Welcome visitors In this post we will tell you everything about KXIP vs GL 3rd Match of IPL 2016.Kings XI Punjab will face Gujarat Lions in their opening match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Monday,11 April.It will be the third match of the ninth edition of IPL.
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Gujarat are making their debut in IPL and will look to make an impact in their very first match in the Indian T20 league.
KXIP vs GL Match 3 Preview
Two new skippers will face each other to built their team for Indian Premier league 2016 Tournament.Gujarat Lions is the new Franchise and will play under Suresh Raina's Captaincy while Kings Xl Punjab will play under David Miller Captaincy.
Punjab, whose best season happened to be in 2014 when they made it to their maiden IPL final, finished in the bottom of the table in the next season. With their then captain George Bailey having been released now, Miller has a huge task ahead of him.Both teams look quite scattered but the players they have got, are just perfect for twenty-20 format.Gujarat Lions look more balanced and dangerous side than the Kings Xl Punjab.
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Brendon McCullum and Dwayne Smith may be opening for GL in the competition as both players used to open for CSK in previous editions of Indian Premier League.Suresh Raina at number 3 is a perfect batting order to go with.Youngster Ishan Kishan is expected to play in the middle order along with Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Bravo and James Faulkner. Bravo, Faulkner are the key players for Gujarat Lions as both players can hit the ball hard and eventually have got great talent to ball 4-4 overs each in the match.
Kings XI Punjab Team squads
David Miller, Anureet Singh, Farhaan Behardien, Rishi Dhawan, Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Murali Vijay, Kyle Abbott,Armaan Jaffer, Cariappa, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shaun Marsh, Nikhil Naik, Wriddhiman Saha,Sandeep Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Shardul Thakur, Manan Vohra
Gujarat Lions Team squads
Suresh Raina, Akshdeep Nath, Dwayne Bravo, Eklavya Dwivedi, Aaron Finch, Ravindra Jadeja,Dinesh Karthik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Brendon McCullum, Jaydev Shah, Dwayne Smith, Pravin Tambe, Sarabjit Ladda, Amit Mishra, Paras Dogra, James Faulkner, Ishan Kishan, Shadab Jakati,Shivil Kaushik, Praveen Kumar, Pradeep Sangwan, Dale Steyn, Andrew Tye
Match Schedule
Match KXIP vs GL 3rd Match,Indian Premier League
Date Monday, 11 April 2016
Time 14:30 PM GMT,20:00 PM IST
Venue Eden Gardens,Kolkata
Probable Playing Xl
Kings XI Punjab
- David Miller (Captain)
- Murali Vijay
- Wriddhiman Saha
- Mohit Sharma
- Akshar Patel
- Manan Vohra
- Gurkeerat Singh Mann
- Mitchel Johnson
- Glenn Maxwell
- Shaun Marsh
- Armaan Jaffer
Gujarat Lions
- Suresh Raina (Captain)
- Ishan Kishan
- Pravin Tambe
- Dinesh Karthik
- Pradeep Sangwan
- Brendon McCullum
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Praveen Kumar
- Dwayne Bravo
- James Faulkner
- Dwayne Smith
KXIP vs GL Prediction
IPLt20 prediction about KXIP vs GL 3rd Match of IPL 2016 is
Kings Xl Punjab 40%
Gujarat Lions 60%
What do you think about the winner of the Match?
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| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
| India | Sony Max, Sony Six/HD, Sony ESPN/HD |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| Pakistan | Geo Super |
| Bangladesh | Maasranga |
| Caribbean | Sportsmax |
| Bhutan | Set Max, Sony Six |
| Canada | Sportsnet |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports |
| Malaysia | Astro |
| Sri Lanka | Carlton Sports Network |
| Hong Kong | PCCW |
| Middle East and North Africa | OSN |
| United States | ESPN |
| Singapore | StarHub, Singtel |
| Australia | CricketGateway.com |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport |
| Nepal | Sony Six, Sony Max |
| Brunei | Astro |
Scorecard
Gujarat Lions won the toss and won the Toss
Gujarat Lions won by 5 wickets
Kings Xl Punjab
161-6 (20 overs)
Gujarat Lions
162-5 (17.4 overs)