Boundary hitting to take centre stage at Eden Gardens

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Average first innings score in last three years:175

52% of the games have been won by team batting first

Pacers have picked 64.91% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 35.09% of the wickets.

*all data from last 3 years

Suggested Team

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Top run scorers at this venue

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Top wicket takers at this venue

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Grand League Punts

Ravi Bishnoi has been very inconsistent, this season. He has grabbed 2+ wickets in six matches, and has gone wicketless in five matches this season till now. On the other hand, KKR batters have the poorest balls/dismissal amongst all teams. Despite that, teams haven't bowled enough spin at them. Bishnoi would be an key to getting some crucial breakthroughs for the Super Giants. 

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has enjoyed playing at home, more so than away. He averaged 22 and strikes at 140 at the Eden Gardens. The numbers might not be great in isolation, but they drop to 9 and 102, respectively, whenever they played outside. A return to home could very well mean a return to form for the young Afghan.

Mohsin Khan, playing only his third match of the season, stepped up with the ball as he defended 11 runs off the final over against the likes of Tim David and Cameron Green, conceding just 5 runs. In the eliminator played here last season, he conceded only 25 runs in his spell. Should he continue his good form form the previous game, he will be more than a handful for KKR batters to handle.

Probable XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Nitish Rana (C), Venkatesh Iyer (IP), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma (IP) 

Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock (WK), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad (IP), Krunal Pandya (C), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Swapnil Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur (IP)