Today (April 26), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are facing Punjab Kings (PBKS) in match number-42 of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In the match, Kolkata has given Punjab a target of 262 runs to win. Punjab Kings have won two out of 8 matches so far. On the other hand, KKR has won five out of seven matches. Batting first after losing the toss, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 261 runs for six wickets. For Kolkata, Phil Salt played the highest innings of 75 runs in 37 balls. During this period, Salt hit six sixes and the same number of fours. Whereas Sunil Narine scored 71 runs. Narine hit 9 fours and four sixes in his innings of 32 balls. Narine-Salt together made an opening partnership of 138 runs in 10.2 overs. Venkatesh Iyer also scored 39 runs with the help of 3 fours and two sixes. Apart from this, Andre Russell (24) and Shreyas Iyer (28) also played stormy innings. Arshdeep Singh took maximum two wickets for Punjab.
Punjab Kings’ regular captain Shikhar Dhawan did not play in this match also due to not being completely fit. Due to this, once again in the absence of Gabbar i.e. Dhawan, Sam Curran was seen taking command. Punjab included Jonny Bairstow and Rahul Chahar for this match. Liam Livingstone remained out. On the other hand, the most expensive player of IPL, Mitchell Starc could not play this match for KKR due to injury. Dushmantha Chameera got the place in place of Starc.
So far 32 matches have been played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League. During this period, Kolkata won 21 matches, while Punjab Kings had only 11 wins. The last time the two teams met at Eden Gardens, KKR had won by five wickets.
