In the second match of the 16th season of the IPL, the teams of Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are going to face each other on Saturday. Both these teams have always had strong players in the IPL, but their performance on the field has not been that impressive. Punjab Kings are still waiting for their first title, while KKR's team was also a two-time champion under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir.

In the last season, Punjab was at the sixth and KKR at the seventh position in the match of 10 teams. This match is going to be played in Mohali at 3.30 p.m. This season's new captains are going to lead both teams. Experienced Shikhar Dhawan is going to lead Punjab, while KKR has expressed confidence in domestic star Nitish Rana in place of injured Shreyas Iyer. In such a situation, Nitish's fire test (agnipariksha) is going to happen today.

Punjab team is stronger than KKR: The Punjab team is looking a bit stronger than KKR, which is also going to get the advantage of the home field. However, the team is going to miss England's Johnny Bairstow, who is looking a bit stronger than KKR, which is also going to get the advantage of the home ground. However, the team is going to miss England's Johnny Bairstow. Bairstow is out of the entire season due to injury. There have been 30 matches between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings in the IPL so far. Meanwhile, Kolkata won 20 matches while Punjab won only 10 matches. The franchise has included Matthew Short, the best player of the season in the Big Bash League, in place of Bairstow. It is expected that this Australian batsman will be seen in an open innings with Dhawan.

Both teams are as follows:

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Raj Bawa, Rahul Chahar, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Singh, V. Kaverappa, Mohit Rathi, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, M. Shah Rukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Singh, Mathew Short, Sikandar Raza, and Atharva Tayde

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

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