Kolkata vs Punjab - Match Preview, Fantasy, Key Players, Pitch Report, Probable XI & More (45th Match, IPL)

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will go facing the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 45th match of the Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 on Friday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. However, the different sides come into this game on the rear of differentiating results. While KKR beat DC with ten balls to save, PBKS lost by six wickets to MI with an over to go. KKR are set fourth in the focuses table, level on focuses with MI, with five successes from eleven matches. PBKS, in the mean time, lie 6th, with four dominates from eleven matches. They need to win to keep their thin end of the season games trusts alive. KKR, without even a trace of Andre Russell, beat DC convincingly on a languid Sharjah surface. Subsequent to choosing for bowl first in the wake of winning the throw, KKR did well to limit DC to 127-9. Sunil Narine was brilliant with the ball, and furthermore contributed some fast runs with the bat. Venkatesh Iyer's medium speed was helpful for KKR as he got two wickets. After Kagiso Rabada's wicket-lady and Avesh Khan's tight bowling kept DC in the game, Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine united to take the group home. Rana stayed unbeaten on a 27-ball 36, while Narine basically polished the game off with a 10-ball 21 to add to his spell of 2-18 prior in the day. PBKS, in the mean time, endured one more batting breakdown against MI. Without even a trace of Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul and Mandeep Singh opened the batting, yet PBKS couldn't get off to a lively beginning. Wickets fell before long the powerplay, with Chris Gayle and Rahul tumbling to Kieron Pollard's trickiness. While Aiden Markram and Deepak Hooda modified the PBKS innings from 48-4, the group couldn't speed up after Markram's excusal, overseeing just 135-6. They put in a decent show with the ball, with Ravi Bishnoi bowling perfectly by and by. Notwithstanding, they dropped a lot of gets. One such drop of Hardik Pandya wound up costing PBKS the game. Pandya and Pollard then, at that point, polished the game off for MI after Saurabh Tiwary's quality thump. KKR traveled to a success the last time they met PBKS, so KL Rahul's side can't bear the cost of one more rehash of that outcome. With a spot in the end of the season games possibly on the line, anticipate an astonishing experience. Pitch Report Dubai has been the best batting track in the UAE leg of the period. So we could see a beautiful high-scoring game. While the wicket has dialed back and the spinners could discover some turn, it's as yet a transcendently seamer-accommodating wicket. KKR Key Players : Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine PK Key Players : KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Ravi Bishnoi Probable XI Kolkata Knight Riders Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee/ Andre Russell, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, and Prasidh Krishna/Sandeep Warrier Punjab Kings KL Rahul (c/wk), Mayank Agarwal/ Mandeep Singh, Aiden Markram, Chris Gayle/ Nicholas Pooran, Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, and Arshdeep Singh