Pbks vs kkr: Shreyas Iyer, who won the title to Kolkata Knight Riders, will now become the biggest obstacle in the path of playoff qualification, when his captaincy Punjab Kings will play against the hosts in the important match of IPL at Eden Gardens on Saturday. KKR won its first IPL title in a decade under Iyer’s leadership last season. On Saturday, he will wear the jersey of the opposing team and will be full of confidence to take the next step towards taking Punjab to the playoffs. KKR shocked everyone by releasing them but Iyer is enjoying the captaincy of Punjab Kings.
In association with Mentor Ricky Ponting of Delhi Capitals, Iyer won Punjab in five of the eight matches and ranked fifth in the points table. This has given Iyer freedom to captain with confidence, due to which he has scored 263 runs with three half -centuries so far. Now his goal will be to score a century. He has a golden opportunity to answer with his bat, just like KL Rahul, who made an unbeaten half -century to give Delhi Capitals a victory against his former team Lucknow Super Giants.
KKR has lost five out of eight matches and another defeat will make his path difficult in the playoffs. Their top order is not performing well and the middle order is also not playing responsibly. Spinners have failed badly at their stronghold Eden Gardens. He will have to win five of the next six matches under any circumstances. KKR middle -order batsmen Andre Russell, Rinku Singh and Ramandeep could not finalize, so the team may have to change.
KKR can now field Caribbean all -rounder Rowman Powell. Angkrish Raghuvanshi will have to face the challenge of bowlers like Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal. Captain Ajinkya Rahane will also have to perform well as he has failed to win the team with his aggressive batting. He has to be careful with Chahal, who bowled dangerous last week and dismissed Rahane, Raghuvanshi, Rinku and Ramandeep.
Both teams
Punjab Kings: श्रेयस अय्यर (कप्तान), प्रियांश आर्य, प्रभसिमरन सिंह (विकेटकीपर), नेहल वाद्रा, शशांक सिंह, ग्लेन मैक्सवेल, मार्कस स्टोइनिस, माकोन जेन्सेन, युजवेंद्र चहल, अर्शदीप सिंह, यश ठाकुर, सूर्याश शेडगे, प्रवीण दुबे, विराजमान दुबे, वीरकुमार विजय, ब्रह्माण्ड, विजय उमरजई, जोश इंग्लिश, Javier Bartlet, Vishnu Vinod, Aaron Hardy, Kuldeep Singh, Mushir Singh. Khan, Payala Avinash.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Riku Singh, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rowman Powell, Manish Pandey, Lavanya Sisaudia, Venkatesh Iyer, Sucht Roy, Andre Ali, Moin Ali, Rowman Powell, Sucht Roy, Moin Ali, Rowman Powell, Space, Space, Spacer, Spacer, Spacer, Maink Marks, Johnson, Harshit Rana, Sunil Naren, Varun Chakraborty and Chetan Sakaria, match time: 7.30 pm.
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