Both KXIP and KKR are fresh from beautiful victories against their respective opponents on Saturday. While KKR defeated the table tops Capitals of Delhi by 59 runs to retain fourth place, it was the complete show of Mohali’s team against Hyderabad sunrisesLater in the evening it stood out.
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Punjab was clearly more compelling in its approach, as the conundrum of death bowling was finally tackled after making an incredible comeback. KXIP bowlers took five wickets in the final two overs to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs and stay afloat.
But KXIP cannot afford any complacency against the Kolkata side as the memories of their previous meeting will still be fresh in Punjab’s mind. Antillean Sunil narine and the pacemaker Prasidh Krishna had unleashed a brilliant comeback in death to engineer a narrow two-race victory for KKR.
Narine’s half-century against the Delhi capitals will add teeth to Kolkata’s middle order, which has so far struggled due to poor form of Andre russell. Punjab will wait for that fit opener Mayank Agarwal returns to the XI. after missing the last game due to injury.
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