Eden Gardens, Kolkata IPL Records Ahead Of KKR vs RCB

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will lock horns with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the 36th match of the ongoing IPL 2024 season on April 21st, Sunday at the at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The match will start at 3:30 PM.

Before the match starts, let us look at the essential ground stats of the Eden Gardens Stadium.

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Ground Stats of Eden Gardens in IPL

The iconic Eden Gardens is set to host its fourth 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,  Rajasthan Royals won by two wickets against KKR. 

In the IPL, 89 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. The Eden Gardens pitch is generally a very batting-friendly wicket in T20 cricket, especially in IPL. The surface is generally flat and the bounce is true which makes it very conducive to stroke play.

In most cases, the games at Eden Gardens in Kolkata favours the chasing team.

IPL Record at Eden Gardens in Last 10 Matches

The overall stats of the last 10 matches show that the average first-innings score is 192.76 runs, the pitch has become excellent for batting in recent years. The average powerplay run rate is 9.2 in the last ten matches at this venue, while the average death-over run rate is 12.14. 200+ runs will be a good score on this pitch for defending.

IPL 2024 Stats

Matches: 3
Matches won batting first: 1
Matches won batting second: 2
Average first innings total: 197
Average second innings total: 197

Individual Player Records at Eden Gardens (IPL)

Highest Runs at Eden Gardens in IPL (Top 5)

So, among the top run scorers at the Eden Gardens in the IPL, Andre Russell will be playing this game. He did not bat well 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)

Among the highest wicket takers at the Eden Gardens, we will see in-form Sunil Narine and Andre Russell in action during upcoming match.

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Best Individual Display at Eden Gardens in IPL

Highest Indivudual Score: 112* by Rajat Patidar vs Lucknow Super Giants on 25th May, 2022

Best Bowling Figure: 5/19by Sunil Narine vs Punjab Kings on 15 April, 2012.

Team records at the Eden Gardens in IPL

KKR vs RCB Head-to-head at Eden Gardens in IPL

Kolkata Knight Riders Record at the Eden Gardens in IPL

Royal Challengers Bengaluru Record at the Eden Gardens in IPL