Both KKR and PBKS will lock horns in the 42nd game of the tournament at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Friday, April 26. KKR have enjoyed a successful campaign so far, winning five of the seven matches that they have played in the season. Currently, the side sits in second place in the standings.

On the other hand, Punjab Kings find themselves on the wrong end of the spectrum. Having played eight games in the tournament, Punjab have only registered wins in two matches and lost the remaining six. They find themselves in ninth place in the standings and will hope that the clash against KKR can turn their fortunes around.

Checkall the details given below regarding the match:-

KKR vs PBKS MatchDetails

Match:KKR vs PBKS, Match 42,IPL 2024

Captains:

Shikhar Dhawanis going to lead Punjab Kings

ShreyasIyer will lead Kolkata Knight Riders

When: April 26th2024, Friday

Match is going to start at 07:30 p.m.

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Head to head of these two teams: Both teams have played32 matchesagainst each other. Out of which Kolkata Knight Riders has won 21matches andPunjab Kings has won 11matches.

Likely playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders

Sunil Narine, Phil Salt (WK), AngkrishRaghuvanshi, VenkateshIyer, ShreyasIyer (C), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy

Impact substitute: Vaibhav Arora

Bench : KS Bharat, N Rana, Manish Pandey, RahmanullahGurbaz, Sakib Hussain, AS Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Vaibhav Arora, C Sakariya, D Chameera, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Suyash Sharma, Allah Mohammad

Punjab Kings

Shikhar Dhawan ©, Prabhsimran Singh, RileeRossouw, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, HarpreetBrar, Harshal Patel, KagisoRabada

Impact Substitute: Arshdeep Singh

Bench : JM Bairstow, Harpreet Singh, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, A Taide, Sikandar Raza, R Dhawan, T Thyagarajan, RD Chahar, VishwanathPratap Singh, Chris Woakes, VidhwathKaverappa, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh

Pitch report

The surface at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata is one that is quite preferable by the batters. With little help from the bowlers, a high scoring encounter could be quite possible on such a surface as well. Opting to bat first and posting a big total on the board could be a wise decision.

Best players from both of the teams

Best Batsman:Sunil Narine

Best Bowler:Harshal Patel

Weather forecast for today in Kolkata

Maximum temperature: 47°C
Minimum temperature: 29°C
Wind speed: 15km/h
Chances of rain: 0%
Capacity of stadium: 68, 000
Prediction to win: Kolkata Knight Riders is most likely to win the match

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