Who will win KXIP vs RPS, IPL 2017 4th Match?
Kings XI Punjab will kick off their IPL campaign with a face-off against Rising Pune Supergiant on April 8. This 4th fixture of the Indian Premier League will be played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. Live action is scheduled to begin at 4 PM local time.
KXIP vs RPS 4th Match: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Set Max, Sony Six, Sky Sports
Live streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Star Sports
Toss Prediction
The Holkar Cricket Stadium will be hosting its first IPL game in six years since last hosting two games back in 2011. Both of those games were won by the side batting second and so the team that wins the toss in this match may want to bowl first. KXIP, in their last five matches in the previous edition, won the toss four times and so we predict them to win the toss here on Saturday.
Read on for team previews, latest odds, betting tips and prediction for KXIP vs RPS, IPL 2017 4th match...
PBKS Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Glenn Maxwell is set to lead the team which has been hit by a couple of injuries. While Martin Guptill will miss the first few games for KXIP as he has yet to recover from hamstring injury, Murali Vijay is doubtful for the entire tournament due to wrist and shoulder injuries. Just one day before the start of the tournament, the team bought Ishant Sharma who earlier went unsold at the auction.
Key Players
Glenn Maxwell, David Miller and Eoin Morgan form the core of the team's batting lineup. Miller hit a fifty in the recently concluded Momentum One Day Cup playing for the Knights and KXIP will expect a good contribution from him. Bowling will depend largely on medium pacer Sandeep Sharma and left-arm spinner Axar Patel. Sandeep picked up 15 wickets last season and he is likely to generate some swing with the new ball at this ground.
Recent Form
The last couple of seasons were very disappointing for the Kings XI Punjab where they were unable to lift themselves up from the bottom of the points table. In the previous edition, they ended up winning just two home and two away games from their fourteen league games.
KXIP Predicted Playing 11
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Glenn Maxwell (c), Manan Vohra, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), David Miller, Eoin Morgan, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.
RPS Team News & Playing 11
Team News
The team will be missing the services of Ravichandran Ashwin and
Mitchell Marsh who have been ruled out of the IPL 10 due to injuries.
Nathan Lyon and Imran Tahir have been drafted into the squad as their
respective replacements.
Key Players
The big runs are expected to come from the bats of Steven Smith, MS Dhoni and Ajinkya Rahane. Smith had a fantastic tour of India and he blasted an unbeaten 84 against the Mumbai Indians in his very first innings. RPS will look to their in-form batsman to turn it on again come Saturday. Imran Tahir was exceptional with figures of 3 for 28 and he played a big role in bring his team back in the game. Conditions are going to suit him at Indore which makes him the bowler to watch out for.
Recent Form
Rising Pune Supergiant played their first IPL season last year where
they finished one place above KXIP on the points table with just 5 wins
from 14 league games. They lost four matches on the trot after winning
their opening fixture and soon found themselves out of title contention
halfway through the competition.
RPS Predicted Playing 11
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AM Rahane, MA Agarwal, SPD Smith (c), BA Stokes, MS Dhoni (wk), MK Tiwary, R Bhatia, DL Chahar, A Zampa, AB Dinda, Imran Tahir.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Kings XI Punjab: L L L W L
Rising Pune Supergiant: W W L L L
KXIP vs RPS Head to
Head
Rising Pune Supergiant have so far played just one edition of the
Indian Premier League and so they don't have a long history of
head-to-head encounters with the Kings XI Punjab. The two teams played
two matches last year with both winning one each. While KXIP won the
first face-off by six wickets at Mohali, RPS emerged winners in the
second one by four wickets at Visakhapatnam.
KXIP vs RPS
Betting Odds
Rising Pune Supergiant still seem quite a formidable side despite
losing two of their major players - Ashwin and Marsh - to injuries. The
team has had a serious facelift and they have plenty of batting
firepower with Smith, Rahane, Dhoni and du Plessis among their ranks.
Bookmakers seem confident of an RPS victory as Betfair has them as
favorites to win at 1.86 and bet365 have them at 1.72. Kings XI Punjab have retained most of the
players that were part of the team during their disastrous run in the
2015 and 2016 editions. And this could be one of the main reasons why
they are outsiders at 2.10 with 1xbet and 2.18 with bet365
KXIP vs RPS
Prediction
Kings XI Punjab have won only one of their last five matches and they
will be coming into this game with defeats in their last three matches.
Rising Pune Supergiant on the other hand won their final two league
fixtures last year and one of these wins came against KXIP.
However, RPS have not played a game at this ground while KXIP have
played one here in the past where they defeated the now-defunct Kochi
Tuskers in 2011. Although the Kings have a pretty strong batting lineup
with the likes of Maxwell, Miller and Morgan, it is their bowling that
does not instill much confidence as there is not even one big name in
that department. Rising Pune Supergiant are a more balanced outfit and
we predict them to win this contest.
Final Verdict: Back Rising Pune Supergiant to beat Kings XI
Punjab in the 4th match of IPL 2017 at 1.86 with 1xbet and 1.72 with bet365.
Apr 08, 2017
16:00 IST / 10:30 GMT
Holkar Cricket Stadium - Indore, India
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