Dream11 IPL Team Prediction KKR vs KXIP

Saturday will be the second doubleheader for the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Dinesh Kartik, will face Kings XI Punjab in their first match.

The match will take place at 3:30 pm at Shake Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The Kolkata team has definitely returned to the winning track. However, the situation at Kings XI Punjab under the leadership of KL Rahul is not good. 

The team lost four games in a row. In this case, please tell me that 11 people from both teams can play.

Possible playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders

Kolkata has played five matches so far this season, winning three and losing two. However, Kolkata is upbeat after winning the last match against Chennai by 10 runs. 

In this context, there is no scope for change in the Kolkata team. Captain Dinesh Karthik can land with his same playing XI.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shubman Gill, Sunil Naren, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (captain and wicketkeeper), Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakraborty.

Kings XI Punjab playing XI today match

Kings XI Punjab captained by KL Rahul has lost four matches in a row. In this sense, the challenge will be to return to captain Rahul in the match on Saturday. Chris Gayle may return in place of Glenn Maxwell in Punjab.

Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (Captain), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabhasimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell, Arshadip Singh, and Mujib-ur-Rehman.

No place for Maxwell 

The main reason for this difficult situation in Punjab is the failure of its star players. Australian off-roader Glenn Maxwell has proven to be the worst. For this season, the Punjab team made a big bet on him and added him for 10.75 million rupees. He is the second most expensive player in this year's IPL. But aside from so much cost and his image, he failed with both the bat and the ball.

In terms of statistics, Maxwell has played six games so far in which he has scored just 48 runs. 13 runs is his highest score. Maxwell is known for his explosive shots, averaging 12, while his hit rate is 86. So far he has only hit three fours in the tournament. Speaking of bowling, he has thrown 42 balls in six games, scoring 65 runs and taking just one wicket.