PBKS vs KKR LIVE Updates IPL 2023: PBKS 80/1; Rajapaksa, Dhawan stitch fifty stand

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FOUR! Dhawan dispatches a wide, waist-high full toss from Thakur behind point, with the ball bouncing once before going over the boundary rope. Thakur, though, does well to collect a dot in the subsequent Free Hit. PBKS 90/1

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FOUR! Sloppy work by Chakravarthy at short fine leg, with the ball passing through despite the spinner putting in a slide, as Rajapaksa brings up the fifty partnership for the second wicket with Dhawan with a sweep off Narine. The pair have consumed 33 deliveries in the second-wicket stand so far. PBKS 75/1

16:06 (IST)

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After 7 overs,Punjab Kings 69/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 15 , Bhanuka Rajapaksa 31)

Timeout signalled at the end of the seventh over, with Punjab cruising along at the moment. Rajapaksa collects his second maximum by going for a flick behind square in the fourth delivery of the seventh over. Expensive start for Shardul Thakur, going for 13 runs in his first over.

16:02 (IST)

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After 6 overs,Punjab Kings 56/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 15 , Bhanuka Rajapaksa 18)

FOUR! Dhawan collects a boundary off the final ball of Varun Chakravarthy's first over as Punjab Kings reach 56/1 at the end of the powerplay, getting off to an ideal start in their innings.

16:01 (IST)

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After 5 overs,Punjab Kings 50/1 ( Shikhar Dhawan (C) 10 , Bhanuka Rajapaksa 17)

FOUR! FOUR! Dot! SIX! Bhanuka Rajapaksa decides to take the attack to Sunil Narine in the off-spinner's first over of the afternoon! Lofts the ball over mid off and follows it up by going for a similar shot, but a little squarer next ball to make it two fours in a row. Ends the over with a straight hit down the ground for a maximum, bringing up the 50 for Punjab in the process!

15:58 (IST)

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FOUR! FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Shikhar Dhawan at the start of Tim Southee's second over, producing a couple of firm cuts in front of square to get going after Prabhsimran's dismissal. PBKS 32/1

15:50 (IST)

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OUT! Southee makes up for leaking 14 runs in his the first five deliveries of this over, as Prabhsimran departs after getting off to a terrific start, getting a faint tickle while attempting to nudge at a delivery going down leg to get caught behind. He departs for a 12-ball 23 with Shikhar Dhawan yet to face a delivery. PBKS 23/1

Prabhsimran c Gurbaz b Southee 23(12)

15:47 (IST)

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SIX! Second maximum for Prabhsimran, this one smacked over the cow corner fence, and the young keeper-batter is toying with the KKR attack early on! PBKS 23/0

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FOUR! Prabhsimran continues to attack as Tim Southee gets off to an expensive start, working the ball towards fine leg before driving the ball in the opposite direction the next delivery. PBKS 17/0

15:44 (IST)

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SIX! Prabhsimran collects the first maximum of the innings, whipping a full delivery from Umesh over the square leg region! PBKS 8/0

15:40 (IST)

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Shikhar Dhawan and Prabhsimran Singh walk out to open the Punjab Kings innings after opposition captain Nitish Rana invites them to bat. 

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Teams:

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh(wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Anukul Roy, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

15:02 (IST)

KKR vs PBKS: Toss news

Nitish Rana wins toss in his first match as captain and Kolkata Knight Riders have decided to bowl first against Punjab Kings.

14:52 (IST)

PBKS vs KKR: Pitch report by Darren Ganga

"Average first innings score in day matches is 159 here and 80 per cent of matches have been won by teams chasing. As a result of the moisture in the surface. This pitch is light brown in colour which means there's not a lot of moisture. It's also very hard, so it might be more even for teams batting first and second. There's a good covering of grass which looks quite even."

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Some more info about PBKS vs KKR...

Today's on-field umpires will be Bruce Oxenford and Yeshwant Barde, while the third umpire will be Madanagopal Jayaraman.

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Last season...

Both teams failed to reach playoffs. 

PBKS finished 6th in the table with 7 wins from 14 games. KKR were 7th with 6 wins from 14 games.

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PBKS vs KKR: SQUADS

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Arshdeep Singh, Mohit Rathee, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, M Shahrukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Singh, Matthew Short, Sikandar Raza, Atharva Taide, Baltej Singh, Raj Bawa, Rahul Chahar, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Singh, Vidwath Kaverappa

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (c), Vaibhav Arora, Lockie Ferguson, Harshit Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Liton Das, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, David Wiese, Umesh Yadav, Mandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Rinku Singh, Tim Southee, Suyash Sharma

14:20 (IST)

PBKS vs KKR LIVE UPDATES: INJURY WORRIES

Both teams are under pressure due to injury problems and missing stars. KKR are without regular captain Shreyas Iyer for now, due to a back injury. Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das are on national duty while pacer Lockie Ferguson has hamstring issues. 

PBKS will not have Jonny Bairstow this season due to a leg injury. Matthew Short has joined them.

Liam Livingstone is yet to get a clearance from ECB as he is recovering from a knee injury while Kagiso Rabada is unavailable due to South African national team duty. 

14:08 (IST)

PBKS VS KKR LIVE: HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD

Kolkata Knight Riders have a big advantage here as they have won 20 out of 30 matches against Punjab Kings so far in IPL history. PBKS have won 10 and also the only time Punjab reached the IPL final in 2014, they lost to KKR in the summit clash.

14:06 (IST)

PBKS vs KKR LIVE: WEATHER REPORT

It's not raining at the Mohali stadium and the sky looks bright and sunny out there but the forecast does say that things can get cloudy and there's a possibility of rain during the encounter. The temperature is expected to be around 15 degrees Celsius to 25 degrees Celsius during the match.

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Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Match 2 of IPL 2023 between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. It's also the first match of the first doubleheader of IPL 2023 and will be played in Mohali. Both teams are being led by new captains; Shikhar Dhawan for PBKS and Nitish Rana for KKR. And both sides have injury issues, but nonetheless, it's an IPL game, and at least one thing - entertainment is guaranteed. Stay tuned for more updates and toss...