The 49th match will be played today in IPL 2026. The teams of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings will face each other at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Both the teams are full of dangerous batsmen. In such a situation, the fans are eagerly waiting for this match. In response to Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen are Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Cooper Connolly and Shreyas Iyer. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see who wins in today’s match.

Punjab Kings is at number one in the points table. Shreyas Iyer’s team has won 6 matches so far in 9 matches. However, Punjab has lost its last two matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad also lost their last match against KKR. Hyderabad team is at third place in the points table. So far, Pat Cummins’s team has won six matches in 10 matches.

Who is ahead in head to head?

Pat Cummins’ team has the upper hand in the head to head between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Hyderabad has defeated Punjab 17 times so far, whereas the Punjab team has so far been able to defeat Hyderabad only 8 times.

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium pitch report

The pitch of Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is suitable for the batsmen. Rain of fours and sixes is seen here. Many times 300 runs have been scored here. It’s a night match. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first, because any target can be chased on this ground.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that the match is even. That means it is a 50-50 match. Both the teams will try their best to win. However, our match prediction meter is saying that the team chasing the target has more chances of winning in this match.

Probable playing eleven of Sunrisers Hyderabad- Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (c), Harsh Dubey, Saqib Hussain, Harshal Patel

Impact Player- Ishan Malinga

Probable playing eleven of Punjab Kings- Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player- Vijaykumar Vaishyak

KKR vs PBKS Match Prediction: There are ups and downs in the points table of IPL 2026. Major changes have been seen in the points table after almost every match. Today there will be a clash between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab can go to the top of the table by scoring a hat-trick of wins today, on the other hand, KKR is looking for its first win.

Punjab Kings have so far defeated Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings in 2 matches, both of them are former IPL champion teams. At the same time, the condition of Kolkata is very bad, which has become the victim of big defeat at the hands of Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Know here, with which playing eleven both the teams can take the field today and what will be the condition of the pitch.

Who will win today, understand from the statistics

In the history of IPL, the teams of Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings have come face to face 35 times. Kolkata is far ahead in overall head to head record, as it has defeated Punjab 21 times, whereas Punjab Kings has been able to win only 13 matches. There was no result in one of their matches.

Today’s match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The record of Punjab Kings on this ground has been very bad. Here both the teams have clashed 14 times, out of which KKR has won 9 times and Punjab has won only 4 times. One of their matches was lost due to rain.

It is also worth noting that ever since Shreyas Iyer joined Punjab Kings, he has played only one match as captain against KKR, which did not yield any result. Considering the current form, Shreyas Iyer’s mind games will be a new challenge for Kolkata Knight Riders.

How will the pitch be?

Especially in IPL, the pitch of Eden Gardens is considered a boon for the batsmen. The chasing record here in T20 matches is very good, so today the team winning the toss can choose to bowl first. Only one match has been played on this ground in IPL 2026, in which Sunrisers Hyderabad had scored 226 runs on the scoreboard. This is the same ground where Punjab Kings chased the record of 262 against Kolkata in 2024. Today a high-scoring match can be seen between Punjab and Kolkata.

KKR’s probable playing eleven: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani.

Probable playing eleven of PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Janssen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vishak, Arshdeep Singh

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