Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, April 1: Kolkata Knight Riders will face Punjab Kings in the eighth match of the Tata IPL 2022 on April 1st at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In the eighth match of this season’s Tata IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Punjab Kings for the first time.
The Kolkata Knight Riders are currently in fifth place on the Tata IPL points table this season, while the Punjab Kings are in third place. Kolkata Knight Riders won one game in this season’s Tata IPL, while Punjab Kings won one game in this season’s Tata IPL.
Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets in their most recent match. In that game, Andre Russell scored 25 runs and took three wickets for the Kolkata Knight Riders.
Punjab Kings, on the other side, won their most recent match by 5 wickets against Royal Challengers Bangalore. In that game, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhanuka Rajapaksa both scored 43 runs for Punjab Kings.
In the history of the IPL, these two teams have played 29 games against each other, with Kolkata Knight Riders winning 19 and Punjab Kings winning 10.
Talking about the pitch, the batting conditions at Wankhede Stadium have always been favourable. The track has a consistent bounce, and the shorter boundaries make the batters’ work even easier.
Probable XIs:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Odean Smith, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Sandeep Sharma, Rahul Chahar
