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Kolkata Knight Riders are up in opposition to Delhi Capitals in match 47 of the Indian Premier League 2024. After mauling the Capitals at DC’s second residence in Vizag, the Knight Riders hope for some extra dominance at residence in Eden Gardens.
The final time these two groups met one another, KKR handed DC a correct drubbing after they defeated them by 106 runs after making 272 batting first. Sunil Narine was in elegant contact along with his 39-ball 85-run knock, whereas Andre Russell (41 off 19), Angrish Raghuvanshi (54 from 27 balls) and Rinku Singh (26 from 8) performed sturdy cameos too. But KKR are now coming off a heartbreaking loss to Punjab Kings, who accomplished the highest-ever run chase in T20 cricket. Delhi at the moment are upbeat they usually can get their payback in Kolkata.
Eden Gardens pitch report
The surface at the Eden Gardens is often a batters’ paradise. The final recreation between KKR and PBKS noticed batting data being damaged for enjoyable. Punjab gunned the most important run chase in T20 historical past and in addition the 42 sixes in that recreation have been the best variety of maximums in a T20 recreation.
There have been 91 IPL matches performed at the venue out of which 37 have been received by batting first groups. The chasing sides have an higher edge with 53 wins for the batting second sides.
Eden Gardens – The Numbers Game
IPL stats
Matches performed: 91
Batting first received: 37
Batting second received: 53
Highest rating: 262 by PBKS vs KKR
Lowest rating: 49
Average first innings rating: 166.5
Delhi Capitals Squad: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Kumar Kushagra, Kuldeep Yadav, Lizaad Williams, Mukesh Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Rasikh Dar Salam, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ricky Bhui, Sumit Kumar, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Lalit Yadav, David Warner, Yash Dhull, Swastik Chikara, Jhye Richardson, Ishant Sharma, Gulbadin Naib
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mitchell Starc, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat
