KXIP Vs KKR Dream11 Team | Punjab vs Kolkata Preview

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders. We are covering KXIP vs KKR Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for IPL2018. The next match is to be played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.

Kolkata is coming after to losses against the all new Mumbai who are on the win roll. Kolkata are low on confidence. They were bowled at 108 chasing the huge score of 211. Russell, Narine being out of form has been a huge concern for them. They are win all the matches just like Mumbai and Rajasthan. Chris Lynn too has been inconsistent. His contribution would have a positive result for the team.

​Punjab has been all about the opening players as the middle order is yet to make an impact. KL Rahul played back to back top class innings, winning one match and losing other as all his partners fell in single figure score. Punjab are in contention to seal the spot in the playoffs.

Previous time both met both met the rain threaten match was dominated by Gayle and Rahul. Lynn was top performer with bath for Kolkata. With both team having the power hitters it is expected to be a high scoring match.

When and Where :

KXIP vs KKR, Match 44, IPL2018
Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
04:00 PM IST

Venue Stats :

Avg 1st innings score: 174
Avg 2nd innings score: 176

Squads :

Kings XI Punjab :
Yuvraj Singh, Chris Gayle, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Axar Patel, Ankit Rajpoot, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Manoj Tiwary, Aaron Finch, David Miller, Mohit Sharma, Akshdeep Nath, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar

Kolkata Knight Riders :
Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Apoorv Wankhade, Robin Uthappa, Tom Curran, Kuldeep Yadav, Javon Searles, Piyush Chawla, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Johnson, Andre Russell, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Cameron Delport, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Prasidh Krishna

Team News :

Kings XI Punjab :

Akshdeep Nath failed to impress. He can be replaced by Yuvraj Singh or Mayank Agrawal.

Ankit Rajpoot can get a chance in place of Mohit Sharma.

Kolkata Knight Riders :

Shubman Gill is fit and available for selection, so he is likely to replace Rinku Singh.

If Shivam Mavi recovered from the injury then he is replaced Prasidh Krishna.

Probable Playing XI :

Kings XI Punjab :
Lokesh Rahul (wk), Chris Gayle, Karun Nair, Yuvraj Singh/Akshdeep Nath, Manoj Tiwary/Mayank Agarwal, Axar Patel, Marcus Stoinis, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma/Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Kolkata Knight Riders : 
Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Tom Curran/Mitchell Johnson, Shivam Mavi/Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav

KXIP Vs KKR Dream11 Team Prediction :

Wicket-keeper : Both KL Rahul and Dinesh Karthik are good but Rahul is better choice.

Batsmens :  C Gayle, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Karun Nair and Shubman Gill are good options.

Yuvraj Singh is also good batsmens. If he play then he is good for Grand Leagues.

We pick Shubman Gill If you don’t want to take him then replace with any player.

All-Rounders : S Narine, M Stoinis, R Ashwin and Andre Russell are good choices.

Axar Patel and Tom Curran are also good for Grand Leagues.

Bowlers : Andrew Tye, Mujeeb Zadran, Kuldeep Yadav and Piyush Chawla are good choices.

Shivam Mavi ( Little bit doubtfull ) is also good for Grand Leagues.

Captain and Vc Choices are : KL Rahul, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Chris Gayle, C Lynn and Robin Uthappa.

Key Players :

KXIP :
KL Rahul
C Gayle
Karun Nair
Marcus Stoinis
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
A Tye

KKR :
S Narine
C Lynn
R Uthappa
Nitish Rana
Dinesh Karthik
A Russell
K Yadav