Published Apr 16, 2024, 5:03 am IST
The table toppers go up against each other. The Royals are a bowling heavy side while the Knight Riders are among the fastest scoring teams in the tournament. The Knight Riders though do not have a shabby bowling line-up as well. Mitchell Starc is back at his best and the spin attack looks pretty solid. For the Royals too, Chahal is among the wickets and the line-up as a whole is pretty innovative.
Date: April 16th, 2023
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
A dry evening is expected again with dew in the second half.
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 Eden Gardens has become a good bat first track despite high average scores. The pitch does slow down as the innings goes on which could make it tougher in the second half.
Stats | Matches | KKR Won | RR Won | NR | Tie |
Overall | 28 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
At Eden Gardens | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
0In the last Five Matches | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
In 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jos Buttler, Yashashvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell/ Keshav Maharaj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal
Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Rinku Singh
Rinku Singh has been pretty quite so far. It could be due to the fireworks from the West Indies duo but Rinku Singh will be hoping for a chance to prove that he can do more than finish an innings with chances higher up.
Yashashvi Jaiswal
Yashashvi Jaiswal may look to start silent in the upcoming game. He would feel better with some time out in the middle and if he does get a few deliveries to see himself in he could be a huge factor going forward in the tournament.
Players | Matches | Runs | Average |
Riyan Parag | 6 | 284 | 71 |
Sanju Samson | 6 | 264 | 66 |
Jos Buttler | 5 | 143 | 35.75 |
Yashashvi Jaiswal | 6 | 102 | 17 |
Shimron Hetmyer | 6 | 70 | 70 |
Players | Matches | Runs | Average |
Phil Salt | 5 | 191 | 47.75 |
Sunil Narine | 5 | 167 | 33.4 |
Shreyas Iyer | 5 | 129 | 43 |
Andre Russell | 5 | 115 | 57.5 |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi | 4 | 85 | 28.33 |
Players | Matches | Wickets | Average |
Yuzvendra Chahal | 6 | 11 | 14.81 |
Trent Boult | 6 | 6 | 24.33 |
Nandre Burger | 4 | 6 | 20.66 |
Avesh Khan | 6 | 5 | 41.6 |
Kuldeep Sen | 2 | 4 | 19 |
Players | Matches | Wickets | Average |
Vaibhav Arora | 3 | 6 | 14.83 |
Andre Russell | 5 | 6 | 15.33 |
Sunil Narine | 5 | 5 | 27 |
Harshit Rana | 4 | 5 | 21.4 |
Varun Chakravarthy | 5 | 5 | 32.8 |
Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine vs Ravichandran Ashwin: Ashwin has been pretty economical this season. He loves lefties but Nitish Rana and Sunil Narine are two players who always happen to get the better of him. Both love taking him on and strike past 200 against him making it an interesting challenge for Ashwin.
Kolkata are a little more balanced coming into this game and should be backing themselves here.
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