The Kolkata Knight Riders will be taking on the Punjab Kings in the eighth match of IPL 2022 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 1. KKR will be frantic to return to winning courses in this challenge. After they began their mission on a high with a six-wicket prevail upon the reigning champs Chennai Super Kings in the drape raiser, the double cross victors experienced a three-wicket misfortune to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the last finished. The Punjab Kings, then again, will be playful after an assurance supporting five-wicket prevail upon RCB in their season-opener last end of the week. Bangalore had posted a firm 205/2 riding on a great 88 from captain Faf du Plessis and an indispensable 29-ball 41 by Virat Kohli, however the PBKS hitters set up an astounding execution to upgrade the gigantic aggregate and add the primary focuses to their count this season. Punjab would now be peering toward to get a subsequent straight success added to their repertoire. Pitch Report The Wankhede wicket is an ideal batting surface and a run-fest can be anticipated once the hitters are very much set at the wrinkle. The last two matches in this competition saw the groups batting first unfit to post a difficult all out on the board which ultimately never ended up being enough while safeguarding. While the groups make it a point to first during evening games, the equivalent isn't true during the evening matches as the dew factor makes its attendance felt at this setting. Accordingly, the chief that wins the throw would choose to bowl first. Likely Top Performers: Shikhar Dhawan Shikhar Dhawan showed a ton of guarantee wearing the Punjab pullover for the absolute first time during the initial conflict against RCB last end of the week. He scored a rankling 43 runs off 29 conveyances, including five fours and a six at a strike pace of 148.3. The southpaw was additionally engaged with a 71-run opening stand with captain Mayank Agarwal. The team would once more be supposed to come out all weapons blasting against the Kolkata-based establishment, yet more significantly, everyone's eyes will be on Dhawan as the establishment will expect him to score huge this time around. Likely best bowler of the match: Umesh Yadav Umesh Yadav has been instrumental with the new ball close by in the last two games. The senior quick bowler has enrolled four scalps to his name up until this point and has been exceptionally practical also. The Vidarbha pacer had gotten the critical wickets of opener Anuj Rawat and Virat Kohli during KKR's last experience against RCB and attempted his level best to keep the previous bosses in the challenge who were guarding a low complete of 128. Yadav would weapon for additional wickets when Kolkata clash with their 2014 last adversaries on April 1. Simultaneously, he would likewise be wanting to have an effect at the passing. Kolkata Knight Riders Key Players : Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Umesh Yadav Punjab Kings Key Players : Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Rahul Chahar Probable XI Kolkata Knight Riders Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy Punjab Kings Mayank Agarwal (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Raj Bawa, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Sandeep Sharma, Rahul Chahar