Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will lock horns with the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 42nd match of the ongoing IPL 2024 season on April 26th, Friday at the at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The match will start at 7:30 PM.
Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Eden Gardens Stadium.
The iconic Eden Gardens is set to host its fifth game of the season. A total of seven matches will be hosted at this venue in IPL 2024.
This match will be the fourth straight home match for KKR. In the last match on this ground, Kolkata Knight Riders won by one run against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
In the four games at Eden Gardens, the pitch behaved in different manners during the day and night games. In the day games, scoring was not flawless, while in the night matches, scores above 200 were put up by both sides.
In the IPL, 90 matches have been played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, and 40.45% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 59.55% of them have been won by the chasing team.
Eden Gardens IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
90
Matches won batting first
37
Matches won batting second
53
Average first innings total
161.88
Runs per over
8.40
Runs per wicket
27.62
Highest total recorded
235/4 by CSK vs KKR in 2023
Lowest total recorded
49/10 by RCB vs KKR in 2017
The overall stats shows that, like most venues, the chasing team has enjoyed majority of the success Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
IPL Record at Eden Gardens in Last 10 Matches
Stats
Numbers
Matches
10
Matches won batting first
5
Matches won batting second
5
Average first innings score
194.2
Average first innings winning score
210.2
Average powerplay score
56.1
Average death-over score
61.1
The overall stats of the last 10 matches show that, batting first or second both have been beneficial at this stadium. The average first-innings score is 194.2 runs, the pitch has become excellent for batting in recent years. The average powerplay run rate is 9.35 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 12.22.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 4 Matches won batting first: 2 Matches won batting second: 2 Average first innings total: 204 Average second innings total: 203
Individual Player Records at Eden Gardens (IPL)
Highest Runs at Eden Gardens in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
Gautam Gambhir
1407
Robin Uthappa
1159
Andre Russell
908
Yusuf Pathan
861
Nitish Rana
655
So, among the top run scorers at the Eden Gardens in the IPL, Andre Russell will be playing this game. He batted decently in the last match, and we can expect a good knock from him in the upcoming match.
Highest Wickets at Eden Gardens in IPL (Top 5)
Bowlers
Wickets
Sunil Narine
67
Piyush Chawla
41
Andre Russell
37
Kuldeep Yadav & Shakib Al Hasan
21
Rajat Bhatia
20
Among the highest wicket takers at the Eden Gardens, we will see in-form Sunil Narine and Andre Russell in action during upcoming match.