IPL 2024: Match 42, KKR vs PBKS Today Match Prediction - Who will win today's IPL match?
IPL 2024: Match 42, KKR vs PBKS Today Match Prediction – Find out who will win today’s IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, only on Cricketwinner
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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.
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
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