Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will lock horns with the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 31st match of the ongoing IPL 2024 season on April 16th, Tuesday 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 third game of the season. A total of seven matches will be hosted at this venue in IPL 2024.
In the last match on this ground, the home-sideKolkata Knight Riders beat the Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets.
In the IPL, 88 matches have been played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, and 40.91% of them have been won by the team batting first, while 59.09% of them have been won by the chasing team. The Eden Gardens Stadium pitch witnessed a significant transformation last year, deviating from its traditionally slow and low nature. With the inclusion of grass cover, the surface now offers enhanced bounce and pace, providing an advantage to fast bowlers.
Eden Gardens IPL Stats
Numbers
Matches
88
Matches won batting first
36
Matches won batting second
52
Average first innings total
160.53
Runs per over
8.33
Runs per wicket
27.56
Highest total recorded
235/4 by CSK vs KKR in 2023
Lowest total recorded
49/10 by RCB vs KKR in 2017
Going by the record in T20s, the chasing team has had a great advantage on the wickets at 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
178.15
Average first innings winning score
209.7
Average powerplay score
53
Average death-over score
61
The overall stats of the last 10 matches show that the average first-innings score is 178.15 runs, the pitch has become excellent for batting in recent years. The average powerplay run rate is 8.83 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 12.2. 185+ runs will be a good score on this pitch for defending.
IPL 2024 Stats
Matches: 2 Matches won batting first: 1 Matches won batting second: 1 Average first innings total: 184 Average second innings total: 183
Individual Player Records at Eden Gardens (IPL)
Highest Runs at Eden Gardens in IPL (Top 5)
Batters
Runs
Goutam Gambhir
1407
Robin Uthappa
1159
Andre Russell
868
Yusuf Pathan
861
Nitish Rana
647
So, among the top run scorers at the Eden Gardens in the IPL, Andre Russell will be playing this game. He did not get the opportunity to bat in the last match, but 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
63
Piyush Chawla
41
Andre Russell
34
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.