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Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Average first innings score in last three years: 176
57% of the games have been won by team batting first
Pacers have picked 66.92% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 33.08% of the wickets.
*all data since 2020 unless mentioned otherwise
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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
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scores of 57, 0 and 81 in the three innings at the Eden Gardens this season. His 138 runs at this venue has come at a strike-rate of 160.5. He has hit a six once every 4.1 deliveries here and has proven to be a safe 'keeper as well having pouched five catches in six games so far. He has blown hot and cold here, but could be a valuable asset in your fantasy team if he gets in.
Shikhar Dhawan has been key to Punjab Kings (PBKS) victories this season, having scored 154 runs at 77 this season to go with a strike-rate of 154. Even in losses, his numbers are not that particularly bad (138 runs @ 46, SR 143.8), further underlying his importance at the top of the order. Since scoring an unbeaten 99 against SRH, Dhawan has scores of 8, 1, 28 and 30 in the next four innings. PBKS would hope that their skipper comes good in this game.
What a tournament Jitesh Sharma has had. He has slammed 239 runs in 10 innings at a strike-rate of 165.97, hitting 16 sixes - the most for his franchise. He has played some crucial cameos for this side down the order, with his last five scores reading - 49* (27), 21 (10), 24 (10), 25 (7) and 41 (27). Only three of his 10 innings this season has seen him score at a strike-rate less that 150. Expect the 'keeper-batter to come good once again at the Eden Gardens.
Probable XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sam Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
