KKR vs PBKS: Kolkata an & Punjab match canceled due to rain, both teams got 1-1 points

KKR vs PBKS Highlights: The Indian Premier League T20 match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings here was canceled due to heavy storm and rain. In this way both the teams have to be satisfied with 1-1 points. When the match was stopped, KKR had scored seven runs in one over without any loss while chasing 202 runs for victory.

Sunil Narayan was present at the crease with four and Rahmanullah Gurbaz with one run. But the rain was so heavy that the match could not be restarted. Punjab Kings have reached the top four with 1 point.

Match canceled due to rain

Earlier, on the basis of explosive innings of Prabhsimran Singh's 83 and Priyansh Arya's 69, Punjab set a target of 202 runs in front of Kolkata. After losing the toss and batting first, both of them gave their team a great start by making a century partnership of 120 runs.

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At present, the match is stopped due to rain. The reduction of overs will start from 10.35 onwards.

Both teams got 1-1 points

This was the second time this season when both the teams were clashing. For the first time when both the teams clashed, Punjab had all out KKR for 92 runs while defending the lowest total in IPL history. Now KKR has a chance to take revenge. Talking about the points table, Punjab Kings is at number 5 with 10 points, while Kolkata's team is at 7th position with 6 points. Kolkata is still in the playoff race and for this it will have to win 5 out of the remaining 6 matches.

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Kolkata has the upper hand in head to head

Talking about head-to-head, Kolkata has the upper hand. Out of the total 34 matches played so far, Kolkata has won 21, while 13 matches have been won by Punjab Kings. In the last 5 matches also, Kolkata has won 3 while Punjab 2 has won 2 matches.

Probable playing XI of Punjab and Kolkata-

 Kolkata's playing XI- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty.

Punjab Kings Playing XI- Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Umarzai, Marco Johnson, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.