The madness has started and we have crossed just the first four games of the Indian Premier League 2019. Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Kings XI Punjab in the next game at Eden Gardens. Where both teams will try to keep their winning momentum in the tournament. Both squads are balanced on papers and have enough firepower to entertain the crowd. But it will be interesting to see who will come on top after 40 overs in Kolkata. Have a look at what can be the team composition for both teams.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata opened their IPL 2019 campaign with a win against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Where they took the match out from the jaws of defeat to register a sensational victory. Andre Russell, the hero of that win, who turned his beast mode on when KKR need of 53 runs in 18 balls, out of which 21 came in Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s one over.
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Nitish Rana was also in good form during the game and scored 68 runs while opening the batting with Chris Lynn. Sunil Narine looked a bit off color that day was didn’t come out to bat after having a poor outing with the ball. However, Dinesh Karthik is expected to field with the same XI.
Probable XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Shubhman Gill, Dinesh Karthik (C/WK), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna.
Kings XI Punjab
KXIP won a thrilling contest against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur by 14 runs. First Punjab put on a great batting display, where Chris Gayle and Sarfaraz Khan shone to register a total of 184/4 in 20 overs. Ravichandran Ashwin was bowling in a good rhythm and dismissed Ajinkya Rahane before getting Jos Buttler out by Mankading him.
The game saw several momentum shifts but it was KXIP who came on top at the end. Though Ashwin doing Mankaded is raising some questions about his sportsmanship but that is just an out of context debate. It has stolen KXIP’s efforts to come back in the match from a point where RR was cruising towards a comfortable chase.
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Probable XI: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul (WK), Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ankit Rajpoot.
