Kolkata Knight Riders won four of the seven games against the Punjab Kings in Mohali at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium. PBKS VS KKR IPL 2023 Dream11.
Toss: The toss between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will occur on April 1 at 3 PM IST.
Venue: PCA stadium, Mohali
Below is the list of best players for PBKS VS KKR IPL 2023 dream 11 teams.
Shikhar Dhawan has been named the Kings’ new captain. Since the 2008 season, he has served as the team’s 14th captain. The Punjab Kings dismissed a total of nine cricketers before the mini-auction last year, including the former captain Mayank Agarwal, Sandeep Sharma, and Odean Smith. They acquired six players at the auction. Sam Curran ended up being the most costly player in the history of the auction as the Punjab Kings paid INR 18.5 crores to have him on the team. Because the ECB has not granted him a NOC, Jonny Bairstow, who scored more than 250 runs for the team last season, will miss this season. Bairstow has been replaced by Matthew Short. In the BBL 2022–23. Matthew Short was the second-highest run-scorer.
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With six victories from 14 games, the Kolkata Knight Riders placed seventh in their previous campaign. Nitish Rana has been designated captain for the time being after Shreyas Iyer has been left out for the team’s opening five games this season. Before the auction, they made the decision to keep just 14 players and release the other 15. They sold Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Shardul Thakur from the Gujarat Titans. They made some interesting decisions at the auction table as they paid their basic price to acquire David Wiese, Shakib Al Hasan, and Litton Das. They also purchased N Jagadeesan, who originally cost 50 lakh rupees, for 90 lakh rupees.
Punjab Kings Players
Shikhar Dhawan(C), B Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Sikandar Raza, SM Curran, R Dhawan, MW Short, JM Sharma, Harpreet Brar, RD Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
BENCH
JM Bairstow, Harpreet Singh, P Simran Singh, A Taide, Shivam Singh, LS Livingstone, Rajangad Bawa, Mohit Rathee, K Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Baltej Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa
Kagiso Rabada and Liam Livingstone won’t be in the starting lineup for the Punjab Kings.
Kolkata Knight Riders
RK Singh, N Rana(C), VR Iyer, AD Russell, SP Narine, Narayan Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shardul Thakur, LH Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, UT Yadav
BENCH
S Iyer, Mandeep Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Liton Das, AS Roy, D Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, H Rana, K Khejroliya, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee
For the Kolkata Knight Riders, Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das are unable to play in this match.
Pitch Prediction
There have been 55 IPL games played at the Punjab Cricket Association’s IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali thus far. At this location, the team batting first has won 24 games, while the team batting second has won 31 games. In the past five T20 games played here, the first innings scoring has averaged 140 runs. This match PBKS VS KKR IPL 2023 Dream11 could be competitive since the surface is anticipated to offer the bowlers a lot of assistance all over the innings.