- By Vishal Pushkar
- Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:36 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Where To Watch Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders: A visibly-shaken bowling line of Punjab Kings need to pick up pieces after being blown away by Abhishek Sharma's stellar knock as they face yet another challenging opposition Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday.
PBKS' batters who posted an incredible 245 in their 20 overs, would have never though that it could chased with balls to spare. Credit to Abhishek Sharma's whirlwind knock of 141 off just 55 balls, who just knocked them off their feet.
A helpless Shreyas Iyer, who himself smashed a 36-ball 82, could only laugh at the end of the match after watching his bowlers torn to shreds by Abhishek's blazing blade.
On Tuesday, though, Punjab will play at their home in Mullanpur where the pitch is also conducive for batters and the team management needs to decide what kind of conditions it would prefer going forward.
In the two matches at Mullanpur, 200-plus scores were managed by team batting first.
The bowling unit's confidence must have been shaken, especially of the two spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Glenn Maxwell, who gave away 96 runs in seven overs between them.
On the other hand, KKR will be extremely high on confidence after beating arch-rivals CSK at the Chepauk. The bowling attack bolstered by three world-class spinners have given them an extra edge in the contest wherever they play.
Where To Watch Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders?
Date: April 15, Tuesday
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh
Live Streaming: Jiohotstar app and website.
Squads:
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Pyla Avinash, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Pannu, Aaron Hardie, Priyansh Arya, Azmatullah Omarzai
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Chetan Sakariya.
Inputs from PTI
