In their earlier encounter ongoing tournament IPL 2022, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Punjab Kings by 6 wickets. Batting first in the match Punjab Kings posted a total of 137 runs on the scoreboard. Later, Kolkata Knight Riders could reach the target and won this match.

Punjab Kings defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous game of the IPL 2022( 70th Match ). In the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad batted first and scored 157 runs losing 8 wickets. Abhishek Sharma slammed 43 runs while Romario Shepherd had 26 runs for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team.

For Punjab Kings, the chase was quite easy. With Liam Livingstone’s 49 and Shikhar Dhawan’s 39, PBKS reached the target in the 15.1th over itself with 5 wickets in their kitty. Harpreet Brar was awarded man of the match for picking 3 wickets. Also, Nathan Ellis took 3 wickets for the Punjab Kings team. Punjab Kings won by 5 wickets (with 29 balls remaining) in this match.

Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a loss against Lucknow Super Giants in their previous game of the IPL 2022 ( 66th Match ). In the match, Lucknow Super Giants batted first and scored 210 runs losing 0 wickets. In reply, Kolkata Knight Riders failed to reach the score and lost the match. Team Captain Shreyas Iyer slammed 50 runs while Nitish Rana had 42 runs for the Kolkata Knight Riders team.

For Lucknow Super Giants, Quinton de Kock and KL Rahul hit 140 and 68 respectively. Quinton de Kock was awarded man of the match. Mohsin Khan and Marcus Stoinis took 3 wickets each for the Lucknow Super Giants. Lucknow Super Giants won by 2 runs in the match.