Punjab Kings (PBKS) will face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) today in the 31st match of IPL-20125. The match will be played at Maharaja Yadavendra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur at 7:30 pm. PBKs and KKR will face the first time this season.
Defending champions Kolkata will be the seventh match of this season. The team has won 3 out of 6 wins and 3 defeats. On the other hand, there will be Punjab's sixth match. The team has won 3 out of 5 matches, while 2 are defeated.
Match Details, 31st Match PBKS VS KKR Date- 15 April Stadium- Maharaja Yadavendra Singh International Stadium, Mullanpur Time: Toss- 7:00 pm, match start- 7:30 pm
Kolkata in the head to head
Kolkata Head to Head falls heavily on Punjab. So far, a total of 33 IPL matches have been played between the two teams. Kolkata has won 21 and Punjab in 12th. Punjab is a bit ahead with 3 wins in the last 5 matches between Punjab and Kolkata. While Kolkata have won only twice.
Shreyas Iyer PBKS No Top Scorer
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team. He has scored a total of 250 runs in 5 matches. In the first match of the season, he played an unbeaten 97 off 42 balls against Gujarat Titans. Arshadeep Singh is the highest wicket for the team in bowling. He has taken 7 wickets in 5 matches.
Varun Chakraborty KKR No Top Wicket Take
Captain Ajinkya Rahane is a KKR's top scorer. He has scored a total of 204 runs in 6 matches. He played 56 off 31 balls against RCB in his first match. Varun Chakraborty is 8 wickets in 6 matches in bowling. It's KKR's top wicket tech.
Pitch report Maharaja Yadavendra Singh is very helpful for the pitch batters at International Stadium. High -scoring matches can be seen here. So far 7 matches of IPL have been played. The team batting in the first innings in 4 matches and the first chase team in 3 have won. The highest team here is 219/6, which Punjab made against Chennai Super Kings in the last match.
Weather condition The atmosphere in Mullanpur on Tuesday will be very hot. There will be a lot of thunderstorms here today. There is no possibility of rain at all. Temperatures can remain from 24 to 38 degrees Celsius. The wind speed will be 13 km / h.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) of both teams' potential playing-12 (including impact player): Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Priyanka Arya, Prabhasimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Marco Yansen, Javier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshadeep Singh, Nehal Vadhera.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narayan, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramanandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Aurora, Varun Chakravarti.
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