KKR VS KXIP DREAM11 PREDICTION SMALL LEAGUE TEAM NEWS, PLAYING 11

Indian Premier League, 2019 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kings XI Punjab PREVIEW

KKR vs KXIP Dream11 Match Prediction | Who Will Win Today Match

Kolkata, March 27, Wednesday at 08:00 PM IST

Just a couple of games have been played so far in the IPL 2019 and the tournament has already made huge headlines. Be it the turning track at MA Chidambaram in the tournament opener, Andre Russells’ 19-ball 49 runs finish at Eden Gardens,  Rishabh Pant’s havoc (78 of 27 balls ) in Wankhede Stadium or R Ashwin mankading J Buttler at Sawai Man Singh, each game of IPL 2019 has brought out something new for the fans.

Something similar is expected when Kolkata Knight Riders will reload at Eden Gardens to host Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday evening. Both the sides have made a cracking start to the tournament and will be looking to continue their run. The match will begin at 08:00 PM IST.

Andre Russell – The game changer for KKR       

Andre Russell pulled out a blinder at Eden Gardens with his unbeaten 49 runs in 19 balls as he helped his side register 6 wickets win over Sunrisers Hyderabad after chasing out a huge total of 182 runs. A Russell also overshadowed Dawid Warner’s 85 of 53 which guided Sunrisers Hyderabad to 181-3 in the allotted overs.

Last 16 balls of #KKRvsSRH – 6,6,1,1,4,1,4,6,4,0,6,1,1,6,0,6 ?

We scored 53 off the last 16 balls – that's the most anyone has scored to win in the last three overs of any #IPL game ever! ?#KKRHaiTaiyaar pic.twitter.com/WMCW38woXe

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 26, 2019

Kolkata Knight Riders are hard to outplay at their backyard in Eden Gardens and with the kind of playing11 they sported in the first game, it will be really a tough challenge for Kings XI Punjab. Although they are missing out a bit in the pace attack, they have one of the strongest batting line-ups this season.

C Gayle fireworks, Ashwin mankading Buttler

Kings XI Punjab pulled out 14 runs win over Rajasthan Royals at their fortress- Swai Man Singh Stadium to kick-start their campaign. The win would have surely boosted their confidence and will acts as a prerequisite as they are now travelling to Eden Gardens- the den of Kolkata.

Chris Gayle (79 of 47) and Sarfaraz Khan (46* of 29) helped Punjab post 184 runs total on the board which was appreciated well by the bowlers as they restricted the hosts at 170-9 in 0 overs. R Ashwin, Sam Curran and Mujeeb Ur Rahman picked two wickets each.

Kings XI Punjab will be requiring another teamwork to outplay Knight Riders and an interesting battle is expected to take place tomorrow.

Head to head:

Total- 23

Knight Riders- 15

Kings XI- 8

Eden Gardens, Kolkata:

The first game at Eden Gardens between the hosts KKR and SRH was an absolute cracker. The wicket is expected to remain the same- dual pace and little help to spinners. The average first innings score at this venue is 175. As the wicket will remain the same throughout the game, the chase becomes much easier. Also, the chasing side has more percentage of winning. So, expect the toss winning side to bowl first.

Avg 1st inn score: 175

Avg 2nd inn score: 157

Highest Total: 201/5 (20 Ov) by PAK vs BAN

Lowest Total: 70/10 (15.4 Ov) by BAN vs NZ

Highest Chased: 161/6 (19.4 Ov) by WI vs Eng

Lowest Defended: 145/8 (20 Ov) by NZ vs BAN

KKR vs KXIP Team News

• Both the sides are expected to remain unchanged after securing wins in the opening fixture
• D Miller is in line to get a game. However, the chances are very low
• Andrew Tye has joined up and might replace Sam Curran

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KKR VS KXIP PLAYING 11

Here’s how the two sides may lineup –

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11:

Wicket-keeper – Dinesh Karthik

Batsmen – Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill

All-rounder – Sunil Narine, Andre Russell

Bowlers – Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Piyush Chawla

Kings XI Punjab Playing 11:

Wicket-keeper – N Pooran

Batsmen – C Gayle, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfraz Khan, M Singh

All-rounder –R Ashwin (Doubt: Sam Curran)

Bowlers – M Shami, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Doubt: A Tye)

KKR VS KXIP  SQUADS

Kolkata Knight Riders –

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

Kings XI Punjab –

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

KKR VS KXIP DREAM11 TEAM

KKR –

Power Hitters – Chris Lynn, Andre Russell & R Uthappa

All-rounders – Sunil Narine, Andre Russell

Spin abilities – Kuldeep Yadav & P Chawla

KXIP –

Power Hitters – Chris Gayle,  KL Rahul, N Pooran

Pace attack – M Shami & Ankit Rajpoot

Spin abilities – R Ashwin & Mujeeb ur Rahman

Toss Update: 

Kings XI Punjab wins the toss and will bowl first

• Andrew Tye, David Miller, Hardus Viljoen and Varun Chakravorthy are the four changes in KXIP playing11
• KKR are unchanged
• Hardus Viljoen replaces Sam Curran
• Varun Chakravarthy makes his debut.
• N Pooran and Mujeeb Ur Rahman are missing out for KXIP
• You can pick V Chakravorthy, D Miller or Andrew Tye in the place of N Pooran and M Ur Rahman

The final update will be provided at the time of toss. Don’t forget to check!

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