Kkr vs pbks in ipl 2025: The 44th match of IPL 2025 will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings on Saturday, 26 April. The match will start at 7:30 pm at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane would like to win the team on his homeground today. At the same time, Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer will also enter the field with full preparation.

Who ahead in the points table?

In the IPL matches held in Punjab and Kolkata so far, PBKS, captained by Shreyas Iyer, is leading. Punjab is at number 5 with 10 points in the points table. So far, the Punjab team has played 8 matches, out of which the team has won 5 matches and has lost three matches. At the same time, Kolkata’s team has also played 8 matches, but the team has lost only 3 matches and defeat in 5 matches. KKR Points, captained by Ajinkya Rahane, is at number 7 in the table.

How will KKR reach the playoff?

It is necessary to score 16 points to any team of IPL to qualify in the playoffs. If Kolkata wins its 9th match today, then it will get 8 points. After this, five matches of Kolkata will be saved. KKR will be required to win four of these five matches. Only after this, Shah Rukh Khan’s team will be able to qualify in the playoffs.

How much hope to go to PBKS playoffs?

If Punjab Kings wins today’s match, then this will be the 6th win of PBKS in 9 matches. With this, Punjab will have 12 points and Shreyas Iyer’s team will also score equal points to the first three teams. After this, Punjab will be required to win only two out of the next five matches.

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Pbks vs kkr highlights IPL 2025 Match 31: Punjab Kings have defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs. What is the thrill, the audience who came to the ground of Mullanpur today must have been aware of it. In this match, Punjab team was all out for just 111 runs while playing first. In response, KKR’s team could score only 95 runs. Usually, high-scoring matches are seen on this ground, but the bowling unit of Punjab despite being a small target, rescued the sweat of the batsmen of Kolkata.

KKR started chasing a target of 112 runs. By the score of 7 runs, both openers were out. Quinton de Kock was dismissed by 2 runs and Sunil Naren only 5 runs. In this low-scoring match, Angaksh Raghuvanshi and captain Ajinkya Rahane shared a 55-run shared and raised the hope of KKR’s victory. Raghuvanshi was the top scorer of Kolkata in the match, whose bat scored 37 runs. Rahane on the other hand scored 17 runs.

5 wickets fell within seven runs

KKR chased the target of 112 runs and scored 72 runs at the loss of 3 wickets at one time. After this, the process started with the dismissal of Angkrish Raghuvanshi did not stop and the Kolkata team fell 5 wickets within just seven runs. During this, the wickets of Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana fell. Venkatesh was expected to score only 7 runs and when Rinku Singh was expected to score big, he was dismissed for just 2 runs.

Chakravyuh of Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal was the biggest contribution in the bad condition of KKR’s team. He took four important wickets for just 28 runs in 4 overs. Chahal turned the match towards Punjab by taking the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane and especially Angkrish Raghuvanshi. Apart from this, he also took the wicket of Rinku Singh and Ramandeep Singh.

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Pbks vs kkr pitch report: The 31st match of IPL 2025 will be played today between Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Punjab Kings and Ajinkya Rahane, captained by Shreyas Iyer. The match will be played at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium, which is the home ground of Punjab. Let us tell you how the mood of the pitch is going to be? And how is the record of IPL here.

Talking about Kolkata Knight Riders, the team has won 3 out of 6 matches and has lost so many. If the team wins today, then the points will join the top 4 in the table, now the team is at number five. Punjab Kings have won 3 out of 5 matches but the team is at number six behind Kolkata on the basis of net run rate. If Punjab wins today, it can come in the top 4.

IPL record at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium

This stadium was built by Punjab Kings in 2024, 5 matches were played at that season. This time (IPL 2025) 2 matches have been played here, out of which 3 in innings have crossed 200. The largest team here is Total 219 runs, which Punjab Kings made the same season against Chennai Super Kings.

• Total Match: 7
• The team batting first won: 4
• First bowling team won: 3
• The toss won the winner: 3
• The toss lost team won: 4
• Largest Team Total: 219 (PBKS against CSK)
• Largest Personal Score: 103 (Priyansh Arya against CSK) for PBKS)
• Best Spale: 4/29 (Arshdeep Singh against SRH for PBKS)

Mullanpur Cricket Stadium Pitch Report

There is a lot for the batsmen here, the score in 3 in 4 innings has gone above 200. Even today, batsmen will get help here. You can see a turn on Mullanpur pitch, so spinners are expected to get a lot of help here. Batsmen can score more runs against fast bowlers, so the powerplay will be important. There will be a possibility of more runs in the powerplay, outfield will also be fast. The decision to take the first bowling first after winning the toss will be right. The team who bat first should make the score around 210, otherwise the team that chases the target can easily win.

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.