IPL 2024 KKR vs PBKS : Match Preview

The 42nd match of the Indian Premier League 2024 will witness Kolkata Knight Riders lock horns with Punjab Kings on April 26 at the Eden Gardens. Kolkata are entering the contest, having trumped Royal Challengers Bangalore in their previous game. They would look to bring their A-game into play in the encounter against the PBKS side who have been mediocre so far, having won just two of their eight matches.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Head-to-Head Records

Pitch Report

The surface at Eden Gardens has been a batter’s paradise and 200+ totals have been scored three out of four times this season. Thus, one can expect yet another tough day for the bowlers in the forthcoming game.

Weather Report

According to AccuWeather, the temperature will hover around 33 degrees Celsius and will drop to 29 degrees Celsius at the later stages of the game. However, there will be no presence of rain in the contest. Moreover, high humidity will be experienced during the match hours.

Injury Update

Kolkata Knight Riders do not have any injury scares currently in their camp. Talking about Punjab Kings, they have been fretting over the injury to their skipper Shikhar Dhawan. It will be interesting to see if Dhawan will be able to achieve match fitness for the upcoming match.

Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing XI 

Philip Salt (wk)

Sunil Narine

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

Shreyas Iyer (c)

Venkatesh Iyer

Andre Russell

Rinku Singh

Ramandeep Singh

Mitchell Starc

Varun Chakaravarthy

 Harshit Rana

Punjab Kings Probable Playing XI

Sam Curran (c)

Prabhsimran Singh

Rilee Rossouw

Liam Livingstone

Shashank Singh

Jitesh Sharma (wk)

Ashutosh Sharma

Harpreet Brar

Harshal Patel

Kagiso Rabada

Arshdeep Singh