IPL 2024: KKR vs PBKS Match Preview, Probable XI and Head-to-Head Stats

Kolkata Knight Riders have been one of the top-performing groups of this year’s Indian Head Association (IPL) so far. far. The two-time champions have won five of their seven matches so far this season. KKR will see to their dominance when they take on the Punjab Rulers in their other installation planned to be played on Friday, April 26. The IPL 2024 diversion between KKR and PBKS will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Shreyas Iyer-led side will enter the amusement as the top choice, considering the Punjab-based franchise’s current shape. KKR are heading to the domestic installation after beating Illustrious Challengers Bengaluru in an exciting clash. It was a high-scoring undertaking where KKR batted to begin with and set a target of 223 runs. The RCB batting unit, too, had a great excursion but eventually fell one run short of the required total.

Meanwhile, PBKS is coming off four continuous routs. In their final match against the Gujarat Titans, PBKS confronted a batting collapse, managing to reach 146. GT comfortably chased down the target in the 19th over to secure a three-wicket victory.

Kolkata Knight Riders have been one of the top-performing groups of this year’s Indian Head Alliance (IPL) so far. The two-time champions have won five of their seven matches so far this season. KKR will see to their dominance when they take on the Punjab Lords in their other installation planned to be played on Friday, April 26. The IPL 2024 diversion between KKR and PBKS will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Shreyas Iyer-led side will enter the diversion as the top pick, considering the Punjab-based franchise’s current shape. KKR are heading to the domestic installation after beating Illustrious Challengers Bengaluru in an exciting clash. It was a high-scoring undertaking where KKR batted to begin with and set a target of 223 runs. The RCB batting unit, too, had a great excursion but eventually fell one run short of the required total.

Meanwhile, PBKS is coming off four continuous routs. In their final match against the Gujarat Titans, PBKS confronted a batting collapse, managing to reach 146. GT comfortably chased down the target in the 19th over to secure a three-wicket victory.

KKR vs. PBKS Head-to-Head (Past 5 Matches) 
2023: KKR won by 5 wickets.

2023: PBKS won by 7 runs

2022: KKR won by six wickets.

2021: PBKS won by 5 wickets

2021: KKR won by 5 wickets.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Plausible XI Team 
Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghvanshi, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, and Varun Chakravarthy

Punjab Rulers (PBKS) Likely XI Team 
Rilee Rossouw, Atharva Taide, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, and Kagiso Rabada

KKR vs. PBKS Dream11 Prediction 

Captain: Sam Curran

Vice-Captain: Sunil Narine

Wicketkeeper: Phil Salt

Batters: Shashank Singh, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, and Rilee Rossouw

All-rounders: Sam Curran, Sunil Narine, and Liam Livingstone

Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, and Kagiso Rabada

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

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Punjab Rulers (PBKS) Full Squad 
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Brief, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Sovereign Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs. Punjab Lords (PBKS) Coordinate Details 
What: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs. Punjab Rulers (PBKS) IPL 2024