We head to the world’s biggest stadium for this match between the Punjab Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Vivo IPL 2021. Punjab Kings will come into the game on the back of a stunning win against last year winners Mumbai Indians.
Finally their trio of KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal and Chris Gayle are up and firing. But they are yet to find their best XI and we can see some changes especially after the change in venue.
On the other hand, we have the Kolkata Knight Riders who have been underfiring in all the compartments. After a comprehensive victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabad, the two time champions have lost four games on the trot.
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After the below par performances from the top order and Eoin Morgan, the onus comes to Dinesh Karthik and Andre Russell. There is a considerable room for improvement in their bowling too with Varun Chakravarthy being the pick of the bowlers. It will be interesting to see how they respond after the loss against the Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.
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PBKS vs KKR IPL 2021 Match Details:
When: 26 April 2021
Where: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Capacity: 1,10,000
Time: 7:30 PM IST
PBKS vs KKR IPL 2021 Players to watch out for:
PBKS: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, and Ravi Bishnoi
KKR: Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, and Pat Cummins
PBKS vs KKR IPL 2021 Probable Playing XI:
PBKS: KL Rahul (c&wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jhye Richardson, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami
KKR: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Ben Cutting/Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, Pat Cummins and Shivam Mavi
Head-to-Head: 18-9 in favour of KKR
PBKS vs KKR IPL 2021 Pitch Report:
As seen in the series between India and England recently, the pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium is a decent track to bat on. The surface is slightly on the slower side but there is enough swing on offer to keep the seamers interested.
Powerplay would be a crucial phase in the match and as often seen recently could prove to be the difference in the end. There could be some dew later on into the match which would force either side to choose to field first upon winning the toss.
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PBKS vs KKR IPL 2021 Dream11 Team Top Picks:
Fantasy Team Suggestion #1:
WK: KL Rahul(C)
Bat: Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Shubman Gill(VC), Rahul Tripathi
AR: Deepak Hooda, Andre Russell
Bowl: Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Varun Charavarthy, and Pat Cummins
Fantasy Team Suggestion #2:
WK: Dinesh Kartik, KL Rahul
Bat: Chris Gayle(C), Eoin Morgan, Nitish Rana
AR: Andre Russell, Deepak Hooda
Bowl: Pat Cummins(VC), Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, and Ravi Bishnoi
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