IPL 2022: 8th Between KKR and PBKS

KKR vs PBKS IPL 2022

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings

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8th Match:

The match between KKR and PBKS is the fourth meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on April 1st 2022.

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KKR vs PBKS History:

The teams competed against each other 29 times, till date. Out of them, KKR won 19 times and lost 10 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against PBKS are LWLWW.

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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.

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.

Neutral Venue:

The teams met 11 times at the neutral venue. KKR won 7 times, whereas PBKS also won 4 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against PBKS are LWLWW.

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Teams and Ranks:

Kolkata Knight Riders:

The team completed 231 games, out of them the team won 118 times and lost 108 times with 5 without any result (No Result).

The team is at the fifth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022), victory will bring the team to first or second place and the defeat will cause the team to lose 0 to 2 positions.

Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are LWLWW.

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Punjab Kings:

The team completed 210 games, out of them the team won 99 times and lost 111 times.

The team is at the third place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022), victory will bring the team to the first place and the defeat will cause the team to lose 1 to 4 positions.

Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are WWLWL.

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Venue Weather:

Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be mostly clear in the beginning of the game and then pretty clear till the end of the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 1% to 2% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 28 to 29 Celsius. The wind would be between 5 to 9 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the game and the temperature would decrease gradually.

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):

Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 23 times in 85 games. The selection slightly favored the teams, as the team won 12 times including a victory in a tied game and lost 11 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WW*LLW.

The teams never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2017.

On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 34 times and lost 28 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 WWWWL.

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The first batting team won the matches 40 times including a (1) victory in a tied match. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 45 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLWLL.

Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 46 times including a tied outing and lost 39 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWWW.

KKR:

The team won the toss 4 times in 12 played games. Out of them, the team won once and lost thrice.

Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLL -.

The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.

Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLLLL.

PBKS:

The team won the toss 4 times in 14 played games, which the team never won, till date.

Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLL -.

Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLWLW.

Score:

The lowest successful defended total was 118 runs in 2018. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 198 runs in 2019 at the ground.

The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2008, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2015. For the second inning, the lowest total was 79 runs (completed innings) in 2013, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2017.

The batting average of the first innings is 27.21 and 25.25 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 KKR against PBKS at the venue are – – – – -.

Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:

KKR:

The team had an extremely poor record at the venue, as the team won twice and lost 10 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are WLLLL.

PBKS:

The team had a poor record at the venue, as the team won 6 times and lost 8 times.

Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are LLWLL.

Tentative XI for both the Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders:

The team would like to go with a winning combination, if A. Russell will be fit, otherwise may go with C. Karunaratne.

Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: V. Iyer, A. Rahane, S. Iyer, N. Rana, S. Billings, S. Jackson, A. Russell, S. Narine, T. Southee, U. Yadav, V. Chakravarthy 

Punjab Kings:

The team would like to go with K. Rabada in place of S. Sharma.

Punjab Kings Eleven: M. Agarwal, S. Dhawan, B. Rajapaksa, L. Livingstone, R. Bawa, S. Khan, O. Smith, H. Brar, A. Singh, K. Rabada, R. Chahar

*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.

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