The 43rd match of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). This match will be played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 26. Both teams previously played each other on April 15 and Kings defended 111 runs to win that match. This match will start at 7:30 PM IST. KKR has a 21-13 win record against PBKS.
KKR vs PBKS 2025 Playing 11 : Predicted
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Punjab Kings |
|---|---|
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w) ✈️ | Prabhsimran Singh |
| Sunil Narine ✈️ | Priyansh Arya |
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) | Shreyas Iyer (c) |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Josh Inglis (w) ✈️ |
| Rinku Singh | Nehal Wadhera |
| Moeen Ali ✈️ | Shashank Singh |
| Andre Russell ✈️ | Marcus Stoinis ✈️ |
| Ramandeep Singh | Marco Jansen ✈️ |
| Harshit Rana | Xavier Bartlett ✈️ |
| Vaibhav Arora | Arshdeep Singh |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | Yuzvendra Chahal |
KKR vs PBKS Squad
| Punjab Kings | Kolkata Knight Riders |
|---|---|
| Shreyas Iyer – Top order Batter (c) | Ajinkya Rahane (C) – Top Order Batter |
| Priyansh Arya – Opening Batter | Quinton de Kock (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Pyla Avinash – Batter | Manish Pandey – Top Order Batter |
| Harnoor Singh – Batter | Rovman Powell ✈️ – Middle Order Batter |
| Josh Inglis ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter | Angkrish Raghuvanshi – Top Order Batter |
| Prabhsimran Singh – Wicketkeeper Batter | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK) ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Vishnu Vinod – Wicketkeeper Batter | Ramandeep Singh – Middle Order Batter |
| Nehal Wadhera – Top order Batter | Rinku Singh – Middle Order Batter |
| Azmatullah Omarzai ✈️ – Allrounder | Luvnith Sisodia (WK) – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Aaron Hardie ✈️ – Allrounder | Venkatesh Iyer (VC) – Allrounder |
| Marco Jansen ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder | Moeen Ali ✈️ – Batting Allrounder |
| Glenn Maxwell ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Sunil Narine ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder |
| Musheer Khan – Allrounder | Anukul Roy – Allrounder |
| Shashank Singh – Batting Allrounder | Andre Russell ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Marcus Stoinis ✈️ – Batting Allrounder | Vaibhav Arora – Bowler |
| Suryansh Shedge – Batting Allrounder | Harshit Rana – Bowler |
| Arshdeep Singh – Bowler | Spencer Johnson ✈️ – Bowler |
| Xavier Bartlett ✈️ – Bowler | Mayank Markande – Bowler |
| Yuzvendra Chahal – Bowler | Anrich Nortje ✈️ – Bowler |
| Praveen Dubey – Bowler | Chetan Sakariya – Bowler |
| Lockie Ferguson ✈️ – Bowler | Varun Chakravarthy – Bowler |
KKR vs PBKS: Injury Updates
Punjab Kings: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
Kolkata Knight Riders: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
