IPL 2023 - Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, KKR vs PBKS key players, Playing XI; GT vs LSG & SRH vs RR highlights

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Nitish Rana-led Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Shikhar Dhawan-led Punjab Kings in today’s IPL match.

IPL 2023: KKR vs PBKS

Rinku Singh, Jason Roy, Nitish Rana (C), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, D Wiese

Kolkata Knight Riders:
Playing XI (Probable)

Shikhar Dhawan (C), Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, R Dhawan, MW Short, Liam Livingstone, P Simran Singh, JM Sharma (wk), Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh

IPL 2023: Punjab Kings
Playing XI (Probable)

Andre Russel, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh

KKR vs PBKS: Top picks

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings match will take place at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 8, 2023.

KKR vs PBKS: IPL
match timings

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings match will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Over the past three years, the average T20 first innings score at this venue has been 176 runs. The pitch is expected to be conducive to batting in the upcoming game. The pacers have been particularly successful here.

PBKS vs KKR venue,
pitch report

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings match will be live broadcast on Star Sports Network and live streamed on Jio Cinema

KKR vs PBKS: Live telecast

Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans defeated Krunal-Pandya-led Lucjnow Super Giants by 56 runs. In the other match, Aiden Markram-led Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals by 4 wickets.

GT vs LSG and SRH vs RR

-RR registered the highest total (214) at Sawai Mansingh Stadium
-Yuzvendra Chahal becomes the joint-highest wicket-taker in IPL
-For LSG, Quinton de Kock was the top scorer with a 41-ball 70
-For GT, Mohit Sharma scalped 4 wickets while Shami, Noor Ahmad, and Rashid Khan took 1 wicket each

GT vs LSG and RR vs
SRH highlights

Gujarat Titans is leading the charts with 16 points followed by MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings with 13 points. DC is at the bottom of the table with 8 points, while Sunrisers Hyderabad is at number 9.

IPL Points Table