The fourth match of Vivo Indian Premier League tenth season has been scheduled to play between Kings XI Punjab and Rising Pune Supergiants on 8th April. Indore’s Holkar cricket stadium to host KXIP vs RPSG 4th match from 16:00 IST as it’s Saturday and double header matches are there.
Preview
Two worst performers of previous IPL season, Rising Pune and Kings XI will be taking on each other in the fourth match of Vivo IPLT20. Both sides will be playing with their new skippers; Maxwell for Punjab and Smith for Pune. KXIP haven’t won single edition of Indian Premier League since it’s inception in 2008.
Kings XI Punjab has got good batting lineup that includes England’s limited over skipper Eoin Morgan, New Zealand’s stylish opener Martin Guptill who is expected to open the innings with Murali Vijay. David Miller and Maxwell are key batsmen in the middle order. Hashim Amla, Marcus Stoinis, Shaun Marsh, Wriddhimann Saha and Darren Sammy are also the key middle order players for KXIP.
On the other side, Rising Pune has got excellent balanced team. Smith, Dhoni, Faf Du Plessis, Rahane and Stokes are the most vital players in the RPS side. Team relies a lot on these players to perform well in this fourth match of IPL 2017 against Kings XI Punjab.
Squads
Kings XI Punjab
Glenn Maxwell (Captain), David Miller, Pardeep Sahu, Manan Vohra, Armaan Jaffer, Ishant Sharma, K.C. Cariappa, T Natarajan, Nikhil Shankar Naik, Eoin Morgan, Mohit Sharma, Varun Aaron, Rahul Tewatia, Hashim Amla, Marcus Stoinis, Matt Henry, Sandeep Sharma, Akshar Patel, Swapnil Singh, Anureet Singh, Martin Guptill, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Shaun Marsh, Rinku Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Darren Sammy.
Rising Pune Supergiants
Steven Smith (Captain), Ben Stokes, Ajinkya Rahane, Jaskaran Singh, MS Dhoni, Rahul Ajay Tripathi, Baba Aparajith, Mayank Agarwal, Faf Du Plessis, Daniel Christian, Ashok Dinda, Ankush Bains, Deepak Chahar, Manoj Tiwary, Jaydev Unadkat, Mitchell Marsh, Adam Zampa, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishwar Pandey, Usman Khawaja, Saurabh Kumar, Ankit Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Milind Tondon, Rajat Bhatia.
Predictions
Win Percent: Rising Pune Supergiants are looking strong against Kings XI Punjab in the 4th game of IPL 2017. As per Twenty20Wiki predictions, RPSG has got 65 percent winning chances over KXIP.
Predicted Score: The projected score at Holkar Cricket stadium can be around 170 while batting first in the fourth match of Vivo IPL 2017 on April 8.