Overall, a high-scoring matc𝔍h is expected to take place at the venue.
Probable XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andꦅre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine🍒, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikha🎀r Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Liam ꦬLivingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Head-to-head record
Played: 31 | KKR ൲won: 20 | PBKS won: 11 | No result: 0
Match Prediction:
Case 1:
- KKR wins the toss and bowls first
- Powerplay score: 50-55
- PBKS total: 180-190
Case 2:
- PBKS wins the toss and bowls first
- Powerplay score: 55-60
- KKR total: 185-195
Team bowling first to win the contest.