Probable XI –
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Rahul Tripathi/Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Prasidh Krishna, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson
Kings XI Punjab –
Chris Gayle, KL Rahul (c)(wk), Mandeep Singh/Mayank Agarwal, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Glenn Maxwell, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Jordan, Murugan Ashwin
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Lokesh Rahul(C)
2. Shubman Gill(VC)
3. Nitish Rana
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Chris Gayle
6. Sunil Narine
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Varun Chakraborty
9. Pat Cummins
10. Lockie Ferguson
11. Mohammad Shami
– Lokesh Rahul has scored runs at an average of 38 in 8 head to head matches which makes him safest captain pick.
-Shubman Gill has been at his best against KXIP as he scored 152 runs in just 4 H2H matches.
– Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine & Morgan have been decent with an average of 30 against the opponent.
– Gayle has smashed runs at an average of above 45 against KXIP. He can be a good punt VC.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Lokesh Rahul
2. Shubman Gill(C)
3. Nitish Rana
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Chris Gayle(VC)
6. Sunil Narine
7. Glenn Maxwell
8. Pat Cummins
9. Lockie Ferguson
10. Mohammad Shami
11. Chris Jordan
– Chris Jordan can be crucial at this venue as he will expectedly bowl in death overs so might get 1-2 wickets.
– Glenn Maxwell got good start in both the last matches but failed to convert them in big knocks so that might come in this game.
– Pat Cummins & Ferguson are must have as they are performing well with the bowl & sometimes with bat too.
Grand League Combination –
1. Dinesh Karthik
2. Nicholas Pooran(VC)
3. Lokesh Rahul
4. Shubman Gill
5. Eoin Morgan(C)
6. Chris Gayle
7. Sunil Narine
8. Lockie Ferguson
9. Prasidh Krishna
10. Arshdeep Singh
11. Mohammad Shami
– Eoin Morgan will be crucial if top order fails early so made him captain of my GL Combo.
-Nicholas Pooran is looking in very good touch from last couple of matches so he might play a top knock in this match especially at this short Venue.
– Dinesh Karthik has batted at an average of 34 in more than 20 head to head matches.
