IPL 2023 PBKS vs KKR: In their first match of IPL 2023, the young Kolkata Knight Riders team will face Shikhar Dhawan-led Punjab Kings. In this match, both the captains will be face to face who will take charge of their team for the first time. Shikhar Dhawan handed over the reins of the team after a poor show last season under Mayank Agarwal while Nitish Rana replaced the injured Shreyas Iyer as the captain of KKR. Now the teams of Punjab and KKR are ready to enter with new captains. And it will be a big challenge for both the captains to choose the playing 11.
Nitish Rana Jahan is the new captain for KKR. It to be seefor him what kind of team he picks and what his strategy against strong Punjab. KKR’s team considered as the weakest team of this tournament. At present, this game of cricket is full of uncertainties. No one can be consider weak here. Then it should not be forgot that this team has foreign players like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. All of them have great international experience. At the same time, Indian all-rounder Shardul Thakur has also joined the team.
Captain Shikhar Dhawan Definitely has the Problem of Opening Without Johnny Bairstow
Now if we talk about Punjab Kings. Then the new captain Shikhar Dhawan definitely has the problem of opening without Johnny Bairstow. But he has more than one talented player. The most expensive player in this team is Sam Karan, besides star players Sikandar Raza, Liam Livingstone. And in bowling, Kagiso Rabada will not be able to play today’s match. But still the team has players like Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Raj Angad Bawa.
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Full Squad of Both the Teams
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shahrukh Khan, Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingston, Atharva Tayde, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Baltej Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Sam Karan, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwat Kavirappa, Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee.
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KKR: Nitish Rana (interim captain), Shreyas Iyer (regular captain), N Jagadishan, Rinku Singh, Mandeep Singh, Liton Das, Rahmanullah Gurbaj, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, David Wiese, Anukul Roy, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Vaibhav Arora, Kulwant Khejroliya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakraborty.
