Kings XI Punjab loses a good opportunity when they got defeated in front of Gujarat Lions at home on Sunday match. Due to the team lost its track on last Sunday so now the KXIP team needs to give consecutively three back to back good performances against the top three teams in IPL 2017 and if they successfully proved its worth now then they can reach to the further level of the game.
This time the team Kings XI Punjab will face tough competition if front of the Kolkata Knight Riders and last KKR also successfully defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore on their home ground Bengaluru so may be Punjab is in fear that Kolkata can defeat them in front of their home ground Mohali.
KKR vs KXIP Live Score Match 49th Vivo Ipl 10 2017
One of the main players, the in-form Hashim Amla, is expected to play well tonight. David Miller, too, will prove himself with Amla. The team KXIP will face some difficulties in front of Kolkata but the key players Eoin Morgan and Marcus Stoinis, the captain Glenn Maxwell and Shaun Marsh can deliver good form.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will face the strong Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the series of IPL at on this Tuesday and game is going to be interesting one. Team Kolkata has already sealed their spot for playoffs, but team Punjab is still 6 points away in order to prove its worth in the IPL game franchise. Now, Maxwell must win the remaining 3 matches successively and with that the team Punjab can save its reputation and can also get their place at the IPL front-row in the points table.
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KKR proves its worth at the last match by beating RCB easily by six wickets. Gautam Gambhir must be looking forward to repeating same winning streak today too and if the team will receive the victory against KXIP then it would be superb.
Team News for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
Though it will be very difficult for KXIP to win their remaining 3 matches in series, but still the team is pretty confident enough to face KKR tonight. In their last match against Gujarat Lions, Punjab failed to defeat the team and GL was blessed with the score of 189 at the scoreboard and the fantastic ton from Hashim Amla can work in favor of the team.
While Gujarat’s Dwayne Smith smashed 39-ball 74 cruising by that awesome win can be earned. KXIP now must defeat KKR, MI if the team wishes to survive at the IPL Season 10. So, every match that KXIP now plays is very important for them and the team is having some expectation from their opener Hashim Amla who is talented enough to have collected 400+ runs with 2 tons the series.
Then the middle order including experienced cricketers like Martin Guptill, Wriddhiman Saha, Axar Patel, Manan Vohra and Shaun Marsh can help Punjab to achieve high on the scoreboard. Fast bowler Sandeep Sharma can also determine the future of Punjab but make sure that bowling should not be weak. Axar Patel’s left-arm spin is also mattered against KKR.
Team News for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
KKR currently have 16 points from 11 games so it is now secure second position at the IPL points table. In a match against RCB, KKR proved its worth with almost scoring 105 in just 6 overs without losing any wicket – that’s the overflowing confidence of the team, both Chris Lynn (22-ball 50) and Sunil Narine (17-ball 54) played very well in the Sunday IPL.
Now, that KKR openers are doing well, Kolkata might expect something from the middle-order batsmen which includes performances’ from Grandhomme, Manish Pandey and Yusuf Pathan against KXIP.
KKR’s Bowling is largely depended on some of the key players such as Chris Woakes, Sunil Narine, and Umesh Yadav. Considering the turning track at Mohali – the players like, Piyush Chawla and Ankit Rajpoot are expected to show their skill which will also settle on future of the match.
Probable Playing XI (Both Teams)
Kolkata Knight Riders KKR:
Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Robin Uthappa (Wicket Keeper), Umesh Yadav, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Piyush Chawla and Ankit Rajpoot.
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP):
Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket keeper), Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Hashim Amla, Martin Guptill, Manan Vohra, Glenn Maxwell (Captain), Shaun Marsh and Varun Aaron.
Head-to-head: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has 14-6 win-loss record against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP).
Venue: PCA Stadium, Mohali. The match will telecast live on SONY ESPN from 8 PM onwards.
Match Result Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will win.
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