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In the 44th match of IPL-2024, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) today. The match will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata from 7:30 pm. The toss will be at 7:00 pm. KKR and PBKS will face the second time this season. In the last match, Punjab defeated Kolkata by 16 runs.

Pbks have won 5 matches so far under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer and lost 3. At the same time, KKR has won only 3 matches and faced defeat in 5.

Match details, 44th match kkr vs pbks date- 26 April Stadium- Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM

Kolkata dominates in head to head

Kolkata is dominating Punjab in Head to Head. A total of 34 IPL matches have been played between the two teams so far. Kolkata in 21 and Punjab in 13 won. Both teams have clashed 13 times at Eden Gardens, in 9 matches, Kolkata and 4 have won Punjab.

Harshit KKR’s top bowler

KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane has scored 271 runs in 8 matches at a strike rate of 146.48. During this time he has put 3 fifty. Rahane is the top scorer of the team. In bowling, Harshit has taken 11 wickets in 8 matches with an average of 22.54.

Shreyas scored the most runs for Punjab

Captain Shreyas Iyer has scored 263 runs in 8 matches with a strike rate of 185.21 so far this season. Meanwhile, he has scored 3 half -centuries. Iyer is the highest run -scorer for the team. Priyansh Arya is at number two. Priyansh has scored 254 runs in 8 innings. Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has taken the most wickets for the team. Arshdeep has taken 11 wickets in 8 matches.

Pitch report The pitch of Eden Gardens Stadium is batting friendly. So far 97 IPL matches have been played in this stadium. The teams who bat first here have won 41 matches and later batting teams have won 56 matches.

The highest team score of this stadium is 262/2, which was made by Punjab Kings against Kolkata last year.

Weather condition The weather of Kolkata will be very hot on 26 April. The temperature here is expected to be between 27 and 37 degrees on this day. There is no possibility of rain during the match. At the same time, the wind will run at a speed of 19 km per hour.

Possible-12 Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Naren, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Moin Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Angkrish Raghuvanshi.

Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Prabhasimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Nehal Vaidhera, Marcus Stoynis, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Marco Janson, Arshdeep Singh, Bartlet, Yuzvendra Chahal, Glenn Maxwell.