IPL 2023: Kolkata opt to field in first match of double-header day

• Veteran batter Shikhar Dhawan will captain PBKS
• Nitish Rana to lead KKR in first half of the season
• Both teams produced below-par performances in IPL 2022

Mohali's iconic PCA stadium witnesses a blockbuster clash as Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings lock horns in Match 2 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.

Both sides are being led by new captains. While Shikhar Dhawan will captain PBKS, Nitish Rana has been named temporary skipper of Knight Riders in the absence of injured Shreyas Iyer.

PBKS

Squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt.), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow (injured, replaced by Matthew Short), Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh.

KKR

Squad: Nitish Rana (c), Narayan Jagadeesan, Litton Das, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Shakib al Hasan, David Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, Lockie Ferguson, Harshit Rana, Kulwant Khejroliya, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Suyash Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav.