KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 Match 3 Pitch Report: Eden Gardens Stadium Kolkata Venue Stats, Record, Average Score

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are all set to host Surisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the third match of IPL 2024 on 23rd March (7:30 PM) at Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata. It will be the third match of the 17th season of the IPL and the fans are expecting an edge-of-the-seat thriller between two of the most popular teams in the league.

Meanwhile, in this post, Check the Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch, Venue Stats, Record, and Average Score ahead of the 3rd match of IPL 2024 between KKR and SRH.

Eden Gardens Stadium Pitch Report

The pitches at Eden Gardens are typically prepared using black cotton soil. The surface at Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens offers a balanced surface for both batter and bowlers. However, as the match progresses it becomes slow, which could favour spinners.

Is Eden Gardens Stadium a batting or a bowling pitch?

The recent IPL matches played here, have revealed a Balanced wicket.

Last IPL Result at the Venue: (20 May 2023):

LSG: 176/8 (Pacers – 5w, Spinners – 3w)

KKR : 175/7 (Pacers – 2w, Spinners – 4w)

Lucknow Super Giants won by 1 run.

KKR IPL record in Eden Gardens Stadium

KKR have played 83 IPL matches at this venue and won 47 & lost 34 & 2 matches were abandoned.

KKR’s Highest Total: 232/2 vs Mumbai Indians in 2019

KKR’s Lowest Total: 108/10 vs Mumbai Indians in 2018

SRH IPL record in Eden Gardens Stadium

SRH have played 9 IPL matches at this venue and won 3 & lost 6 matches.

SRH’s Highest Total: 228/4 vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2023

RCB’s Lowest Total: 132/9 vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2015

Eden Gardens Stadium Ground Info

Seating Capacity: 68000
Number of matches hosted: 11 T20Is, 86 IPL Matches

Eden Gardens Stadium IPL Stats and Records

Total Matches Played: 86
Home Team (KKR) Won: 47
Visiting Team Won: 34
Neutral Side Won: 3
Tie/ No Result: 2

Average 1st Innings Score: 164

Average 2nd Innings Score: 150
Matches Won Batting 1st: 35
Matches Won Batting 2nd: 51
Highest Team Total: 235/4 by Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2023

Lowest Team Total: 49 all out by Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017

Highest Run-chase: 188/6 by Gujarat Lions vs Kolkata Knight Riders in 2017

Lowest Total Defended: 131 All Out by Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017

Highest Individual Score: Rajat Patidar (RCB) – 112* from 54 balls vs LSG in 2022
Best Bowling Figures: Sunil Narine (KKR) – 5 for 15 vs PBKS in 2012
Most Runs: Gautam Gamhir (KKR & DC) – 1407 runs in 47 innings
Most Wickets: Sunil Narine (KKR) – 61 wickets in 51 innings
Most Sixes in IPL at this venue: Andre Russell (KKR & DC) – 72 sixes in 31 innings

Stats of KKR Players at the Eden Gardens Stadium in IPL

• Andre Russell: 804 runs in 31 innings & 31 wickets in 36 matches
• Nitish Rana: 638 runs in 21 innings & 4 wickets in 22 matches
• Manish Pandey: 591 runs in 28 innings
• Sunil Narine: 346 runs in 28 innings & 61 wickets in 52 matches
• Rinku Singh: 310 runs in 21 innings
• Rahamanullah Gurbaz: 181 runs in 6 innings
• Shreyas Iyer: 97 runs in 5 matches
• Venkatesh Iyer: 68 runs in 8 innings
• Varun Chakravarthy: 11 wickets in 8 Matches
• Suyash Sharma: 5 wickets in 7 matches
• Harshit Rana: 4 wickets in 4 matches
• Vaibhab Arora: 2 wickets in 2 matches
• Mitchell Starc: 1 wicket in 1 match
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman: 1 wicket in 1 match
• Dusmantha Chameera: 0 wickets in 1 match
• Anukul Roy: 0 wickets in 1 match

DT20:

• Ramandeep Singh: 2 wickets in 2 matches
• Chetan Sakariya: 5 wickets in 2 matches

DODI:

• Angkrish Raghuvanshi: 132 runs in 3 matches

Stats of SRH Players at Eden Gardens Stadium in IPL

• Rahul Tripathi: 149 runs in 4 innings
• Mayank Agarwal: 88 runs in 5 innings
• Aiden Markram: 50 runs in 1 match
• Heinrich Klaasen: 34 runs 2 innings
• Abhishek Sharma: 33 runs in 1 match
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar: 13 wickets in 9 matches
• Jaydev Unadkat: 9 wickets in 11 matches
• Washington Sundar: 3 wickets in 2 matches
• Mayank Markande: 3 wickets in 2 matches
• Marco Jansen: 2 wickets in 1 match
• Pat Cummins: 2 wickets in 3 matches
• Wanindu Hasaranga: 1 wicket in 1 match
• Mustafizur Rahman: 1 wicket in 1 match
• Thangasuru Natatajan: 1 wicket in 1 match
• Umran Malik: 1 wicket in 1 match
• Shahbaz Ahmed: 0 wickets in 1 match

T20I:

• Glenn Phillips: 0 runs in 1 match

DT20:

• Anmolpreet Singh: 79 runs in 2 matches
• Sanvir Singh: 44 runs in 2 matches

ODI:

• Travis Head: 101 runs & 2 wickets in 2 matches

Active Batters with most runs at Eden Gardens Stadium in IPL

• Andre Russell (KKR): 804 runs in 31 innings
• Nitish Rana (KKR): 638 runs in 21 innings
• Dinesh Karthik (RCB) – 630 Runs in 26 innings

Active bowlers with most wickets at Eden Gardens Stadium in IPL

• Sunil Narine (KKR) – 61 wickets in 52 matches
• Piyush Chawla (MI) – 41 wickets in 35 matches
• Andre Russell (KKR) – 31 wickets in 36 matches