Interested in Today’s IPL predictions Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings (Match 8) for IPL 2022?
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The Punjab Kings will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the 8th match of IPL 2022.
The match will be telecast live on Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar.
The Kolkata Knight Riders have defeated Chennai in the first match but lost to RCB last night in a low-scoring encounter.
They will be keen to come back to winning ways after losing a thriller against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings had defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening match.
In a high-scoring contest, Punjab Kings chased down the big target of 206 runs that was set by Bangalore.
Match details
Teams: KKR vs PKBS
Venue: Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai
Date: 1st April, Friday
Time: 7:30 pm IST
Head to head record
Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings have played a lot of matches against each other in the IPL and we have seen a lot of entertaining contests when these two collide.
Now let’s take a look at their head-to-head record in IPL.
Total Matches played: 29
Kolkata Knight Riders won: 19
Punjab Kings won: 10
Tie/no results: 0
KKR’s Probable Playing 11
Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
PBKS Probable Playing 11
Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Raj Bawa, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma/Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar.
The customary 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒉 from KG to start off his first training session with us 🔥😍#SaddaPunjab #IPL2022 #PunjabKings #ਸਾਡਾਪੰਜਾਬ @KagisoRabada25 pic.twitter.com/3UXaDgC1Yl
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) March 30, 2022
Jeetbig Star bowler of the match
Umesh Yadav has performed brilliantly in the last two matches for Kolkata.
He has picked up two wickets in both games with a very low economy rate. Hence, he is expected to be the star bowler of the match
Jeetbig Star batsman of the match
Shreyas Iyer has not performed well in both matches but he has the ability to make a strong comeback and he is expected to be the star batsman of the match.
Jeetbig star Wicketkeeper of the match
Sheldon Jackson is a very talented young cricketer and he will perform both with the bat and behind the stumps in the match against Punjab Kings.
Jeetbig star All-rounder of the match
Andre Russell has been a match-winner for KKR for so many years and he is still performing well for his side.
We go again tomorrow 💜@Russell12A #KKRHaiTaiyaar #KKRvPBKS #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/2uey3sMYlX
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 31, 2022
Russell smashed 3 sixes and also picked up a wicket in the previous one and he will be the best all-rounder for KKR in match number.
Who will win?
Punjab Kings will enter the match with higher confidence than Kolkata but it will not be an easy task for them to win the match.
Kolkata Knight Riders have a strong and balanced squad and their bowling attack is much stronger than Punjab Kings.
Kolkata Knight Riders have an upper hand over Punjab Kings in both departments and it will take a lot of effort from Punjab Kings to beat Kolkata.
We predict that Kolkata Knight Riders will win this match.
