KKR Vs PBKS IPL 2024: The stage is set for another juicy match in the 17th season of IPL. Kolkata and Punjab teams will meet at Eden Gardens on Friday. With back-to-back wins, the Kolkata team remains at the second position in the points table. The team led by Iyer has currently played 7 matches this season and won five. Play off hopes are kept alive.. In the recent match against Bengaluru team, Kolkata won by only one run. In this background, Kolkata hopes to win the match against the Punjab team in the home match on Friday night and stay at the first place in the points table. Sri Lankan player Chamira is likely to replace Mitchell Starc in the Kolkata team.
Punjab team is showing the most disappointing performance in this tournament. Captain Dhawan has been absent from the team in the recent three matches. Sam Karan replaced him as the captain. However, the composition of the Punjab team did not change. With this, Dhawan will act as the captain in the match against the Kolkata team on Friday. So far Punjab team has played 8 matches and registered only two wins. Remaining ninth in the points table. This team has already complicated the playoff chances. In order to go to the play-offs, the Punjab team has to win every match by a huge margin. The Punjab team hopes to win the match against Kolkata by a huge margin of runs.
Salt, Narine and Shreyas Iyer are in terrific form in the Kolkata team. The team is expecting a big innings from Rinku Singh, Rutherford and Nitish Rana who are key batsmen. Raghuvanshi hopes to get in touch. Sunil Narine is supporting in the bowling department. If Russell, Venkatesh Iyer and Raman Deep Singh perform well, there will be no turning back for the Kolkata team. In this match, Starc was kept away. The Kolkata team gave Chamira a chance to replace him.
In Punjab, the likes of Shashank Singh, Prabh Simran Singh and Ashutosh Sharma are carrying the batting burden. Other players are not doing well. Living Stone and Johnny Bairstow, who had high hopes, are not doing well. Although Dhawan's return to the team is an advantage, he has not been able to make much of an impact in the past matches. The team hopes that all the key players will come into touch. Rabada is carrying the bowling burden alone. If the others join him, the Punjab team will not turn around.
So far these two teams have met 32 times. Kolkata is showing dominance with 21 wins. Punjab have won only 11 matches. According to Google prediction, Kolkata team has 56% chance of winning and Punjab team has 44% chance of winning.
Here is the prediction of the teams
Kol Kata
Shreyas Iyer (Captain) Sunil Narine, Rutherford, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Raghu Vanshi, Salt, Russell, Kusut Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Raman Deep Singh, Chamira.
Punjab
Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Sam Karan, Rossouw, Living Stone, Ashutosh Sharma, Jitesh Sharma, Prabh Simran Singh, Johnny Bairstow, Sikander Raja, Shashank Singh, Rabada, Rahul Chahar.
