With continuous streak of looses Punjab is sitting on the verge of outside playoffs, Will they be retrieve from in Today IPL match defeating KKR.
Kolkata Knight Riders are set to host Punjab Kings in Match Number 42 of TATA IPL 2024. KKR last match victory was a narrow escape for the team and even the coach appreciate the effort of the RCB. Kolkata with second place in the points table is clearly aiming to qualify to playoffs and maintain their dominance. On the other hand, Punjab Kings is struggling a lot to get a single win in the last four matches. In every match they put their blood and sweat in the field but always get a big blow of loss which result in the ninth place on the leaderboard.
Absence of Shikhar Dhawan is clearly harassing their top order to make significant scores. In every match, we see PBKS to have lost the match with a close margin. In seven out of their eight games decided in the dramatic final overs. As the teams prepare to face off, the key question remains: Will KKR continue to dominate, or will Punjab manage to find the much-needed luck to swing the game in their favor? This matchup promises to be an intriguing contest as Punjab seeks to break their losing streak and KKR looks to solidify their top-table position.
| Match Venue | Match Timings |
| Eden Garden | 7:30 P.M. IST |
Head-To-Head in IPL:
In the 32 games contested between the two teams, KKR has dominated the contest with 21 wins while PBKS has managed to win 11 times.
Let’s look at the playing 11 of Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings
| Playing 11 of Kolkata Knight Riders | Playing 11 of Punjab Kings |
| Phil Salt (WK) | Jitesh Sharma (WK) |
| Sunil Narine | Sam Curran (C) |
| Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Prabhsimran Singh |
| Shreyas Iyer (C) | Liam Livingstone |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Ashutosh Sharma |
| Ramandeep Singh | Kagiso Rabada |
| Rinku Singh | Shashank Sharma |
| Andre Russell | Harshal Patel |
| Anukul Roy | Rahul Chahar |
| Mitchell Starc | Arshdeep Singh |
| Vaibhav Arora | Jonny Bairstow |
Team Analysis of Kolkata Knight Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders has been very aggressive from the beginning of the IPL. Brnadon McCullum begin the IPL with his 150 runs, giving one of the best opening to one of the most loved leagues of all time. From then KKR has seen and made one of the best players that were and are a part of Indian Cricket Team. Rinku Singh in the last 2023 season and this season Angkrish Raghuvanshi performed with a blast.
The batting lineup of Kolkata is one of the strongest from top to middle order the team is ready to face any bowler. The bowling lineup of the KKR is very comprehensive with spinners, pacers to medium fast bowlers. This makes the built of overall team a comprehensive to play in any pitch and in any condition. This is the foremost reason of their consistent winning in this IPL.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad for IPL 2024
Batters
Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Phil Salt, K.S. Bharat, Manish Pandey, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi.
Bowlers
Suyash Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mitchell Starc, and Chetan Sharma.
All-Rounders
Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, and Venkatesh Iyer.
Team Analysis of Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings is always a surprising team, having a group of international T20 players. The lineup consist of Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Sam Curran, and Sikandar Raza. The players of Punjab are consistent from the first match like Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Shashank Singh but still they are not able to get the win consistently. But the Absence of Dhawan really misses out that spark of the top order making more runs for the team to have a dominance in the target runs. However, the middle order is completely controlled by new players like Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma and others. But still having an experienced player in the middle give a sense of comfort to the team.
According to our experts, The main reason for consistent looses of Punjab lies in the lack of spinners in their bowling department. With only Rahul Chahar and Harpreet Brar as the primary options. However, the pacers are doing brilliant job. But multiple sets of bowlers allow the captain to play with the pitch to bluff the batsman. This gap overshadow the batters’ efforts and increase pressure on the team overall. Punjab Kings need to work on their bowling department otherwise they have leave the IPL 2024 Title race very soon. With Bairstow comeback the team have a chance to elevate their top order. But, still the PBKS need to address their top order to have less pressure in the upcoming batsmen.
Punjab Kings Squad for IPL 2024
Batters
Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Bhatia, Rilee Rossouw, and Shashank Singh.
Bowlers
Prince Choudhary, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, and Harshal Patel.
All-Rounders
Chris Woakes, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thyagarajann, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, and Shivam Singh.
Pitch & Weather Report
Eden Gardens is the home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders. The pitch of Eden Gardens is mostly batting friendly. Having a flat surface and the bounce allow the batsman to hit big strokes. It is good pitch not just for batting but as well as for bowling especially for spinners. But only under the sunlight helps the pitch dry up and the seam is perfectly connecting with the pitch.
The weather of Eden Gardens ranges between 32 degree in the day to 29 degree Celsius in the night. Having a close proximity to sea lead to increase in humidity from 68% at 7 P.M. to 88% at 11 P.M.
Where can you watch the live match
You can live stream today’s KKR vs RCB exclusively on JioCinema. For our Television audience they can watch it on Star Sports Network. You can also watch live score on our cricoworld website and also on official website of IPL.
Match Umpires
The on-field umpires of today’s match are Yeshwant Barde and Anil Chaudhary. The third umpire of KKR vs PBKS is Rohan Pandit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
KKR won the IPL two times. (2012, 2014)
KKR is just a part of Shah Rukh Khan’s cricket ownership. Apart from KKR, SRK own 3 other teams under Knight Riders Group
No, She does not own PBKS, but she is a part of the ownership. Mohit Burman, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta and Karan Paul are joint partners of PBKS.
