KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI & Fantasy Tips IPL 2024 Match – 42

KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI & Fantasy Tips IPL 2024 Match – 42: The 42nd match of the Indian Premier League will be contested at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. This time, the Kolkata Knight Riders team will host Punjab Kings. This match is important for both teams because even though the KKR team is currently in the top 4, it will still have to win a few more matches to secure its place in the playoffs. At the same time, the Punjab Kings team is currently in ninth position. The team would like to increase its ranking by winning the match.

KKR vs PBKS Match Preview

The opening pair of Sunil Narine and Phil Salt have performed brilliantly for KKR this season. Both of them have scored runs at the rate of about 12 runs per over this season and have been the third fastest run-scoring pair. Thanks to Narine and Salt, KKR have scored around 11 runs per over in the powerplay and have been the second-fastest run-scoring team. Salt has scored runs strike rate of 176 against fast bowlers and 138 against spinners. Andre Russell has scored 408 runs against PBKS at a strike rate of 200. This is their high strike rate against any team in the IPL. Russell has hit 79 sixes so far at Eden Gardens and he is the batsman who has hit the most sixes on this ground.

It will be very important for PBKS to stop Russell and Harshal Patel should be used for this job. Russell’s strike rate against Harshal is only 134.6 and he has become his victim twice in four innings. Apart from Harshal, Sam Curran has also dismissed Russell three times in nine innings, but Russestrike rate against him is 221.4.

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PBKS’s top order has failed miserably and the team is suffering the consequences. This season, batsmen ranked 1-5 have scored 794 runs in eight innings at an average of around 21 strike rate of 125. On the other hand, batsmen numbered 6-8 have scored 487 runs in the same number of innings. The special thing is that these batsmen have scored runs at an average of around 35 strike rate of 158. The team is heavily dependent on uncapped players like Ashutosh and Shashank. Both of them have scored 354 runs at an average of 44.25 strike rate-rate of 177.

KKR vs PBKS Match details

KKR vs PBKS Pitch And Weather Report

In all the matches that have taken place so far in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, we have seen big scores. Something similar can happen in the next match also. Although there is bounce on the wicket, in such a situation where the ball hits the bat well, the bowlers also have a chance to take wickets. But in the second innings, the spinners may be able to show their magic. The ground is somewhat big, so a player can get caught out even on the boundary. The batsmen will have to keep this in mind.

KKR vs PBKS Head-To-Head

KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction H2H Team

KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction Grand League Team

KKR vs PBKS Predicted XI

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Phil Salt(wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer ©, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma

Punjab Kings (PBKS): Sam Curran ©, Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Singh

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