ABOUT THE MATCH:
Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 Match 46 would be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Kings XI Punjab at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday. The match would be telecasted live from 3:30pm onwards.
MATCH PREVIEW:
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS:
1. As it got past DC with ease, KKR played the best game it could possibly have dreamed of. There is no question that on that day, something clicked for KKR, but if we look a little closer, we can still find some serious team balance issues.
2. Narine may have scored runs against DC, but it’s hard to really rely on him for runs after his poor form this season. The drumming is very thin with Gill, Rana, Tripathi, Karthik, and Morgan as the actual drums.
3. Nitsih Rana has a good inning to his credit, Rahul Tripathi has looked out of his depth in recent matches, and Dinesh Karthik has also struggled.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI:
Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (C), Pat Cummins, Lockie Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy.
KING’S XI PUNJAB:
1. KXIP has four wins in a row coming in this match, the exact same number of games that Chris Gayle has played for them this season. They were also able to win without Mayank Aggarwal in the previous game. He ‘s expected to be fit to come back for this next game and that’s only going to add to their power.
2. With Glenn Maxwell, M Ashwin, and Ravi Bishnoi, KXIP also has a number of spin choices to use in the entire inning. Mohammad Shami is the front spearhead, and Deepak Hooda is an Indian batsman who rounds things out in the eleven.
3. KXIP has struck a strong balance on its side and is able to perform consistently. It is also a major advantage in the form of its senior batsmen. We assume that the recent faith of winning close games would have made a world of good for KXIP as well.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI:
KL Rahul (C & WK), Mandeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.
PITCH CONDITIONS:
In Sharjah, the pitch is not as fine for batting as it was a few matches ago. It has begun to support the bowlers to a certain degree. Even the teams that were batting second started making hay.
It is, however, possible to anticipate a good scoring match. With the temperature around the 30 degrees Celsius mark, the playing conditions will be hot. It is likely that the humidity is in the mid-40s.
WEATHER CONDITION:
The weather is expected to be sunny tomorrow. The visibility would be about 10 km, i.e. 6 miles, and 1013 mb of atmospheric pressure. The temperature during the day is going to hit 32 ° c and at night the temperature is going to drop to 25 ° c. With no precipitation and cloud covering 0 percent of the atmosphere, it will be dry, the moisture will be around 51 percent.
PORBABLE TOP PERFORMERS:
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS:
1. Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik had blown hot and cold in the 2020 IPL without a shred of doubt. In 11 games, the former Knights’ skipper had 148 runs on an awful average and a strike rate of 14.80 and 122.31, respectively.
However, he can take heart from his previous knock against a franchise based in Punjab. Back then, the right-hander broke 58 runs and turned out to be vital to the contest.
KING’S XI PUNJAB:
1. KL Rahul
KL Rahul remains the keeper of the Orange Cap for the time being, despite his last loss against Sunrisers Hyderabad. With 567 runs at an average of 63, he appeared a class apart from his teammates.
It goes without saying that Rahul needs to remain at the top of his game for KXIP to make more progress. He scored 74 in his last game against Knight Riders, but it was a losing cause.
HEAD TO HEAD:
1. Total Played– 26.
2. KKR Won– 18.
3. KXIP Won– 8.
4. No Result– 0.
5. Tie– 0.
BROADCAST DETAILS:
1. Tv – Star Sports Network.
2. Live Streaming – Disney+ Hotstar.
3. Match Timings – 26th October 2020 at 02:00 PM local time, 03:30 PM IST.
PROBABLE WINNING TEAM:
The prediction is for Kolkata Knight Riders to win the match.
