Today’s match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) would be a crucial clash for the defending champions as this game might decide the fate of “Men in Purple & Gold”. Both sides have different positioning where PBKS is at 5th and KKR is at 7th position.
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What’s KKR’s Strategy?
In last game against GT, KKR made a change in batting by bringing Rahmanullah Gurbaz in place of Quinton de Kock. But this strategy didn’t work as he couldn’t make an impact. This might not change KKR’s approach towards him and give him another chance.
What’s PBKS’ Strategy?
Despite loosing their last game, PBKS wont make much of changes and stick to same playing 11.
Probable Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (C), Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar
Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Chetan Sakariya, Mayank Markande
Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash
