KKR vs PBKS Playing 11: Ajinkya Rahane-led Kolkata Knight Riders will square off against Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings on the 44th match of the IPL 2025 on April 26 at Eden Gardens.
Kolkata Knight Riders have three wins out of eight games, and their wins come against the Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, their first team plays in games against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians, Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings, and Gujarat Titans.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings has five wins out of eight games where their wins comes against Gujarat Titans, Lucknow Super Giants, Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Meanwhile, their defeat comes against Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
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With Punjab Kings secured fifth position Kolkata Knight Riders secured seventh position in the IPL 2025 Points table.
Punjab Kings won the toss and opted to bat. Speaking at the toss, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said, ” We are batting first. Since we are playing on the same wicket they played on. Can see a few cracks, will get an idea on how its playing. It’s always been great to play in front of this crowd.”
“Another day to come here and embrace. We have been getting brilliant starts. We are talking about a few situations, need to play to our best ability and believe in ourselves. I want the bowlers to take wickets, it changes the momentum. The more wickets we take in the powerplay, gives a chance to the other bowlers. Maxwell and Omarzai come in.”
Meanwhile, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said, “It’s all about playing good cricket, need to chase down whatever the target is. Our bowlers have been bowling really well. They have improved a lot.”
“The boys have disappointed with the bat, but need to be brave in this format. Our batting unit needs to do well in this game. We have been playing good cricket in patches. It’s all about living in the moment and be positive. Powell comes in Moeen and Sakariya comes in for Ramandeep.”
KKR vs PBKS Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Punjab Kings Playing 11: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
