PBKS vs KOL Dream11 Team - IPL 2021 | 26 Apr

After the first 20 games of IPL 2021 were all played at either Chennai or Mumbai, we’re set to move to the third venue of this tournament and that is the newly renovated Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Here, we’ll have Match 21 where Punjab Kings will be in action, desperately looking for a change in fortunes, with only 2 wins in 5 games so far. Good part is that they’re coming off a big win against Mumbai!

On the other hand is Kolkata Knight Riders who are languishing at the bottom of the IPL 2021 points table with 1 win in their 5 games, and 4 consecutive losses after an opening victory in IPL 2021. We’re not sure what to expect from this pitch as the Tests between India and England was a slow turner but the T20s saw assistance for all. Keep reading for our complete BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) fantasy preview of the PBKS vs KOL game…

Game details

Series: Indian Premier League 2021.
When: 26th April 2021, 7:30pm IST.
Where: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India.
Capacity: 110,000+
Series position: Round robin stage.

Form (recent first)

PBKS: W L L L W
KOL: L L L L W

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Stats that matter

Last 5 games head to head, Kolkata leads 4-1.
Nicholas Pooran scores in IPL 2021 – 0, 0, 9, 0.
Average 1st inns score here in last 5 T20Is – 170 runs.
Eoin Morgan – only 45 runs in 5 games in IPL 2021.

Punjab Kings

With Chris Gayle playing an important 43* in the last game, he’s likely to continue being a part of the PBKS playing eleven which means the top three will stay unchanged. However, we expect changes in the middle order and a few players being moved up and down the order. One thing for sure is that we want Deepak Hooda in our PBKS vs KOL fantasy team because he’s been attacking and has been used with the ball too.

Talking about bowling options, Ravi Bishnoi was brought into the side for the last game and he immediately impressed with 2/21 so he’s likely to keep his side but the other overseas spinner Fabian Allen may be swapped out as he’s only got 1 wicket in his 2 games so far. They might consider bringing in either pacer Riley Meredith or Jhye Richardson (probably him) to bounce out the likes of Narine and Russell from KKR.

Kolkata Knight Riders

It has been the most horror season so far for captain Eoin Morgan and it got worse in the last game when he got run out without even facing a ball. He’ll be itching to get some big shots out and we’re picking him in our BatBall11 (Code “READ123“) PBKS vs KOL fantasy team. While Shubman Gill is not firing, Rahul Tripathi has looked good in every game so far and we can’t leave him out of our team either.

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With the Indian pacers not being great so far this season, we think it’s time for Lockie Ferguson to get into the side and he’s probably going to replace Sunil Narine if they want him to play. Pawan Negi is someone sitting on the bench who could be the extra spinning option in case they require one. But from those who are certain to play, we think Pat Cummins should be picked because he’s been batting well too!

Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – IPL 2021 Betting

Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders – IPL 2021 betting
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Punjab Kings Squad

KL Rahul (C), Moises Henriques, Chris Gayle, Jhye Richardson, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Fabian Allen, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Riley Meredith, Ishan Porel, Shahrukh Khan, Dawid Malan, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Saurabh Kumar.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad

Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Pawan Negi, Shakib al Hasan, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Sheldon Jackson, Sandeep Warrier, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Harbhajan Singh, Tim Seifert.