KKR vs PBKS Playing 11 IPL 2023: Probable Lineup of Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings For Match 53

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A buoyant Kolkata Knight Riders side will aim to get back to winning terms at home as they host Punjab Kings on Monday (May 8) at the Eden Gardens in an important IPL 2023 encounter.

KKR and PBKS are not among the playoffs spots and need a win to get themselves into that. The Knights lost the reverse fixture against Punjab earlier, and it promises to be a pulsating encounter between two decent sides.

KKR are currently have struggled so far with inconsistency, while PBKS have also won in alternative games and have won three alternate matches in their last 6 games.

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 Team News, Injury Update

KKR Team News vs PBKS: Kolkata Knight Riders don't have any injury concerns for now. The KKR side may go with the same team again, as Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Andre Russell and Sunil Narine are set to be their overseas players.

We may see the return of Suyash Sharma as an Impact Player, as the other players are set to keep their place.

PBKS Team News vs KKR: Punjab Kings lost their last match against MI despite scoring 214 runs. The bowling let them down badly as star bowler Arshdeep Singh went for 66 runs, while others couldn't make an impact.

Shikhar Dhawan's return to the team has bolstered their batting again, but PBKS can make a couple of changes. Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Brar can make way for Nathan Ellis and Atharva Taide in the lineup, the latter will provide adequate batting support to them and can count KKR spinners as well.

KKR vs PBKS IPL 2023 Match 53 Probable Lineup - KKR vs PBKS Playing 11

KKR Playing 11 vs PBKS: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (C), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravathy, Suyash Sharma

KKR Impact Players - Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Johnson Charles

PBKS Playing 11 vs KKR: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Matthew Short, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

PBKS Impact Players - Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Singh