PBKS vs KKR Highlights: Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored a fine half-century as Punjab Kings put on a fine 191/5 batting first. Sam Curran, Prabhsimran Singh, and Shikhar Dhawan chipped in with fine cameos. For KKR, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy put in a good show. KKR’s resistance was led by Andre Russell and Venkatesh Iyer, but Arshdeep Singh’s 3/19 and rain put paid to their run chase. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Punjab Kings Playing XI: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh(w), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Mohali Weather – PBKS vs KKR
The Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders match is slated for 3:30 PM IST on Friday. The toss will happen at 3 PM IST.
This is the first day match of the IPL 2023 which is very worrying thing for fans as rain is expected during the daytime in Mohali.
But chances are that this match would be affected by bad weather/rain. In the latest, visiting Kolkata Knight Riders were not able to practice because of rain. As a result, their captain Nitish Rana opted to train indoors.
“Practice was cancelled today (Friday) due to rain/bad weather. Nitish Rana trained in the indoor facility at PCA stadium,” an official note from KKR stated.
