Andre Russell and Sunil Narine will be key for KKR in the encounter against PBKS.
Punjab Kings were very impressive in the first half of the season last year but lost their mojo towards the latter stages. Shikhar Dhawan will lead the side and will look to get off to a good start and will also have one eye on the trophy which has never been won by this franchise. PBKS have bagged some exciting players in the auction last year and have a well-balanced side. Jonny Bairstow will miss this season as well and all-rounder Matthew Short was named as his replacement. Punjab Kings would be hoping that their star signing of Sam Curran for a whopping sum of Rs. 18.50 crores, pays off this season. Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the bowlers last season and also made it to the Indian team, he will look to put in a similar performance this season as well.
Kolkata Knight Riders were below par with the bat in the last season and will look to turn things around this season. However, their bowlers have done a fantastic job in both matches and will look to replicate the same performance this season as well. Shreyas Iyer will miss the 1st half of the season due to injury and Nitish Rana will lead the team in his absence. Andre Russell and Sunil Narine will be key for KKR in the encounter against PBKS. Both these West Indians can bat anywhere in the order according to the team’s needs and can even bowl overs in crucial moments.
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The Indian Premier League will be telecasted live on the Star Sports network and will be live-streamed on the JioCinema app. The toss will take place at 3:00 PM IST and the Match will start at 3:30 PM IST on Saturday, the 1st of April.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Sam Billings (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Weise, Kulwant Khejrolia, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan.
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