VIVO IPL Match 21: PBKS VS KKR 2021 Match Preview

VIVO IPL Match 21 PBKS Preview: Although PBKS has done well in the last match beating the mighty Mumbai Indians by nine wickets. The bowling unit did well to restrict MI to 131 with Mohammad Shami and Ravi Bishnoi taking two wickets each and Arshdeep took 1 wicket. The team has high expectations from the high price tag overseas bowlers but they have failed to perform. This has been concern for the team. Arshdeep has done consitently well but Shami had a mixed tournament till now with off days. The spinner had struggled in the opening the matches but inclusion of Ravi Bishnoi in the last game is a postive for the team.

VIVO IPL Match 21 PBKS Preview: Batting has been good till now except for two matches against SRH and CSK where they failed to fire but have done a decent job in other matches. KL Rahul is in good form with three fifties till now. Gayle has played well in two innings but a big inning is yet to come. Hooda batted excellently in the first match and played some cameos in the rest of the games. Sharukh Khan has shown his potential to hit the ball and score quickly. Mayank has also got starts but not converted into a big inning. The batting unit overall looks good.

VIVO IPL Match 21 KKR Preview: Kolkata at the bottom of the points table has a lot to do to gain some momentum in the tournament before it’s too late for them. Batting has been the main concern for the team with the team has failed to put up runs on the board. The captain Eoin Morgan has accumulated jus45 runs in the last 5 matches and looked out of touch. Andre Russell played a brutal inning against Chennai Super Kings but failed to score against Rajasthan Royals in the last match. Nitish Rana after three back-to-back fifties have look out of touch. Subhman Gill’s form has been a big concern for the team as he has not fired yet. Kolkata has a good bench strength with players like Ben Cutting, Tim Seifert is waiting for their chance to play in the tournament.

VIVO IPL Match 21 KKR Preview: Kolkata Knight Riders have a good bowling unit but have not performed as per their standard in the last game. Prasidh Krishna failed to impress. Sunil Narine has done a decent job in the last two matches. The key bowler for KKR, Pat Cummins leaked runs in the last two matches. We may see few changes in the bowling as Lokie Ferguson who had a good job in the past few seasons may get a chance.

PBKS VS KKR : Head to Head

Pitch Report

The pitch at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium is hard red soil flat wicket favorable to batsmen due to its pace & bounce. Always been a high-scoring venue and the same is to be expected today. The last match was a high-scoring match between DC and PBKS. Quick bowlers have a better chance to grab wickets rather than spinners.

Weather Report

Squads

Punjab Kings

Probable Playing XI: Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (C and WK), Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Fabian Allen, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami.

Rest Squad: Mandeep Singh, Dawid Malan, Sarfaraz Khan, Murugan Ashwin, Moises Henriques, Saurabh Kumar, Prabhsimran Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Chris Jordan/Fabian Allen, Utkarsh Singh, Riley Meredith, Jalaj Saxena

Kolkata Knight Riders

Probable Playing XI:  Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna

Rest Squad: Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan

Dream 11 Prediction:

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Winner Prediction

Kolkata Knight Riders looks like a better team to win the match with a balanced team combination

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