KOL vs KXIP IPL Dream11 Team Prediction Grand League 22 Crores Mega Contest, 26 October

KOL vs KXIP Dream11: The Kolkata team is coming into this game after a good win against the strong Delhi Capitals team. They must be upbeat in terms of their bowling department, where they helped the team to post a win by a big margin. The batters also pushed the bar higher for the other teams with their performances. The team management decided to put Nitish Rana as the opener and changed the batting number of Narine. Both the tactics worked for them, with both scoring bulk of runs and helping the team to post a strong total on the board. While bowlers also chipped in with Cummins coming back into form and Chakravarthy claiming a five-wicket haul.

On the other side, KXIP is playing in a brilliant fashion and have won their last 4 matches. The form of KL Rahul and Pooran has been the driving force of the team. While Gayle has also proved to be effective after his comeback into the side. In the last match, another impressive batsman, Mayank didn’t play due to injury concerns but still, they managed to win the game. Their bowling has been top-notch with all the three pace bowlers providing significant contributions and spin-twins Bishnoi-Ashwin playing the main role in the team’s victory.

46th Match-  Indian Premier League
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab
Date- Monday, 26th October 2020
Time- 06:00PM (Local time)- 07:30 PM (IST)
Stadium- Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Last match at the ground-
Mumbai Indians won against the Chennai Super Kings by 10 wickets.
Standing at the Points Table–
Kolkata- 4
Punjab- 5

Pitch Report- Apart from the spinners, the medium pacers have also achieved much success here. Anything above 150 here would be a good score. Also, there are no chances of rain in Abu Dhabi. The average score in the first innings here is 171.
Weather Report: The rain won’t interrupt the game. There are 0% chances of rain.

KOL vs KXIP Dream11 Team Prediction 

KKR Team News

Injury update, unavailability:
Andre Russell was in the stands watching the last game and is still doubtful for this game. He’s still in a recovery mode and would not be rushed in for the game.
Expected Team Changes:
It will be a hard task for Brendon & Morgan to put a combination or make changes if Russell is available for the game. The 4 overseas players in the team are performing well, and with Narine going bonkers in the last game, it will be tough to assess one change.
Cummins was also excellent with the ball in the last game. The bowlers are doing their part, it would be interesting to see if batters continue their momentum in the KKR vs KXIP Dream 11 team prediction.

KKR vs KXIP Dream11 Playing11:
KKR Playing 11
Rahul Tripathi
Shubman Gill
Nitish Rana
Eoin Morgan (c)
Sunil Narine
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Lockie Ferguson
Pat Cummins
Prasidh Krishna
Shivam Mavi
Varun Chakravarthy

KXIP Team News

Injury update, unavailability: Mayank Agarwal is a doubt due to a knock and will be a game-time call.

Expected Team Changes:
After a not so good season, they have looked to make combinations correct now. With Gayle coming in, the positives have come back with the team and also bringing some good luck. The team performed extremely special in the game, to be precise, the bowling department, they showcased themselves so well. Also, the fielding was superb!
Mayank Agarwal is recovering and the management won’t take a risk of him playing, but if he plays, Mandeep would be dropped.

KKR vs KXIP Dream11 Playing11:
KXIP Playing 11
Mandeep Singh/ Mayank Agarwal
KL Rahul (c & wk)
Chris Gayle
Nicholas Pooran
Glenn Maxwell
Deepak Hooda
Murugan Ashwin
Mohammed Shami
Chris Jordan
Arshdeep Singh
Ravi Bishnoi

KOL vs KXIP Today Match Prediction 

Punjab will win this match. They are looking to be really strong in the business end of the tournament. They are doing everything to qualify for the playoffs.
The batting performance wasn’t really well in the last game, but the bowling and fielding were top notches with so many good performances. The last game they played was a serious blockbuster performance by the bowling team. Punjab & Kolkata both are fighting for the 4th spot and this will be a cracker of a game.
Punjab will win this one as they have plenty of good hitters who can clear off the small boundaries in Sharjah. If Kolkata registers a win in the KOL vs KXIP Today match prediction, they can inch closer to the playoffs spot.

KOL vs KXIP Dream11 Prediction Captain, Differential Picks 

Captain picks

K Rahul- The best batsman in this IPL season, has scored 567 runs in 16 matches. He is the most important pick for the match. In the last encounter against KOL, he scored 74 off 58 balls.

C Gayle- A player with the most runs in the T20 career is a sure-shot pick for your fantasy team. In 4 matches, he has scored 126 runs and this will be his first game against KOL this season.

E Morgan- The Kolkata captain is one of the best picks for the fantasy team. In 11 matches, he has scored 295 runs and in the last match against KXIP, he scored 24 off 23 balls.

Vice-captain picks

N Rana- One of the talented young players who has been consistent in the IPL over the years. In 11 matches, he has scored 265 runs, and was dismissed on a single-digit score against KXIP this season.

S Narine- The mystery spinner has not quite performed well with the ball but has contributed all-right with the bat. In 7 matches, he has scored 108 runs and picked up 5 wickets. He picked up 2 wickets against KXIP in the first leg of the fixture.

N Pooran- A phenomenal performer who hails from the West Indies has held the Kings XI Punjab hopes alive in the tournament. In 11 matches, he has scored 327 runs, with 16 coming off against KOL in the first leg of the fixtures.

Differential picks

M Ashwin- A spinner who has spun the web in a brilliant fashion is a good differential pick for the KOL vs KXIP Dream 11 prediction. In 6 matches, he has picked up 8 wickets and did not feature in the last fixture against Kolkata.

D Karthik- The wicket-keeper batsman has not been in a good form, still has a lot of potential to change the fortunes in favour of the KOL team. In 11 matches, he has scored 148 runs, and his best performance in fact came against KXIP, where he scored his 58 off 29 balls.

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