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KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction Possible 11 Fantasy Cricket Tips for 42nd Match of IPL 2024 | KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction Today | Eden Gardens Pitch Report

Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their must-win match last night. Now, it’s Punjab Kings’ turn to do the same. Their past five matches have gone down to the final over, but crucially they have only been able to win one. They have lost four in a row and desperately need a turnaround if they are any chance of making a run to the playoffs.

It certainly won’t be an easy task today. They face high-flying Kolkata Knight Riders who can consolidate a top-two spot with victory here. Last time, they held on by the skin of their teeth to beat RCB by one run in a high-scoring encounter, so the spotlight is on the bowlers, especially Mitchell Starc, to ask more questions of the opposition lineup.

IPL 2024 42nd Match: KKR vs PBKS Possible Playing XIs

KKR look settled. Shikhar Dhawan is expected to miss this match for PBKS.

Kolkata Knight Riders: 1. Phil Salt (wk, OS), 2. Sunil Narine (OS), 3. Angkrish Raghuvanshi, 4. Venkatesh Iyer, 5. Shreyas Iyer (c), 6. Rinku Singh, 7. Andre Russell (OS), 8. Ramandeep Singh, 9. Mitchell Starc (OS), 10. Varun Chakravarthy, 11. Harshit Rana, 12. Suyash Sharma/Vaibhav Arora

Punjab Kings: 1. Prabhsimran Singh, 2. Rilee Rossouw/Jonny Bairstow (OS), 3. Sam Curran (c, OS), 4. Jitesh Sharma (wk), 5. Liam Livingstone (OS), 6. Shashank Singh, 7. Ashutosh Sharma, 8. Harpreet Brar, 9. Harshal Patel, 10. Kagiso Rabada (OS), 11. Arshdeep Singh, 12. Harpreet Singh

Fantasy Tips for KKR vs PBKS: Key Players to Watch/Key Stats

Kolkata Knight Riders:

• Sunil Narine has taken 33 wickets in 24 matches against Punjab. Expect him to test PBKS’ overseas players if he gets the chance to bowl to them.
• Narine has hammered 286 runs at an average of 40.85 and strike rate of 176.54 this season.
• Phil Salt is striking at 169.38 in IPL 2024. In his last match, he hammered 48 off 14 balls against RCB on this ground. Two games earlier, he struck 89* against LSG here.
• Andre Russell won player of the match against RCB a few days ago. Against PBKS since 2015, Russell has hammered an incredible 408 runs at an average of 37.09 and strike rate of 200. He also has 14 wickets.
• Russell has smashed 60 off 27 balls against Kagiso Rabada in the IPL (one dismissal). He has also scored 24 off 13 against Arshdeep Singh (one dismissal).
• Mitchell Starc is still searching for his best form. He will be key upfront and at the death. The left-armer has overall figures of 1/16 off 18 balls against Bairstow in T20s.

Punjab Kings:

• Sam Curran is vital to Punjab’s hopes. The captain strikes at 169.6 against Sunil Narine in T20s (one dismissal).
• Curran has taken at least one wicket in each of his last four games (7 in total).
• Shashank Singh is PBKS’ leading run-scorer this season (195) at an average of 48.75 and strike rate of 168.10. Ashutosh Sharma is next with 159 at a strike rate of 189.28.
• Kagiso Rabada will be key against Sunil Narine. He has dismissed the left-hander twice in 13 balls, conceding 23 runs.
• Harshal Patel has picked up eight wickets in his last four games. His matchup against Shreyas Iyer is a good one: 9 balls, 7 runs, 2 dismissals.
• Harshal has also dismissed Andre Russell twice in 25 balls, conceding a respectable 36 in the process.

Other Stats and Facts

• Head-to-head: Matches 32, KKR 21, PBKS 11.
• Punjab Kings have won just one of their past eight matches at Eden Gardens.
• Arshdeep Singh has dismissed Sunil Narine once in eight balls (10 runs).
• Prabhsimran Singh (19.25), Sam Curran (19) and Jitesh Sharma (16) are all averaging under 20 with the bat this season.
• Varun Chakravarthy vs PBKS: 7 inns, 8 wickets, avg. 21.88, econ. 6.25.
• Andre Russell strikes at 221.4 against Sam Curran. However, Curran has dismissed him thrice.

Eden Gardens Kolkata Pitch Report and Weather

Batting conditons have been glorious at Eden Gardens this season. Both teams have hit 200 in the same game on three occasions out of four in IPL 2024. Expect another excellent batting track.

Incredibly, Sunil Narine has taken six wickets at Eden Gardens at an economy of just 6.25 in this campaign.

Very hot conditions are forecast with temperatures in the low-mid 30s at night.

IPL 2024 42nd Match: KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction Today

Note: The below teams are not based on the final playing XIs. We may not be able to update these in time. Use the stats and commentary in this article, as well as your own instincts, to create your teams.

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KKR vs PBKS Winner Prediction

Expect Punjab to be competitive again. However, KKR should prevail with the win.