Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will face each other in IPL 2024 on Friday (April 26). The match between the two teams will start at 7:30 PM IST at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.

Kolkata Knight Riders are currently at the second position with 10 points from 7 matches. While Punjab Kings are at the ninth position with 4 points from 8 matches.

How about a peach of Eden Gardens?

Kolkata's Eden Gardens Stadium has been building big scores consistently. Teams have crossed the 200-run mark several times this season. Apart from this, teams have also chased 200 runs. So once again a high scoring match can be seen on this ground.

Teams like to bowl first after winning the toss. In the 90 T20 matches played at this ground so far, the team batting first has won 37 times, while the team chasing runs has won 53 times.

KKR vs Punjab Head to Head Record

Apart from the Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen, the bowlers also seem to be in excellent form this season. At the same time, defeating Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens is a big challenge for the opposing teams.

Besides, the two teams have faced each other 32 times so far, with KKR winning 21 times and Punjab Kings winning 11 times. Thus, going by the stats and current form, KKR are strong contenders to win.

Will there be a change in KKR's playing eleven?

Phil Salt and Sunil Narine could be the openers for Kolkata Knight Riders. Apart from this, batsmen Ankrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh could be part of the playing eleven. While Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty can be part of the playing eleven as bowlers.

Will Shikhar Dhawan play?

Punjab Kings' regular captain Shikhar Dhawan has been out of the playing eleven for several matches due to injury. Also, it is believed that Shikhar Dhawan will not be a part of the playing eleven against Kolkata Knight Riders. So the responsibility of the captaincy will be in the hands of Sam Curran. Sam Karan and Prabhasimran Singh can be seen as openers for Punjab Kings. Batsmen like Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma and Ashutosh Sharma can get a place in this team. Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh will be responsible for the bowling.

Both possible playing elevens

Kolkata Knight Riders : Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty.

Punjab Kings : Sam Karan (captain), Prabhasimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh.