KKR vs PBKS Match Prediction - Predicted Winner of IPL 2023 Match 53

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The City of Joy will witness a battle between the Kings and Knights as the North and East of the IPL collide in a crucial encounter on Monday at the Eden Gardens.

Hosts Kolkata Knight Riders have all to do as they are in must-win territory. KKR are sitting 8th in the table, with 8 points after 10 matches. Punjab Kings are just two points ahead of them having played the same number of games.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings - KKR vs PBKS IPL 2023 Match 53 Details

KKR vs PBKS Match Date, Time and Venue: The IPL 2023 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday (May 8). The match will start at 7.30 pm IST.

KKR vs PBKS Live Stream and Telecast: The IPL 2023 Match 53 between KKR and PBKS will be broadcast live on Star Sports network in multiple languages.

Indian viewers can also enjoy the live stream of the match through the JioCinema app and website. The viewers can enjoy the commentary in 12 Indian languages in the live stream, namely in English, Hindi, Bengali, Odiya, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi and Gujarati.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings IPL 2023 Squads

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy (replacement for Shakib Al Hasan), Aarya Desai, Johnson Charles (replacement for Litton Das)

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow (injured, replaced by Matt Short), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh

KKR vs PBKS IPL 2023: Match Prediction

Kolkata Knight Riders are in desperate territory at the moment. The KKR side managed to keep themselves afloat in the tournament after their latest win over SRH. Punjab Kings, on the other hand, lost against MI in the last match and will need a victory to get themselves back in the reckining.

The PBKS side won the reverse encounter between the two teams earlier. Shikhar Dhawan, the PBKS captain, has been excellent for them and will be pivotal in the upcoming match as well. KKR also need to be consistent at home, as they have already lost three out of their four matches this season so far.

But we reckon the Knight Riders do possess enough quality to prevail over the Kings. It looks like KKR will get the two points and get themselves level on points with PBKS.

KKR vs PBKS Head to Head in IPL

The two teams have met 31 times in the IPL. The Knight Riders have 20 matches out of them, while the Kings have registered 11 wins.