Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings
Blog Highlights @
53rd Match:
The match between KKR and PBKS is the fifty-third meeting of the IPL 2023, which is going to be played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on May 8th 2023.
KKR vs PBKS History:
Overall:
The teams competed against each other 31 times, till date. Out of them, KKR won 20 times, whereas PBKS won 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against PBKS are LWLWL.
@ KKR Backyard:
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.
Teams and Ranks:
The Home Team (KKR):
The team completed 253 games, out of them the team won 127 times and lost 121 times with five (5) without any result (No Result).
The team is at the eighth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 8 points (in total), victory will bring the team to any of the fourth or fifth place with 10 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in any of the last three position with 8 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are WLWLL.
Last 5 (completed) match results at home for KKR are LLLWW.
The Visiting Side (PBKS):
The team completed 233 games, out of them the team won 110 times and lost 123 times.
The team is at the seventh place (currently) in the table (IPL 2023) with 10 points (in total), victory will bring the team to any of the third or fourth position with 12 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to the eighth position with 10 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are LWLWL.
Last 5 (completed) away match results for PBKS are WWWLW.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast for Kolkata shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 1% to 4%, as of now, so there would be rare chances of rain. The temperature would be between 30 to 33 Celsius. The wind would be between 12 to 14 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the engagement and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL & CLT20):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 28 times in 83 games. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the team won 12 times and lost 16 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLWWL.
The teams never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2016.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 33 times and lost 22 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WLLLL.
The first batting team won the matches 34 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 49 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWWWW.
Over all, the teams won the toss, won the matches 45 times and lost 38 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLLLL.
Home Side (KKR):
The team won the toss 36 times in 78 played games. Out of them, the team won 22 times and lost 14 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are LLLWL.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss since 2015.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are LWWLL.
The side never lost any battle after being sent to the field since 2012.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 129 runs in 2008. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 201 runs in 2010 at the ground.
The first innings lowest total was 81 runs in 2011, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2023. For the second inning, the lowest total was 49 runs in 2017, whereas the highest was 205 runs in 2023.
The batting average of the first innings is 26.46 and 28.51 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other 11 times at the venue. The host won 8 times and the visitors won thrice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against PBKS at the venue are WLWWW.
None of the teams ever won an encounter after choosing to bat first, till date.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
The Home Unit (KKR):
The team had a good record, as the team won 46 times and lost 32 times in 78 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are LLLWW.
The Visiting Unit (PBKS):
The team has a horrendous record, as the team won thrice and lost 8 times in eleven (11) played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are LWLLL.
The side never won an outing after losing the toss since 2012.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team may go with a winning combination.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: J. Roy, R. Gurbaz, + V. Iyer, N. Rana, R. Singh, A. Russell, S. Thakur, S. Narine, H. Rana, V. Arora, V. Chakravarthy, + A. Roy
Punjab Kings:
The team may go with S. Raza in place of M. Short.
Punjab Kings: S. Dhawan, + P. Singh, S. Raza, L. Livingstone, J. Sharma, S. Curran, M. Shahrukh Khan, R. Dhawan, H. Brar, R. Chahar, A. Singh, + N. Ellis
*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: “+”indicate an impact player. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/kkr-vs-pbks-ipl-2023-with-race-to-playoffs-hotting-up-kolkata-knight-riders-host-punjab-kings/articleshow/100052074.cms
