Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 - Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2nd Match: 1st April

The Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 2nd Match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 will be played at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali.

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The last encounter between the two sides saw Kolkata Knight Riders beat Punjab Kings by 6 wickets in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022.

Shikhar Dhawan is the top run-scorer for Punjab Kings with 333 runs from his last 10 matches at an average of 41 and a strike rate of 120.

Liam Livingstone has also made 275 runs from his last 10 matches.

Kagiso Rabada has been the best bowler for Punjab Kings and has picked up 19 wickets from his last 10 matches while bowling at an economy rate of 8 and a strike rate of 12.

Arshdeep Singh has also picked up 8 wickets from his last 10 matches.

Newly-appointed captain Nitish Rana is the top run-scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders with 322 runs from his last 10 matches at an average of 35 and a strike rate of 146.

Andre Russell has also made 229 runs from his last 10 matches.

Andre Russell has been the best bowler for Kolkata Knight Riders and has picked up 15 wickets from his last 10 matches while bowling at an economy rate of 9 and a strike rate of 8.20.

Tim Southee has also picked up 9 wickets from his last 7 matches.

Squads

Punjab Kings - Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shahrukh Khan, Matt Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders - Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jadadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Shakib Al Hasan

Key Stats

• Kolkata Knight Riders have won six of their last eight Indian Premier League games against Punjab Kings (L2), including the only game between the two sides last season; Kolkata has a win percentage of 67% against Punjab (P30 W20 L10), their highest such rate against any of the currently active IPL franchises.
• Punjab Kings have alternated between a loss and a win in each of their last four Indian Premier League games, having won their most recent encounter against the Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 22; indeed, Liam Livingstone top-scored in both of their wins in this run (70 vs RCB & 49* vs SRH).
• Punjab Kings logged a catch success rate of 87% in the 2022 Indian Premier League season, the highest among all teams; indeed, Punjab’s 10 drops were the fewest by any team last season with the team catching the remaining 67 of its total 77 chances.
• Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders) has taken 152 wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, the second most by any bowler for a single team in competition history (Lasith Malinga – 170 wickets for Mumbai Indians); Narine aggregated a bowling dot ball rate of 42.3% in the IPL last season, the best such rate of any spinner with at least 25 overs bowled.
• Arshdeep Singh (Punjab Kings) logged a bowling economy rate of 7.6 during the death overs (overs 17-20) in the Indian Premier League last season, the second best such rate of any bowler with at least 40 balls bowled in this phase (Jasprit Bumrah – 7.4).