Check our Fantasy Cricket Prediction, Tips, Playing Team Picks for IPL 2024, Match 42 on April 26th
Kolkata Knight Riders will face Punjab Kings in the 42nd match of the IPL 2024 on Friday. Kolkata Knight Riders won the cliffhanger against Royal Challengers by a mere one run to register their fifth win this season. Meanwhile, Losing close games has been the story of the season for Punjab Kings who have only two wins from 8 matches.
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Match Details:
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, Match 42
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date & Time: April 26th at 7:30 PM IST and Local Time
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and JioCinema
What is the Pitch Report for KKR vs PBKS, IPL 2024, Match 42?
The track here at Eden Gardens has produced six 200-plus scores in 8 innings overall in the competition and is one hell of a record. These stats are enough to say, it’s a paradise for the batters. Quick bowlers have dominated the proceedings, bagging 72 percent of the wickets while spinners have chipped in here and there when it mattered. It isn’t going to change much throughout the game and hence, bowling first would be a great option.
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Recent form:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Won, Lost, Won, Lost, Won
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Won
KKR vs PBKS, IPL 2024, Match 42 Probable Winners:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru are expected to win this match.
What is the Expected, Probable Playing XIs for KKR vs PBKS, IPL 2024, Match 42?
Kolkata Knight Riders
Phil Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi / Vaibhav Arora, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer / Nitish Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc / Dushmantha Chameera / Allah Ghazanfar, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana
Punjab Kings
Sam Curran, Shikhar Dhawan / Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw / Sikandar Raza, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Injury Updates:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana is still nursing a finger injury that he sustained in the opening game against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He is hoping for a return in this match.
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Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan is recovering from injury and his availability is subject to fitness.
What are the Fantasy Cricket Top Picks, Players for KKR vs PBKS, IPL 2024, Match 42?
Top Pick – Batter
Shashank Singh is a wholehearted cricketer and has scored the most runs (195) for Punjab Kings in this IPL.
Top Pick – All-Rounder
Sunil Narine is a class act and accounted for 286 runs and 9 wickets this season. He is your best choice for the captaincy pick.
Top Pick – Bowler
Harshal Patel has bagged back-to-back 3-fers in the last two matches against GT and MI. Overall in 8 matches this season, he picked 13 wickets at an economy of close to 10.
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Top Pick – Wicketkeeper
Coming in as a replacement for Jason Roy, Phil Salt bagged the opportunity in both hands and struck 249 runs in 7 matches this season with the best score of 89*.
X-Factor:
Andre Russell deserved the Player of the Match award against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, where he scored 27* runs and picked up 3 wickets.
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— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 25, 2024
What are the Fantasy Suggested teams for KKR vs PBKS, IPL 2024, Match 42?
1. Phil Salt (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Harshal Patel (vc), Kagiso Rabada, Varun Chakravarthy
2. Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Rinku Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sunil Narine (c), Andre Russell (vc), Harshal Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh
Tense equation! 🥶#SherSquad, which side according to you will get the job done? 🤔#SaddaPunjab #PunjabKings #JazbaHaiPunjabi #TATAIPL2024 pic.twitter.com/aS6skumFSs
— Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) April 25, 2024
Pre-Match Analysis:
Eden Gardens is a lucky venue for Kolkata Knight Riders who have won 3 of their 4 matches played this season. In their previous game against RCB, their hearts were in their mouth and encountered shivers when Karn Sharma dispatched for 3 sixes in 4 balls in the last over of the match, in the end, it all went well as Mitchell Starc somehow held his nerve to hand one-run win for the side. Sunil Narine is having a gem of a tournament, especially with the bat, scoring 286 runs in 7 matches and claiming 9 wickets. Phil Salt’s aggressive intent is the talk of the town as he is striking at the rate of close to 170.
By analyzing their bowling performances, Mitchell Starc might be rested for this match and Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera is expected to replace him. They are placed 2nd in the standings with 10 points.
Punjab Kings have found different reasons to lose after taking control of the match, this has been their story so far. They lost to Gujarat Titans in their latest fixture by 3 wickets after posting a modest 143-run target. Impressive bowling show from Harshal Patel and Liam Livingstone kept them in the contest but it wasn’t enough to seal a win. New batting sensations Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma departed for a single-digit score which proved costly as well. They are missing their skipper Shikhar Dhawan badly and his availability for this match hasn’t been confirmed yet.
Harshal Patel is slowly making progress and he is the joint leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 13 scalps. They need to find different ways and adjust to the conditions of Eden Gardens as quickly as possible. With 2 wins and 6 losses, they are at 9th spot in the standings with 4 points.
