Finally, after a long halt of 3 years, the most beloved tournament of Indian cricket, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to make its way back to where it all started. The COVID-19 pandemic was the main reason behind no IPL in India!
In 2020, the IPL was stopped midway through April due to a sudden surge in COVID cases, and the second half was held in United Arab Emirates (UAE) during September. In 2022, the IPL took place in India, with matches held only in Mumbai and Pune, while the knockout matches were shifted to Kolkata and Ahmedabad. However, the 2023 edition is all set to take place at both home grounds and away locations.
Today’s IPL Match Schedule
The 2nd match of IPL between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders will be held on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
Today’s IPL Match Time
The match will commence at 3:30 P.M. while the toss will be held at 3:00 P.M.
Today’s IPL Match Venue
The match will be held in Mohali, Punjab.
Today’s IPL Match Stadium
The match will be held at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium.
Where to Watch?
Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Today’s IPL Match Schedule, will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network in India. Fans can watch live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 2, Star Sports 3, Star Sports Select 1, Star Sports 2 HD, Star Sports Select 1 HD, and Star Sports 1 Telugu.
Today’s IPL Match Schedule will be live televised by Star Sports, but Disney+Hotstar will not be offering live streaming of the games at this moment. The match will be streamed live on the Jio Cinema app for free.
Jio previously declared in February that it would provide customers with exclusive access to live IPL 2023 matches in 4K quality with multiple camera angles.
IPL 2023-specific Jio data rates and data add-on plans were recently introduced by Jio. Users who recharge for ₹219, ₹399, and ₹999 will receive 3GB of internet each day. The plans’ corresponding expiration dates are 14, 28, and 84 days.
Today’s IPL Match List
Another contest between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals will take place at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow at 7:30 P.M. IST.
Today’s IPL Match Head to Head Records
| PUNJAB KINGS | KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS | |
| WINS | 10 | 20 |
| LOST | 20 | 10 |
| NO RESULT | 0 | 0 |
| AVERAGE RUNS | 157.8 | 160.6 |
| MAXIMUM RUNS | 214 | 245 |
| MINIMUM RUNS | 119 | 79 |
From the table, it can be concluded that since the beginning of IPL, Punjab had fought against Kolkata in 30 matches, where the result was in the latter’s favour 20 times against Punjab winning the rest 10 matches!
The average score of Punjab is around 158 runs against 161 of Kolkata. Similarly, Punjab had put up the maximum total of 214 runs against 245 runs of Kolkata! There is only one difference in the minimum runs which are 119 for Punjab and only 74 for Kolkata.
Punjab reached the IPL top four only twice, in 2008 and 2014, where they finished up as runners-up in the latter against Kolkata Knight Riders held in M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. In 2022, they stood 6th on the points table out of the 10 teams.
Kolkata Knight Riders are of the most successful IPL team as it had bagged the trophy twice. Their first trophy came in 2012 after defeating the Chennai Super Kings and then surpassed Kings XI Punjab in 2014 to win the trophy for the second time! In 2022, they were at position 7th on the points table.
Probable Playing XI:
Punjab appointed Shikhar Dhawan as their new skipper and Trevor Bayliss as their new coach. They would have to start IPL without Kagiso Rabada who will play against the Netherlands and Liam Livingstone who is in his final stage of recovery.
PBKS Probable playing XI:-
Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (C), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh
The Kolkata Knight Riders will be led by Nitish Rana in IPL 2023 while looking forward to achieving their 3rd IPL title this season!
KKR Probable playing XI:-
Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan (wk), Nitish Rana (C), Shakib Al Hasan, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy.
