Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders will host Kings XI Punjab at the Eden Gardens here, Wednesday.
Both sides go into the game at the back of thrilling wins and would like to continue their run before squaring off. So here are some stats and figures ahead of the showdown.
Head to head
Matches played: 23
Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 15
Kings XI Punjab wins: 8
Batting figures
Highest score: 204/2 scored by KXIP in IPL 2010 is the highest total recorded between the two sides at Eden Gardens.
Lowest score: 119/6 by KXIP in IPL 2011 is the lowest total recorded between the two sides at this venue.
Highest individual score: Mahela Jayavardane, then of KXIP, scored a remarkable 110* against KKR in 2010 which is still the highest individual score between the two sides at Eden Gardens.
No. of sixes: The two sides have knocked the ball out of the park 119 times in Kolkata.
Bowling figures
Highest wicket taker: Sunil Narine with 11 wickets is the highest wicket-taker in KKR vs KXIP matches at Eden Gardens.
Best numbers: Narine’s 5/19 in IPL 2012 is the best bowling performance in KKR vs KXIP matches at this venue.
Team predictions
Knight Riders: Nitish Rana, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Joe Denly, Dinesh Karthik (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson.
Kings XI: Chris Gayle, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin (Captain), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammed Shami, Ankit Rajpoot.
Live stream
TV –Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports Select 1 HD
Streaming – Hotstar
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