Pbks vs kkr playing 11: Today, Punjab Kings, captained by Shreyas Iyer, will play against Kolkata Knight Riders at its home ground. This match will be special because Iyer made KKR the champion under his captaincy last year, today he will be in front of the same team. This match will be played today (15 April) at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium from 7:30 pm. Know which playing 11 can both teams land with.

Punjab Kings will have to change the playing 11 as their star bowler is out due to injury. The bowling coach of the team has confirmed that his injury is serious and it is difficult to recover by the end of the tournament. At the same time, KKR is commanded by Ajinkya Rahane. Punjab has won 3 out of 5 matches, KKR has won 3 out of 6 matches. KKR is ahead of Punjab on the basis of net run rate. KKR is 5th in the table and Punjab is sixth in the table.

Who will replace Lockie Ferguson

Ferguson is out of the tournament due to injury. He was hurt in the last match against Hyderabad, after which he went out of the field. Shreyas Iyer Playing 11 can replace him with Xavier Bartlet.

PBKS possible playing eleven against KKR

Simran Singh (wicket -keeper), Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nehal Vadhera, Priyansh Arya, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Javier Bartellet.

KKR’s possible playing eleven against PBKS

Quinton Dickock (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Naren, Moin Ali, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana.

Weather condition

Today Chandigarh will be cloudy but there is no possibility of rain. The temperature will be up to 30 degrees Celsius during the match. Punjab Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders will not disturb the rain in the match.

Lockie ferguson injury: Punjab Kings today compete with Kolkata Knight Riders. Prior to the match, there has been bad news for Shreyas Iyer & Team, the fast bowler in the team has been ruled out of the entire tournament due to the Locky Ferguson injury. He suffered a serious injury during the match against Hyderabad, after which he went out of the field.

Punjab Kings bowling coach James Hops said before the match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Mullanpur Stadium, “Lockie Ferguson has been out indefinitely and the possibility of bringing them back to the end of the tournament is very less. I think they have suffered a very serious injury.”

In the second ball of the sixth over against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ferguson was hurt just below the left foot hip. Physio came and after taking advice from him, he left the ground in the middle of the over and did not come again. Hyderabad won this match by 8 wickets.

Lockie Ferguson in IPL 2025

Punjab Kings bought Ferguson for Rs 2 crore in the auction. He is the second bowler to throw the fastest ball in IPL history, playing for the Gujarat Titans at a speed of 157.3 kmph. A few days ago, captain Shreyas Iyer also said that he is an important bowler for the team, as he always puts balls at a speed of 140 kmph.

He has bowled 68 balls in 4 matches played in IPL 2025, in which he has given 104 runs from an economy of 9.18. He has 5 wickets in his name. Talking about IPL, he has taken 51 wickets in 49 matches since 2017, his best spell is to take 4 wickets for 28 runs.

Today Punjab Kings compete with Kolkata

Today, Shreyas Iyer & Team will be played with Kolkata Knight Riders at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium. Punjab Kings are currently at number six, they have lost 2 out of 5 matches. Kolkata Knight Riders have won 3 out of 6 matches and have lost 3, they are in fifth position in the table.