The Punjab Kings are ending up on the wrong side of some close games. Their line-up has shown fight despite some injuries and form concerns and the bowling is pretty promising as well. Results, though, are missing, with Punjab struggling to close out close games. For Kolkata, they will be happy with a break after being shocked by Jos Buttler a few nights ago. Their batting has been pretty good as well through the season while the bowling is a lot more solid with their spinners finding form.

KKR vs PBKS Match Details

Date: April 26th, 2024

Time:  7:30 PM IST

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

KKR vs PBKS Weather Report

A clear and warm evening is expected at Kolkata.

KKR vs RCB Pitch Report

Matches	25
Won Batting First and Percentage	12(48%)
Won Batting Second and Percentage	13(52%)
Average First Innings Score	187
Average Second Innings Score	167
Average Successful First Innings Scores	206

The last game at the Eden Gardens saw nearly 450 runs scored. There is enough for the batters despite some dryness, and chasing remains a better choice.

KKR vs PBKS Head-to-Head

Stats	Matches	PBKS Won	KKR Won	NR
Overall	32	11	21	0
At Kolkata	12	3	9	0
In the last Five Matches	5	2	3	0
In 2023	2	1	1	0

KKR vs PBKS Predicted Playing XII

KKR Playing XI

Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana/ Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma/ Vaibhav Arora

PBKS Playing XI

Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Rilee Roussow, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Singh

KKR vs PBKS Key Players

Harshal Patel

Harshal Patel had a silent start to the IPL with. The last few games though has seen Harshal Patel quietly find his form in the death with Patel now equal with Bumrah on the wickets tally.

Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc’s strength of bowling full and targetting the stumps has not helped him too much. IPL’s most expensive buy, Mitchell Starc has not lived up to his reputation, looking very poor for most of the season.

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PBKS’s Top Five Batters This Season

Players	Matches	Runs	Average
Shashank Singh	8	195	48.75
Ashutosh Sharma	5	159	39.75
Prabhsimran Singh	8	154	19.25
Shikhar Dhawan	5	152	30.4
Sam Curran	8	152	19

KKR’s Top Five Batters This Season

Players	Matches	Runs	Average
Sunil Narine	7	286	40.86
Phil Salt	7	249	41.5
Shreyas Iyer	7	190	38
Andre Russell	7	155	51.67
Angkrish Raghuvanshi	6	118	23.6

PBKS’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

Players	Matches	Wickets	Average
Harshal Patel	8	13	21.38
Sam Curran	8	11	19.18
Kagiso Rabada	8	10	27.3
Arshdeep Singh	8	10	25.7
Harpreet Brar	8	4	50

KKR’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

Players	Matches	Wickets	Average
Sunil Narine	7	9	22.11
Varun Chakravarthy	6	9	20.55
Harshit Rana	7	9	14.88
Vaibhav Arora	7	8	29.5
Andre Russell	4	7	19.14

KKR vs PBKS, Battles to Watch

Andre Russell vs Sam Curran: Andre Russell and Sam Curran hate bowling to each other by the looks of it. Both batters take a lot of runs of each other while they also tend to give wickets to each other in an interesting all-round battle.

KKR vs PBKS Match Tips

KKR may back themselves here with their spin attack and a track that is taking turn fairly well.

Match Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders Will Win the Match