The road to IPL 2021 playoffs is getting tougher with every game for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). KKR is at the bottom spot in the table with just one win in a total of five matches. Liam Livingstone flew back to England due to the fatigue caused by the bio bubble over the past year. In such a situation, the team's strength seems to have taken a hit. KKR arrive in the match after suffering four consecutive defeats.

Punjab started the tournament with a win but after that, they had to face defeat in three consecutive matches. The team, however, managed to break the order by defeating Mumbai Indians by nine wickets on Friday. The team will now look to win against KKR, who have lost their last four matches.

HEAD-TO-HEAD:

Played – 27 | Kolkata Knight Riders – 18 | Rajasthan Royals - 9 | N/R - 0

Punjab Kings (PBKS) PREDICTED XI:

KL Rahul (c&wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jhye Richardson, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) PREDICTED XI:

Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Andre Russell, Ben Cutting/Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, Pat Cummins and Shivam Mavi

PITCH REPORT:

Ahmadabad ground has both red and black soil pitches, with the latter offering variable bounce. The playing XIs of both sides will depend upon the kind of pitch being rolled out. During India vs England T20I series, teams were able to cross the mark of 160 runs. So the match between PBKS vs KKR is expected to be a high scoring affair.

MATCH PREDICTION:

Our match prediction meter is telling that Kolkata Knight Riders will win in this match. However, the match is expected to be exciting. Anyway, even though Punjab Kings have the upper hand in batting, KKR's team is much stronger in bowling.

WHEN AND WHERE TO WATCH PBKS VS KKR:

Match - PBKS vs KKR, 21st Match, IPL 2021 

Date - 26 April 2021, 7.30 pm IST

Venue - Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

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PUNJAB KINGS (PBKS) FULL SQUAD:

KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Riley Meredith, Arshdeep Singh, Moises Henriques, Mandeep Singh, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jalaj Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Utkarsh Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) FULL SQUAD:

Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.