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The teams of Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will face each other in the IPL on Friday. The match between the two teams will start at 7.30 pm Indian time at Eden Gardens. Currently, Kolkata Knight Riders are in second place with 10 points from 7 matches. While Punjab Kings is at ninth position with 4 points from 8 matches. So take a look at the probable playing eleven and pitch report of both the teams for today's match.
Will KKR's playing eleven change?
Phil Salt and Sunil Narine can be the opening batsmen for Kolkata Knight Riders. Apart from this, batsmen like Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh can be a part of the playing eleven. Whereas as bowlers, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty can be a part of the playing eleven.
Will Punjab Kings enter with these players?
Punjab Kings' regular captain Shikhar Dhawan is out of the playing eleven for several matches due to injury. It is believed that Shikhar Dhawan will not be a part of the playing eleven against Kolkata Knight Riders. So the responsibility of captaincy will be in the hands of Sam Curran. Sam Curran and Prabhsimran Singh can be seen in the role of opening batsman of Punjab Kings. Whereas batsmen Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma and Ashutosh Sharma can get a place in this team. The responsibility of bowling will be on Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh.
Bowlers will sweat again in Eden Gardens!
Big scores have been made continuously at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Many times this season, teams have crossed the 200-run mark. Apart from this, teams have also chased 200 runs. In such a situation, this ground can once again witness a high scoring match. Teams want to bowl first after winning the toss. So far in 90 T20 matches on this ground, the team batting first has won 37 times while the team chasing runs has won 53 times.
Which team has won the most number of times
This season, except the batsmen of Kolkata Knight Riders, the bowlers are in excellent form. At the same time, defeating Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens is a big challenge for the opposing teams. Apart from this, both the teams have faced each other 32 times so far, in which KKR has won 21 times, while Punjab Kings have won 11 times. In this way, if we look at the statistics and current form, KKR is a strong contender for victory.
What will the weather be like?
Kolkata is currently facing scorching heat for several days and the Meteorological Department has also issued an orange alert in view of the heat. The evening temperature in Kolkata will be around 29 degrees. However, due to heat wave the temperature will be felt up to 35 degrees. At the same time, the humidity will be around 78 percent while there is no possibility of rain.
Probable playing-11 of Punjab Kings
Sam Curran (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh.
Probable playing XI of 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 Varunvarthy Chakra.
