Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) today in the 44th match of IPL-20124. The match will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata from 7:30 pm. The toss will be at 7:00 pm. KKR and PBKs will face the second time this season. In the last match, Punjab beat Kolkata by 16 runs.
In the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, PBKS has won 5 matches so far and lost in 3. However, KKR has won the same match and suffered a defeat in 5th.
Match Details, 44th Match KKR VS PBKS Date- 26 April Stadium- Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM
Kolkata Havi in Head to Head
Kolkata Head to Head is dominated by Punjab. So far, a total of 34 IPL matches have been played between the two teams. Kolkata has won 21 and Punjab in 13th. Both teams have clashed 13 times in Eden Gardens, with Kolkata in 9 matches and Punjab won the 4th.
Hred KKR No Top Bowler
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane has scored 271 runs in 8 matches at a strike rate of 146.48. In the meantime he has put up 3 fifty. Rahane is the top scorer of the team. In bowling, Harshit has taken 11 wickets at an average of 22.54 in 8 matches.
Shreyas scored the highest runs for Punjab
Captain Shreyas Iyer has scored 263 runs in 8 matches with a strike rate of 185.21 in 8 matches so far. In the meantime he has hit 3 Fifty. Iyer is the highest run player for the team. Priyanka Arya is the second number. Priyanka has scored 254 runs in 8 innings. Fast bowler Arshadeep Singh has taken the highest wicket for the team. Arshadeep is 11 wickets in 8 matches.
Pitch report The pitch of the Eden Gardens Stadium is batting friendly. So far 97 IPL matches have been played at this stadium. The first batting team has won 41 and the batting team has won 56 matches.
The highest team of this stadium is 262/2, which was made by Punjab Kings against Kolkata last year.
Weather update Kolkata's atmosphere will be very hot on April 26. The temperature here is expected to be between 27 and 37 degrees. There is no possibility of rain during the match. When the wind will blow at 19 kilometers per hour.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narayan, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramanadeep Singh, Moin Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarti, Angakrish Raghuvanshi.
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Prabhasimran Singh, Priyanka Arya, Nehal Vadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Marco Yansen, Arshadeep Singh, Javier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal, Glen Maxwell.
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