Match Information
Match: KKR vs KXIP, 32nd Match, Indian Premier League, 2016
Date: Wednesday, May 04, 2016
Time: 02:30 PM GMT
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Stadium: Eden Gardens
Match 15:30 BST / 20:00 IST starts. Live coverage on Sky Sports 3 and Sky Sports 3 HD in the UK. Max, Sony Six, Sony Six HD, Sony and Sony set ESPNHD ESPN will broadcast it in India.
Kolkata Knight Riders come back to familiar home conditions but will be wary of Kings XI Punjab, which is showing signs of improvement under a newly-appointed skipper, when the two teams clash in an IPL match in Kolkata on Wednesday.
On the flip side, KKR may have the Australian cricketer Brett Lee as their bowling trainer. They will be with out the help of their renowned coach Trevor Bayliss, that is at present associated with the The united kingdom cricket staff as his or her national trainer. They have the first kind Pakistani captain Wasim Akram as his or her staff tutor.
KXIP are without their legend batsman Virender Sehwag, who may have ceased enjoying which is as an alternative included in they being a mentor. KXIP are now being coached by Sanjay Bangar, that has been associated with the Indian native cricket team his or her batting trainer.
There's no way KXIP can go down as Vijay's task is cutout. They have to win their remaining matches to stay in the hunt. With their Aussie batsman Shaun Marsh ruled out for the rest of the season with a back injury, Vijay will have to rethink his strategy. The left-hander's top score was against KKR -- 56 not out in 41 balls -- in a first leg match they lost by six wickets. Marsh had totaled 159 runs in the six matches he played, at 31.80 with a strike rate of 118.65 as he will be sorely missed by its franchise.
"The good thing for us is that now everyone is clicking. In the coming matches, this will give us great confidence. We are professional cricketers and we know that when we play in Kolkata, our openers might play 15 overs and we might not get a chance to bat at all, but in the knockouts, if we qualify, our services might be needed again. So yes, we are a confident unit now, and ready to face any situation," Pathan said after KKR's victory against RCB.
Prediction: KKR win this match
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, John Hastings, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Sheldon Jackson, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Manan Sharma, Morne Morkel, Colin Munro, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Ankit Rajpoot, Andre Russell, Rajagopal Sathish, Shakib Al Hasan, Jaydev Unadkat, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav
Kings XI Punjab Squad:
Kyle Abbott, Anureet Singh, Armaan Jaffer, Farhaan Behardien, Konganda Cariappa, Rishi Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Nikhil Naik, Axar Patel, Wriddhiman Saha, Pardeep Sahu, Sandeep Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Swapnil Singh, Shardul Thakur, Murali Vijay, Manan Vohra
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