KKR vs PBKS 2024, IPL Match Today: Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, key players, pitch report and weather update

KKR vs PBKS 2024, IPL Match Today: Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, key players, pitch report and weather update | Ipl News

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings IPL Match Today: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Punjab Kings in match no 42 of the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens on Friday.

KKR is currently second in the 10-team table with 10 points, four behind table toppers Rajasthan Royals (14 points) and the team’s success is largely due to the batting efforts from the top-order. On the other hand, Punjab Kings are all but out of the tournament.

Playing XI predictions for the KKR vs PBKS IPL 2024 match

KKR predicted XI: Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Impact Subs: Ramandeep Singh and Anukul Roy

KKR player to watch out for: Mitchell Starc will be desperate to justify his price tag as Kolkata Knight Riders bowling unit tries to find ways to be less profligate when it is pitted against a perennially under-achieving Punjab Kings. Starc, whose underwhelming performance (6 wickets at ER 11.48) is the worst among the specialist bowler. At an all-time high price tag of Rs 24.75 crore, Starc must be feeling the heat but to be fair to him.

PBKS predicted XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Impact Subs: Harpreet Singh and Rahul Chahar

Festive offer

PBKS player to watch out for: In Punjab Kings, they meet a side that has been inconsistent and despite two good finds in Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma, they haven’t exactly done well during key moments and like every other year, they are all but out of play-off contention .

KKR vs PBKS head-to-head stats

Total matches played: 32, Kolkata Knight Riders won: 21, Punjab Kings won: 11

KKR vs PBKS head-to-head stats at Eden Gardens

Total matches played: 12, Kolkata Knight Riders won: 9, Punjab Kings won: 3

KKR vs PBKS squads

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), KS Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya , Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Phil Salt.

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa , Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.

KKR vs PBKS Pitch Report: The KKR batters, especially the openers, have thrived on the high-scoring pitches in Kolkata. One can expect another high-scoring match.

KKR vs PBKS Weather Report: According to accuweather.com, there is no chance of rainfall in Kolkata on April 26. The temperature is likely to be at 36 degrees Celcius at the start of the match. The humidity is also likely to be around 80 percent, which means dew will become a big factor in the second half of the match.