Delhi: Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) of the 18th season (IPL 2025) of the Indian Premier League are to be played at Eden Garden in Kolkata and both teams will be looking for victory in this match. Earlier in this tournament, there was a contest between the two teams in Mullapur where Punjab Kings had scored a stoke of 111 runs, so the Kolkata Knight Riders team will definitely try to take revenge in the Eden Gardens. Let us know how the pitch report for this match and the possible playing 11 of both teams.
Return to do Will want Kolkata Night Riders
Kolkata Knight Riders have disappointed their fans this season. The kind of expectation from players like Varun Chakraborty and Venkatesh Iyer, he has not yet performed. In the 8 matches played so far, the team has won just three matches. Currently, this team is in seventh place in the points table which has 6 points. The team is considered to be a strong contender for the return at this time, with match winners like Andre Russell and Rinku Singh. Captain Ajinkya Rahane’s strategies and Sunil Naren’s all -round performance can also play an important role for the team. It will be the responsibility of these players to get a brilliant comeback in this league of the team with this match and keep the playoff hopes.
Playoffs Of For Strong Visible doing Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings have seen a tremendous game this season, which has lost in just a few matches. The team made a great start after years and won 5 matches together. The team has so far lost three matches against Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and RCB. At present, the team looks strong in the playoff race with 10 points in the points table. The team has an all -rounder player like Shreyas Iyer, an experienced captain, Glenn Maxwell, Markash Stoinish and Marco Yansen. Apart from this, influential bowlers like Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal are working to strengthen the team. If the team showed a similar performance in some coming matches, then after a long time, Shreyas Iyer will be able to enter the Punjab King Playoff under the captaincy. At this time, the team is showing the best game in every department.
pitch Report
The pitch of the Eden Gardens is considered to be suited to batting which has good bounce and speed. The surface is usually flat and the boom is correct, which makes it very favorable to play stroke. Here, there is a lot of runs in T20 format, where it has been easy for the team that batting later to achieve the target. In such a situation, the teams like to bat later in view of the flat pitch.
Head-to-head record
In IPL 2025, 34 matches have been played between the two teams so far, out of which Kolkata Knight Riders have won 21, while Punjab Kings have won 13 matches.
Head-to-head record | Description |
Match played | 34 |
Kolkata won by Knight Riders | 21 |
Won by Punjab Kings | 13 |
Tie (tied) | 0 |
No result (no result) | 0 |
Match played for the first time | 3 May 2008 |
Most of the most recent match | 15 April 2025 |
Match details
Match | Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders |
Site | Garden of Eden |
Date and time | 26 April 7:30 pm |
Live broadcast and streaming details | Star Sports and Jio Hotstar |
Both Teams of potential Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders | Punjab kings |
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicket keeper) | Priyansh Arya |
Sunil Naren | Prabhasimran Singh |
Ajinkya Rahane (Captain) | Shreyas Iyer (Captain) |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Josh Iglis (wicket keeper) |
Rinku Singh | Marcus Stoinis |
Andre Russell | Nehal Vadhera |
Moin Ali | Shashank Singh |
Ramandeep Singh | Marco Yansen |
Harshit Rana | Xavier Bartlett |
Vaibhav Arora | Arshdeep Singh |
Varun chakravarti | Yuzvendra Chahal |
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