IPL 2023 2 matches will be played on the first weekend
Punjab Kings vs KKR will play at Mohali on Saturday 1st April 2023. This will be the first match of the day.
The weather forecast is not looking good, currently, it is heavily raining and the chance of precipitation is 55% in the afternoon.
There is a quite chance that the first home match of Punjab Kings will be washed out. Let’s keep our fingers crossed and expect a game even if the overs have been curtailed.
KKR will introduce a new captain in form of Nitish Rana, as Shreyas Iyer is not available this year due to injury.
As cricket lovers, we never accept a washout game, and that too in IPL will be heartbreaking to us.
Pitch Report of Pujnab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Mohali, Punjab.
Mohali hosted its last IPL match in 2019, so it’s been a quite long time since they have not hosted any IPL matches here.
but usually, Bindra Stadium is known for high-scoring matches, the average for 1st innings is 168 here and the average for 2nd innings is 158.
Though the highest score posted in T20I by India against Sri Lanka was 211/4.
So far 9 games have been played here and batting first won the 5 games rest by batting 2nd.
Punjab Kings Best Possible XI
Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sikandar Raza, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
Punjab is planning to use Rajapksha and Rahul Chahar as impact players in case of batting first or bowling first situation.
Kolkata Knight Riders Best Possible XI
N Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (capt), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders are full of all-rounders, and huge power hitters like Andre Russel and Gurbaz, Narine has also shown his color while opening the innings so they must use their impact player quite wisely if they at all need any.
Prediction of Punjab Kings and Kolkata knight Riders
If the rain does not play any spoilsport we are expecting an exciting thriller, it will be very tough to pick one team among these two. If still we have to, then I must say Punjab Kings will have an edge to come victorious in today’s match.
Ipl 2023 Match 3: Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, Lucknow
Today’s second match will be played at Lucknow, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium while both teams will be eyeing to get their first point on the board and start their journey on a winning term.
Though at Lucknow it is raining now, the sky is expected to be clear in the evening, hopefully, we will get a full quota of 20 overs a side match.
Pitch Report of Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, Lucknow
To date, this ground has hosted 6 T20s and out of those 5 have been won by batting first team on only one occasion India chased down New Zealands 99 runs target that too by 1 ball to spare.
So we can expect a low-scoring match on the card.
Kuldeep Yadav of Delhi Capitals could play a vital role in this match.
Prithvi Shaw can unleash the beast mode while opening.
Best Possible Playing Xi for Lucknow Super Giants.
KL Rahul (captain), Quinton de Kock (wk), Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi
Best Possible Playing Xi for Delhi Capitals
David Warner (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Sarfaraz Khan (wk), Rovman Powell, Axar Patel, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed
Prediction of Lucknow Super Giants vs Delhi Capitals, Lucknow
Expected to be a low-scoring thriller, a very close fight will be waiting for us . It is not at all wise to pick any team before the match but still, as per our prediction board, we must pick one team.
Delhi Capitals is looking more solid in the batting and bowling section than Lucknow Super Giants.
Our winning choice is Delhi Capitals for today’s match.
Best of luck to all 4 teams.
FAQ’s
Who scored the First Half Century of IPL 2023
Ruturaj Gaikwad scored his first half-century off 23 balls with the help of 3 boundaries and 5 maximums.
Who is currently the highest run Scorer
Ruturaj Gaikwad 92 , followed by Shubhman Gill 63
Who was the First ever impact player in IPL 2023
Tushar Deshpande of Chennai Super kings was the first-ever impact player in IPL 2023 history, he replaced Ambati Rayudu.