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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) today in the 42nd match of IPL-2024. The match will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata from 7:30 pm. The toss will take place at 7:00 pm. KKR and PBKS will face each other for the first time this season.
This will be Kolkata’s eighth match this season. The team is second in the points table with 10 points after 5 wins and 2 losses out of 7. On the other hand, Punjab will have its ninth match. The team won only 2 out of 8 matches, while faced defeat in 6. PBKS is at number 9 in the table with 4 points.
Kolkata dominates in head to head
Kolkata dominates Punjab in head to head. A total of 32 IPL matches have been played between the two teams so far. Kolkata won in 21 and Punjab won in 11.
Narine scored the most runs for Kolkata
Kolkata has won five out of seven matches of the season. It defeated Hyderabad, Delhi, Lucknow and Bengaluru in two matches. The team lost 2 matches. Lost to Chennai and Rajasthan.
Sunil Narine has scored the most runs for the team. He has scored 286 runs in 7 matches. Andre Russell is on top in bowling.
Harshal Patel took the most wickets for Punjab
Punjab has lost 6 matches this season. Gujarat got these 6 defeats against Bengaluru, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Mumbai and Gujarat. The team got only 2 wins against Delhi and Gujarat.
Shashank Singh is the top scorer of Punjab. He has scored 195 runs in 8 matches. Harshal Patel is the top wicket taker of the team. He is the third highest wicket taker in the league this season.
pitch report
The pitch of Eden Gardens Stadium is batting friendly. So far 90 IPL matches have been played in this stadium. Here the teams batting first have won 37 matches and the teams batting later have won 53 matches.
The highest team score of this stadium is 235/4, which was made by Chennai Super Kings against Kolkata last year.
weather condition
The weather of Kolkata will be very hot on 26th April. The temperature here on this day is expected to be between 40 to 29 degrees. There is no possibility of rain during the match.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana.
Impact Players: Suyash Sharma.
Punjab Kings: Sam Curran (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Riley Rousseau, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingston, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh.
Impact Players: Rahul Chahar.