Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2024: Match Preview, Fantasy Picks, Pitch And Weather Reports

Kolkata Knight Riders have played seven matches in IPL 2024 and they are currently ranked second on the points table, while Punjab Kings have played eight and are currently placed ninth on the points table. The pitch at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 177 runs.

The team batting first at this venue has won 50% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions today.

Temperature will hover around 30.35 degree C and humidity is expected to be around 72%. 7.57 m/s winds are expected.

Pace or Spin?

The pacers have taken 67% of the total wickets at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea. Based on the stats available, We predict that the pitch will continue to assist the pacers.

KKR vs PBKS, Head to Head

In the 32 matches played between these 2 teams, bowlers of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.

KKR vs PBKS Fantasy XI Prediction: Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks

Andre Dwayne Russell

Andre Russell is an all-rounder with an average of 64 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 10 and can be a good safe pick for your Fantasy XI Team. This player is a right-handed batter. In the last three matches, Russell has scored 40 runs at an average of 40 per match. He is also a handy bowler, bowling right-arm fast and in recent matches has taken four wickets at an average of 14.5 per match.

Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan is a batter with an average of 42 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.7 and can be a good pick for your Fantasy XI Team. This player is a top-order opening batter, who bats left-handed. In the last five matches, Dhawan has scored 152 runs averaging 30.4 per match.

Samuel Matthew Curran

Sam Curran is an all-rounder with an average of 69 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.5 and can be a good safe pick for your Fantasy XI Team. He is a top-order opening left-handed batter. In recent five matches, he has scored 32 runs averaging 13 per match. Curran is also a handy bowler, bowling left-arm medium fast and in recent matches has taken five wickets at an average of 16.8 per match.

Sunil Philip Narine

Sunil Narine is an all-rounder with an average of 79 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.4 and is a punt player for your Fantasy Team. This player is a top-order opening left-handed batter. In the recently played five matches, Narine has scored 119 runs averaging 59.5 per match. He also bowls decently, bowling off break and in recent matches has taken five wickets at an average of 16.2 per match.

Ashutosh Rambabu Sharma

Ashutosh Sharma is a batter with an average of 47 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.4 and is a fairly consistent player in terms of fantasy points. This player is a batter, who bats right-handed. In the recent five matches, Ashutosh has scored 159 runs at an average of 39.8 per match.

KKR vs PBKS Squad Information

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad: Manish Pandey, Mitchell Starc, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Dushmantha Chameera, KS Bharat, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Phil Salt, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Varun Chakaravarthy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Harshit Rana, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain and Suyash Sharma

Punjab Kings (PBKS) Squad: Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Woakes, Rilee Rossouw, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Singh, Harshal Patel, Tanay Thyagarajan, Jonny Bairstow, Sikandar Raza, Shashank Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Sam Curran, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Atharva Taide, Ashutosh Sharma, Vidwath Kaverappa, Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Shivam Singh, Vishwanath Singh and Prince Choudhary

KKR vs PBKS Fantasy XI Team Today

Wicket-Keepers: Phil Salt and Prabhsimran Singh

Batters: Ashutosh Sharma and Shreyas Iyer

All-Rounders: Andre Russell, Sam Curran and Sunil Narine

Bowlers: Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshal Patel, Harpreet Brar and Arshdeep Singh

Captain: Arshdeep Singh

Vice-Captain: Andre Russell

Topics mentioned in this article

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