Last year Shreyas Iyer led the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captaincy and was a major part of the 2024 Championship title. This year the player takes the same role but this time as part of the Punjab Kings (PBKS). Today we all are eager to see Iyer in action against his former team. On the other side, Ajinkya Rahane’s captaincy this season in KKR has been nothing less than valuable with his impactful role as an opening batter.
The battle for the win will be seen today with both the team’s currently at 6 points in the points table. KKR are in an advantage with a net run rate of 0.803 but they have to add a win today in order to maintain their upperhand against PBKS.
Pitch Report
The pitch is likely to favor the batters highly with both the team’s trying to chase a 200-mark target score.
Head-to-Head
The team’s have clashed 33 times in which KKR takes the lead majorly with 21 wins and PBKS with just 12 of them.
Three Fantasy Picks
Shreyas Iyer (PBKS)
The skipper with 250 runs has given some promising performances this season with scores like 97*(42) against Gujarat Titans, 52*(30) against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). His 82(36) in last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad was another major highlight.
Priyansh Arya (PBKS)
His batting skills have been consistently resulted well for PBKS this season. His 36 runs off 13 balls in last match was quite the striker in the powerplay in his opening partnership with Prabhsimran Singh.
Sunil Narine (KKR)
Narine was back back in form last match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The all-rounder played his role quite well as a bowler in the first innings taking three crucial wickets. His 44(18) performance in the second innings was another crucial performance in the team’s win.
Fantasy XI
Ajinkya Rahane C), Quinton de Kock (WK),
Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Arshdeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Varun Chakaravarthy, Shreyas Iyer (VC).