Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings- 53rd match - May 8

The 53rd match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings on the 8th of May, 2023 at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

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Kolkata Knight Riders Form Guide:

Kolkata Knight Riders are currently placed at the 8th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders is Rinku Singh with 316 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Kolkata Knight Riders is Varun Chakravarthy with 14 scalps under his belt.

Kolkata Knight Riders have won their previous thriller of a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by a small.margin of 5 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and they posted a competitive total of 171 for 9 in 20 overs. They lost Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer early on. Jason Roy and Nitish Rana provided some stability to the innings by scoring 20 and 42 runs respectively. Rinku Singh also played a valuable knock of 46 in 35 balls to help Kolkata Knight Riders get past the 170 run mark and finish at 171 for 9 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Sunrisers Hyderabad couldn't get off to an ideal start. They lost 4 wickets for just 54 runs. This is when Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen got together and started finding the momentum needed. Klaasen smashed 36 off just 20 balls while Markram scored 41 off 40 balls. Once these two were dismissed, Sunrisers Hyderabad couldn't find boundaries and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. It was all down to the last over bowled by Varun Chakravarthy. Sunrisers Hyderabad needed just 9 runs but Varun bowled beautifully and conceded just 3 runs as Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 5 runs margin.


Punjab Kings Form Guide:

Punjab Kings are placed at the 7th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Punjab Kings is Shikhar Dhawan with 292 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Punjab Kings is Arshdeep Singh with 16 scalps under his belt.

Punjab Kings have lost their previous match against Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets.

Punjab Kings batted first and they posted a total of 214 for 3 in 20 overs. Prabhsimran Singh and Shikhar Dhawan got out early on. Liam Livingstone and Jitesh Sharma played brilliant knocks of 82 and 49 runs respectively to take Punjab Kings to a tall total of 214 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Rohit Sharma and Cameron Green lost their wicket early on. Ishan Kishan looked in great touch and he smashed the bowlers to all parts of the ground to collect 75 runs in 41 balls. Suryakumar Yadav also played a match-defining innings of 66 in 31 balls to get Mumbai Indians closer to the target. Tilak Varma and Tim David provided the finishing punch as they took Mumbai Indians home in the 19th over with 6 wickets in hand.


Let’s have a look at the squads:

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

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


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Kolkata Knight Riders

Who will win? -   Kolkata Knight Riders

Top Batter (Runs Score) – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders), Sam Curran (Punjab Kings)

Most Sixes – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings)

Player of the Match - Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Team Scores Batting first - Kolkata Knight Riders 180+, Punjab Kings 170+

Match Handicap:  Kolkata Knight Riders

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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