Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders
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45th Match:
The match between PBKS and KKR is the forty-fifth meeting of the IPL 2021, which is going to be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on October 1st 2021.
PBKS vs KKR History:
The teams competed against each other 28 times, till date. Out of them, PBKS won 9 times and lost 19 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against KKR are LWLLL.
PBKS Home:
The teams faced each other 7 times at the home ground of PBKS. The host won thrice. On the other hand, the visitors won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against KKR are LWLWL.
KKR Home:
The teams competed 11 times at the home ground of KKR. The home team won 8 times and lost thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against PBKS are WLWWW.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. PBKS also won thrice, whereas KKR won 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against KKR are LWLLL.
Points and Ranks:
In the group stage, the winner will earn 2 points and the defeating team will earn 0 points.
Punjab Kings:
PBKS is at sixth rank in the table and may earn 2 points and will come at fourth or fifth position after winning the match. The team may stay at the same position or come to seventh position in defeat.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are LWLLW.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
KKR is on the fourth position in the table and will stay at the same position by earning 2 points after winning the match. The team will either stay or come at any of the top two of the bottom four positions (fifth or sixth)
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WLWWL.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Dubai shows the weather would be sunny and clear almost throughout the match, but mostly clear and partly cloudy in the ending session of the game. The precipitation percentage would be between 2% to 3% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 33 to 34 Celsius. The wind would be between 5 to 21 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 18 times in 39 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 7 times and lost 11 times, though once the team lost a match in the second super over.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLWLL.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 6 times and lost 15 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLLLL.
Over all, the teams, who won the toss, won the matches 13 times and lost 26 times, including those three super over defeats.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLLL.
The first batting team won the matches 22 times including two ties. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 17 times, only, including one tie.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLWLW.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 126. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 179 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 110, and the highest total was 219 runs. For the second inning, the lowest total was 109 runs, whereas the highest was 201 runs.
The batting average of the first innings is 28.69 and 24.63 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against KKR at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
PBKS got 9 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has an above average record, as the team won 5 times including a victory in the second super over, as the first super over and a game was tied, and lost 4 times including a super over defeat in a tied match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are LWWW***L.
KKR got 4 chances to play the match at the venue, the team has an average record, as the team won twice and lost two outings, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WLWL -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Punjab Kings:
The team may go with F. Allen in place of C. Gayle, S. Khan in place of D. Hooda and M. Agarwal in place of M. Singh, if M. Agarwal will be fit.
Punjab Kings Eleven: K. Rahul, M. Agarwal, A. Markram, N. Pooran, S. Khan, F. Allen, H. Brar, R. Bishnoi, N. Ellis, M. Shami, A. Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with B. Cutting in place of L. Ferguson, if L. Ferguson will not be fit, and the team may include P. Krishna in place of S. Warrier.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: S. Gill, V. Iyer, R. Tripathi, N. Rana, E. Morgan, D. Karthik, S. Narine, B.Cutting, T. Southee, P. Krishna, V. Chakravarthy
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: “***” means the match was tied and the super over was also tied, the match was resulted through second super over in one over eliminator.
