The 45th Match of the Indian Premier League is scheduled to play between KKR vs PBKS on Friday, 1st October 2021 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

Kolkata Knight Riders had a brilliant start to this second half of IPL and won three out of four matches played. They had beaten the best performing team of this tournament, Delhi Capitals in their most recent match by the margin of three wickets. The way how the bowling department of Kolkata Knight Riders performed in the previous match was just outstanding. They leaked 127 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Sunil Narine was the most successful bowler from their side who picked two wickets in his four overs bowled out against 18 runs.

Punjab Kings had lost their most recent match against Mumbai Indians by the margin of six wickets. The middle batting order of this team once again failed to give the best performance. They could manage to score 135 runs in their inning of 20 overs even after having a good start. Aiden Markram was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who scored 42 runs on 29 deliveries with the help of six boundaries during his inning. Deepak Hooda scored 28 runs while KL Rahul could manage to score 21 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders had played 28 matches against Punjab Kings where Kolkata Knight Riders had won 19 matches while Punjab Kings had won 9 matches.

There is no doubt that Punjab Kings is a strong and well-balanced team and has a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on papers. According to today’s prediction, Punjab Kings is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Punjab Kings a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Kolkata Knight Riders had won three out of four most recent matches
• The batting order of Kolkata Knight Riders is strong and in superb form
• Punjab Kings also have a strong bowling unit on the side but they had failed to give the best performance so far
• Kolkata Knight Riders have a bowling unit that is in good form

Punjab Kings is overall a strong team than Kolkata Knight Riders. They have the best players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Punjab Kings have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Punjab Kings have a 52% chance to win this match
Kolkata Knight Riders have a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL T20 as we had observed in the previous editions. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL.

The 45th Match of IPL T20, 2021 is going to be held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting in early overs. We had seen a total score of near about 220 runs in the most recent three matches played here. The track has a good amount of pace and bounce which allows the batsmen for the good cricketing shorts but this ground also has big boundaries which can be a plus point for the bowlers. A score of 180 plus seems to be a par score.

The weather forecast of Dubai is almost good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

Dream11 fantasy team lineup prediction for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings 45th Match IPL 2021. After checking the latest players’ availability, which players will be part of both teams, the possible tactics that the two teams might use as we had learned from previous seasons of the Indian Premier League to make the best possible Dream11 team.

Date: Friday, 1st October 2021
Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 06:00 PM LOCAL / 08:00 PM IST (BD)

Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Capacity: 25,000
Known as: Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium
Ends: Emirates Road End, Dubai Sports City End
Time Zone: UTC +04:00
Home to: United Arab Emirates
Floodlights: Yes
Curator: Tony Hemming

Total matches: 61
Matches won batting first: 34
Matches won bowling first: 26
Average 1st Inns scores: 144
Average 2nd Inns scores: 122
Highest total recorded: 211/3 (20 Ov) by SL vs PAK
Lowest total recorded: 71/10 (13.2 Ov) by IRE vs AFG
Highest score chased: 183/5 (19.4 Ov) by AFG vs UAE
Lowest score defended: 134/7 (20 Ov) by OMAN vs HK

Harbhajan Singh, Shakib Al Hasan, Ben Cutting, Karun Nair, Pawan Negi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Sheldon Jackson, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Vaibhav Arora, Prasidh Krishna, Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (c), Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Sandeep Warrier, Varun Chakravarthy.