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Punjab Kings & Kolkata Knight Riders move to Ahmedabad for their next 3 matches, they will go lock horns for the 21st match of the IPL 2021. And this clash is massively important for both these teams.
Punjab Kings got back to winnings ways in their last match against MI. The Kings’ bowlers kept the lid on Mumbai batters and restricted them to 131 in their quota of 20 overs. Mohammad Shami and leggie Ravi Bishnoi, who got his first game of IPL 2021 picked, 2 wickets each.
While chasing the total, Mayank 25 off 20 balls gave a good start to the team, KL 60 off 52 balls played his role superbly, and Universe Boss 43 off 35 brought a smile back to the faces of Punjab Kings Fans. A win against the defending champions would have certainly given Kings some confidence, and they will be hoping to replicate the same in their coming matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders have just 1 win from their 5 matches, and their think-tank has plenty to do. If they are not able to bounce back in the next 2 matches, it will be hard for them to make it to the playoffs.
In their previous match, they fell to Morris massacre who picked another 4 wicket haul against KKR. Playing on a good turf at Wankhede, they could only manage 133 runs for 20 overs. Rahul Tripathi was their top scorer with 36 runs off 26 balls.
Is it time for Lockie Ferguson? Does the batting lineup need tinkering with? These are the kind of questions that KKR must answer.
Key Players to Watch/Key Stats
Punjab Kings
- KL Rahul – KL average 37.1 against KKR with 297 runs from his 9 innings. His average goes up to 45.8 while batting second. He currently has the second-most runs in IPL 2021 (5 inns, 221 runs, avg. 55.25, SR 133.13).
- Mayank Agarwal – Mayank has 209 runs from his 11 innings vs KKR at an average of 20.9. His average goes up to 25.3 while batting first.
- Chris Gayle – Universe Boss has got this good habit of performing against his previous side. He started his IPL Career with KKR. While playing against them he has 700 runs from 18 innings at an average of 46.7. Having said this, we noticed till now he has not done much damage while batting first he just averages 13.5 in 4 innings.
- Nicholas Pooran – Nicky P is yet to fire and this match might be the perfect opportunity for him. He can forget all his previous and start fresh at a new venue. Against KKR he has 66 runs from 3 innings. He will be a good choice of C/VC in Grand Leagues.
- Deepak Hooda – Deepak Hooda has 66 runs from 6 innings at an average of 13.2. He has also picked 2 wickets against them. However, he looks an improved player in IPL 2021.
- Mohammad Shami – Shami started his IPL Career at KKR and grew under the guidance of Great Wasim Akram. Against them, he has 8 wickets from 9 innings. Out of 8 wickets, 7 wickets have come while the bowling second.
- Moises Henriques has 6 wickets and 120 runs at an average of 20 from 7 innings.
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Punjab Kings
- Shubman Gill – Gill has 209 runs from 5 innings at an average of 104.5 vs PBKS. Unfortunately, he got run out in the previous game after a struggle. Try him as your C/VC role; it might be just his day against Kings.
- Nitish Rana – Rana has 178 runs at an average of 25.4 from 8 innings vs PBKS. He started the tournament brilliantly with back-to-back fifties but has faded away after that.
- Andre Russell – Russell has 251 runs at an average of 31.4 from 8 innings vs PBKS. Also, he has 14 wickets against them.
- Rahul Tripathi – Tripathi has 101 runs from 6 innings at an average of 16.8 vs PBKS. He was KKR’s top scorer in previous innings.
- Eoin Morgan – Morgan got a diamond duck (0) in the last match, he got runout without facing a ball. He will be up against his previous side Kings; in opposition to them he has 223 runs from 7 innings at an average of 31.9.
- Patrick Cummins – Patty Cummins has 2 wickets from 3 innings against PBKS. He has gone wicketless in the previous two innings, still, we believe that he will be a good addition to your Grand League Team. Try him in 1-2 GL Team.
- Sunil Narine has 28 wickets and 170 runs at an average of 21.2. Naraine has his best record in IPL against Kings.
- Varun Chakararty has 1 wicket from 2 innings vs Kings.
Key Stats and Facts
- Head-to-head: Overall Played 27 | KKR Won 18 | Kings 9
- Kolkata has dominated against Kings while batting second.
- Arshdeep has 1 wicket from 3 innings against KKR.
- Ravi Bishnoi has 3 wickets from 2 innings against KKR.
- Shivam Mavi has played once against Kings and went wicketless.
Predicted Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: 1. Nitish Rana, 2. Shubman Gill, 3. Rahul Tripathi, 4. Eoin Morgan (c), 5. Dinesh Karthik (wk), 6. Sunil Narine, 7. Andre Russell, 8. Pat Cummins, 9. Varun Chakravarthy, 10. Shivam Mavi, 11. Prasidh Krishna
Punjab Kings: 1. KL Rahul (c & wk), 2. Mayank Agarwal, 3. Chris Gayle, 4. Nicholas Pooran, 5. Deepak Hooda, 6. Moises Henriques, 7. Shahrukh Khan, 8. Fabian Allen, 9. Mohammed Shami, 10. Ravi Bishnoi, 11. Arshdeep Singh
Ahemdabad Pitch Report
This Pitch Report is from Deep DasGupta and Ajit Agarkar from the India-England T20Is.
“This pitch was used for the second T20I. Looks good and this might start a little slow and the toss could play an important role. The square boundaries are really big here. Fifty percent of the runs scored against the fast bowlers on this ground seems to be behind the stumps and this might help bowlers who can vary their pace with shorter lengths proving to be a relatively better option.”
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Match Prediction
Overall KKR has dominated when these two sides have played against each other but Kings have the momentum on their side after their last win. The side which gets customary to the venue quickly will win the contest.
Written by Shekhar Singh. Follow Shekhar on Twitter today.
