Full Details of Today Match Prediction

The world is ready to witness yet another big battle of IPL T20. The fifty-second match of Indian Premier League 2019 is scheduled to play between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday, 3rd May 2019 at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. We are posting safe, accurate, and secure today match prediction for all matches of IPL free.
Both teams, Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders are in a very tight position. They have no chance to make any mistake in their remaining matches. This match is a must-win for both teams. This is going to be a tough situation for Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders to able to qualify for the playoff. The team from these two will win this match and also the remaining another match, will have a chance to enter in the playoff. Rajasthan Royal’s match getting rained out has helped these two teams but it is still tough for these two. In such a situation, these both teams what can do is come out and play their best cricket. Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders had played twelve matches with five wins and same seven losses. They are holding the sixth and seventh position on the table. Kolkata Knight Riders are ahead on the table due to good run rate than Kings XI Punjab.

The performance of Kings XI Punjab had not been good in their some most recent matches. They had lost three consecutive matches. They lost their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad with a massive margin of 45 runs which is a big loss and that decreased their run rate also. They won the toss and put Sunrisers Hyderabad to bat first. They decided to have Mujeeb Ur Rahman back in the side who was charged for 66 runs in his four overs spell and did not take any wicket. Arshdeep Singh also leaked 42 runs in four overs and he got a wicket. Mohammed Shami and Ravichandran Ashwin got two wickets each. Murugan Ashwin also had a wicket in his account. They were charged for 212 runs in their 20 overs. The batting order of the Kings XI Punjab side is highly dependent on KL Rahul and Chris Gayle. This is what we saw in that match. Chris Gayle could score only four runs but KL Rahul scored 79 runs and remained the highest run-scorer of this match. Mayank Agarwal only could manage to score 27 runs. They scored 167 runs in their 20 overs while chasing 213 runs on the board.

Kolkata Knight Riders also had not been good in their most recent matches. After losing six consecutive matches, they won their previous match against Mumbai Indians with a margin of 34 runs. They lost the toss and were put into bat first. The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders side has a key role in this win. Almost all their batsmen scored runs. Shubman Gill scored 76 runs on 45 deliveries. He hit four maximum sixes and six boundaries. Chris Lynn scored 54 runs. The decision to sending Andre Russell on number three worked for them very well. Andre Russell smashed 80 runs on just 40 balls. He smashed eight maximum sixes and six boundaries. The skipper, Dinesh Karthik scored 15 runs on seven balls. They scored a total of 232 runs on the board in 20 overs. According to our point of view, the performance of the bowling unit of Kolkata Knight Riders was not much impressive. Even after having the four key wickets of Mumbai Indians on the total of 58 runs, they leaked 198 runs in 20 overs. Piyush Chawla was the most expensive bowler from their side who gave away 57 runs in four overs against one wicket. Sunil Narine, Harry Gurney, and Andre Russell got two wickets each.

Favorite Team in Today Match Prediction

According to our match prediction, Kings XI Punjab is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Kings XI Punjab a favorite team to win this match.

• Kings XI Punjab has the strong bowling lineup as compared to Kolkata Knight Riders
• Kings XI Punjab is much dependent on Chris Gayle and Lokesh Rahul in the batting order
• The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders in much strong than Kings XI Punjab
• Kings XI Punjab have the advantage of home crowd and ground

Winning Chances of Today Match for the Both Teams

Kolkata Knight Riders had been good in the most recent match they played. The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders also in excellent form. They beat a strong and top team of this tournament, Mumbai Indians, so the winning chances of today match for Kolkata Knight Riders have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today match is mentioned as under.

Kolkata Knight Riders 54% chances to win this match
Kings XI Punjab has 46% chances to win this match

Squad for Today Match Prediction

KXIP: Ravi Ashwin (C), Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, David Miller, Sarfraz Khan, Moises Henriques, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Varun Chakravarthi, PrabhSimran Singh, Nicolas Pooran, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Andrew Tye, Hardus Viljoen, Ankit Rajpoot, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi

KKR: Dinesh Karthik (C), Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Prithvi Raj, Sandeep Warrier, Shrikant Mundhe, Harry Gurney, KC Cariappa, Joe Denly, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Matt Kelly

Probable Playing XI for Today Match Prediction

KXIP: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh

KKR: Shubman Gill, Chris Lynn, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(C and WK), Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Gurney, and Sandeep Warrier.

Head to Head Record for Today Match Prediction

These two teams have come across each other 24 times in the past. KKR have emerged victorious in 16 games, while Kings XI have managed to win only eight times.
KKR won by 28 runs when these two met earlier in the season in Kolkata.

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Pitch Report and Conditions

The 52nd match of Indian Premier League 2019 will be played at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. The pitch here at this stadium is excellent for batting and that is what we expect for this match as well. The batsmen will like the ball coming on their bat while the bowlers can make use of the bounce in the surface as well. This ground has big dimensions of boundaries.

Weather Report for Today Match

The weather forecast for Mumbai on match day is good and we should have no interruption during this match. The humidity is generally low here at this venue.

Watch/Live Streaming

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Full Match Info

Date: Friday, 3rd May 2019
Time: 02:30 PM GMT / 08:00 PM LOCAL

Venue Details, Facts, and History

Stadium: Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
Location: Mohali, India
Opened: 1993
Capacity: 30000
Ends: Pavilion End, City End
Time Zone: UTC +05:30
Home to: Punjab
Floodlights: Yes
Curator: Daljit Singh

Venue Scoring Pattern in IPL T20

Total Matches	54
Matches won batting first	24
Matches won bowling first	30
Average 1st Inns scores	164
Average 2nd Inns scores	154
Highest total recorded	240/5 (20 Ov) by CSK vs KXIP
Lowest total recorded	67/10 (17.1 Ov) by DC vs KXIP
Highest score chased	194/6 (20 Ov) by KXIP vs DCG
194/6 (20 Ov) by KXIP vs DCG	106/6 (10 Ov) by KXIP vs RCB