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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings IPL Match: Ajinkya Rahane-led team will host Shreyas Iyer & Co. in the 44th league game of IPL 2025 on Saturday, April 26 at the Eden Gardens.
Ajinkya Rahane will look to get his team back to winning ways (Picture credit: BCCI)
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders will take on the Punjab Kings in their ninth league game of IPL 2025 on Saturday, April 26. Match No. 44 of this year’s Indian Premier League is scheduled to take place at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Kolkata and Punjab have already faced each other once this season, on April 15. The encounter saw the latter being bowled out for a paltry 111, thanks to a three-wicket haul from Harshit Rana.
While it looked like a cakewalk for Kolkata, they were bowled out for just 95, with star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal picking four wickets.
KKR vs PBKS Match: Kolkata Weather Forecast
The temperature is expected to be 28 degrees Celsius on Saturday evening in Kolkata. The humidity will be at a whopping 86%, and there is just one per cent chance of rain, ensuring that we have a full game on our hands.
KKR vs PBKS: Eden Gardens Pitch Report
The Eden Gardens track might help the batters with real bounce and pace, making the ball come off the bat well. Pacers might get some assistance from the pitch at the beginning, while spinners have a role to play in the middle overs.
The last match at this venue saw Gujarat Titans post 198 batting first, and hence, one can expect another run fest this weekend.
KKR vs PBKS Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Head-to-Head Record
Total: 34
KKR Won: 21
PBKS Won: 13
IPL 2025 KKR vs PBKS Match: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Probable Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact subs: Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Rovman Powell, Lunith Sisodia
Punjab Kings Probable XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact subs: Harpreet Brar, Xavier Bartlett, Pravin Dubey, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge
Players to watch:
Sunil Narine: The MVP of IPL 2024 is having a very contrasting season, with not just runs but wickets drying up as well. He gave away 36 runs in his four overs and went wicketless in KKR’s last match against Gujarat at this venue, but if he has a good day, he can single-handedly take the game away from the opposition.
Yuzvendra Chahal: If KKR have Narine, PBKS have Chahal. The highest-wicket taker in Indian Premier League history, one can never keep the wily spinner away from the game. At his last outing in this venue, he went for 54 runs in his four overs while picking his current skipper Iyer’s wicket.
- Location :
Kolkata [Calcutta], India, India
