KKR vs PBKS Live Telecast: Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will be face to face in IPL 2023 today (April 1). This match will be played at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. This time, while the captaincy of Punjab Kings is in the hands of Shikhar Dhawan, Nitish Rana is handling the command of Kolkata Knight Riders. Due to injury of Shreyas Iyer, Nitish has been entrusted with this responsibility.
A total of 30 matches have been played between these two teams so far, in which Kolkata has the upper hand. Kolkata’s team has won 20 matches, while Punjab’s share has only 10 wins. However, in the last four matches, both the teams have been defeating each other alternately.
Punjab Kings are looking strong
Kolkata Knight Riders are going to miss their captain Shreyas Iyer a lot. In the absence of Iyer, the responsibility of winning KKR will once again be on the Caribbean pair of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine. Here, Punjab Kings will miss Johnny Bairstow the most. This explosive batsman has been out of the field for a long time due to injury and is also unavailable in IPL 2023. However, Punjab have a good balance in batting and bowling and are looking favorites in today’s match.
When and where to watch the match?
The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will start today (April 1) at 3.30 pm. This match will be telecasted live on different channels of Star Sports Network. Live streaming of this match will be available on ‘Jio Cinema’ app.
Playing-11 of both the teams can be like this
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Jagdishan, Nitish Rana (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Shah Rukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar.
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