Punjab Kings (PBKS) are going to host Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their opening encounter of IPL 2023 in the present day on the Punjab Cricket Association Is Bindra stadium in Mohali. It can be fascinating to observe how Punjab play below the captaincy of their new chief Shikhar Dhawan. Punjab tend of adjusting their captain steadily. In the final three yeas, PBKS have had three captains in type of KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal and Dhawan. Before Rahul, Punjab had put their religion in R Ashwin for some seasons however even he didn’t final for lengthy.
PBKS obtained an enormous blow forward of IPL 2023 once they obtained to know that Jonny Bairstow is not going to be accessible for your complete season. ECB haven’t given clearance to Bairstow even after he has recovered effectively from his leg damage he suffered final 12 months. That is as a result of ECB do not need to threat his fitnesss as Ashes 2023 and ODI World Cup are scheduled later this 12 months.
_____ _____ __#AmiKKR #KKR #TATAIPL2023 pic.twitter.com/sOLHn2kT10
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) March 31, 2023
As far as KKR are involved, Nitish Rana will lead KKR in the sixteenth version of the Indian Premier League as common captain Shreyas Iyer will not participate in the competitors for at the very least the primary half of the season.
Here’s my Dream11 prediction for PBKS vs KKR:
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Andre Russell (Vc), Jitesh Sharma, Nitish Rana, Mandeep Singh, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Umesh Yadav, Rahul Chahar.
Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders Probable enjoying XIs:
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prabsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, N Jadgadeesan, Nitish Rana (C), Mandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Squads:
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee, Vidwath Kaverappa.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (C), Vaibhav Arora, Lockie Ferguson, Harshit Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Rinku Singh, Tim Southee, Suyash Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, David Wiese, Umesh Yadav, Shreyas Iyer.
(*1*)Source hyperlink
