The 53rd match in IPL will be played between 7th PBKS & 8th KKR on Monday’s mega show. This match between the two teams is going to be held at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. This match will start from 07:30 pm.
This is the second encounter of this season between KKR and PBKS in this 16th edition of the league. In the first match, Punjab beat Kolkata on their home ground. Now Kolkata would like to avenge its defeat.
At this time both the teams seem to be struggling in this season. Punjab is at the seventh position in the points table after winning 5 out of 10 matches, while Kolkata is at the eighth position with 8 points after winning 4 out of 10 matches.
This match is very important for both the teams. Whichever team loses from here, its chances of reaching the playoffs will go down. Let’s know who has been made the captain and vice-captain in the match of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings in Dream11.
KKR vs PBKS Match Details:
Match: KKR vs PBKS, 53rd Match
Date and Time: May 8, 7:30 pm
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Lis Streaming: Star Sports Network & JioCinema
KKR vs PBKS Pitch Report:
The pitch of Eden Gardens helps the batsmen a lot. IPL 2023 has seen high scoring matches at this ground. If we talk about the average score, then this season the average first innings score at this ground (KOL vs PBKS Pitch Report) has been above 180. After winning the toss, the captain would like to decide to bowl first.
KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction
Captain: Liam Livingstone
Vice Captain: Andre Russell
Wicket-keepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jitesh Sharma
Batters: Jason Roy, Atharva Tayde, Rinku Singh
All-rounders: Sam Curran, Andre Russell, Liam Livingstone
Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy
KKR vs PBKS Possible Playing 11 Today Match
KKR Possible Playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty
PBKS Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh