KKR vs PBKS Live Score, IPL 2024: Kolkata 190/2 (15 overs) vs ...

KKR vs PBKS IPL 2024 Live Score: Get Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) Live Score Updates from Eden Gardens Kolkata

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings IPL 2024 Live Score: Punjab Kings skipper Sam Curran won the toss and opted to bowl first against Shreyas Iyer’s Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Mitchell Starc misses out for the hosts with a finger injury.

Starc, whose underwhelming performance (6 wickets at ER 11.48) is the worst among the specialist bowler. At an all-time high price tag of Rs 24.75 crore, Starc must be feeling the heat but to be fair to him, some of the tracks, including the one at the Eden Gardens have been perfect belters where length balls are soaring into the stands.

KKR is currently second in the 10-team table with 10 points, four behind table toppers Rajasthan Royals (14 points) and the team’s success is largely due to the batting efforts from the top-order.

Follow live score and updates of KKR vs PBKS from Kolkata below.

Teams:

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Shreyas Iyer(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Dushmantha Chameera, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran(c), Rilee Rossouw, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

Is the absence of the slower ball robbing Mitchell Starc off another dimension and making him predictable?

A lack of a well-crafted slower-ball has compounded Starc's struggles, rendering him one-dimensional, neutering his death-over prowess. (BCCI)

Mitchell Starc is an irresistible concoction of gifts–the in-swinging yorker, the head-winking bouncer, the untameable hard length balls, pace and control, strength and stamina; in short everything a fast bowler would crave for, enough to coax ₹24.75 crore from KKR’s pockets–except that he doesn’t possess a high-definition slower ball. (Read More)