KXIP vs KKR Dream11 Prediction IPL 2019 Preview, Team News, Playing 11

KXIP vs KKR Dream11 Match Preview | Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Prediction | IPL 2019

Mohali, May 3, Friday at 8 PM IST

 With Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 is in its final week of the group stages, Kings XI Punjab will host Kolkata Knight Riders in the 52^nd match of the league at the I.S Bindra Stadium in Mohali.

Both the sides have won five matches and lost seven out of their 12, it will be a crucial match for both the sides as the chances of playoff qualification will depend on it.

Punjab, reeling at the seventh spot, have lost last three matches played. First, they lost to Delhi Capitals then to Royal Challengers Bangalore followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Kolkata, on the other hand, registered a morale-boosting victory against Mumbai Indians in the last match. They are currently occupying the sixth spot.

Head to Head:

Total: 24

Kolkata Knight Riders: 16

Kings XI Punjab: 8

KXIP vs KKR Team News:

Kings XI Punjab: Pacer Andrew Tye likely to be included.

Varun Charavarthy sidelined from IPL due to an injury

Kolkata Knight Riders: Expect to play with the same playing XI.

?UPDATE ON VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY ?#SaddaPunjab https://t.co/LMaatmmmDw

— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) May 2, 2019

Toss Update:

KKR wins the toss and will bowl first

Sam Curran and Andrew Tye replace David Miller and Mujeeb Ur Rahman

KKR sticks to the same playing11

KXIP vs KKR Probable Playing11:

KXIP: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye.

 KKR: Shubman Gill, Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(C and WK), Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney and Sandeep Warrier.

KXIP VS KKR Squads:

Kings XI Punjab:  Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran(w), Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ankit Rajpoot, Karun Nair, David Miller, Simran Singh, Murugan Ashwin, Andrew Tye, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Moises Henriques, Varun Chakravarthy, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi, and Harpreet Brar.

Kolkata Knight Riders:  Dinesh Karthik (c), Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Sunil Narine, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Harry Gurney, Matt Kelly, KC Cariappa and Yarra Prithviraj.

KXIP VS KKR  DREAM11 TEAM

Lokesh Rahul scored 79 in the last match.  He has played 12 matches so far and scored 520 runs.

Chris Gayle vital cog for  Punjab. Although he failed in the last two innings (4 and 23).

Mayank Agarwal and Nicolas Pooran are occasional contributors.

Andre Russell, the only consistent batsmen for KKR. Hammered 80 not out against Mumbai Indians.

After failing in last five matches, Shubman Gill finally found his groove and slammed 76 in 45 balls in his previous outing against Mumbai.

Sam Curran and Andrew Tye replace David Miller and Mujeeb Ur Rahman