Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will face Punjab Kings in their third league match of IPL 2026 on Monday, April 6. The 12th league match of this year’s IPL is scheduled to take place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. KKR suffered a humiliating defeat by 65 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their second league match of IPL 2026, which was played at Eden Gardens on Thursday, and in their tournament’s opener, Mumbai Indians defeated them by 6 wickets.
Punjab Kings, on the other hand, have won both their IPL 2026 matches played so far. They opened the campaign by securing a 3-wicket win over Gujarat Titans on March 31, and in their second match, Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings. The Punjab-based team will aim to secure their third
win in a row on Monday and retake the No. 1 position in the IPL 2026 points table.
KKR vs PBKS: Head-to-head in IPL
- Matches played: 35
- KKR won: 21
- PBKS won: 13
- No result: 1
Results for KKR vs PBKS matches in IPL
| WINNER | MARGIN | LOSER | VENUE | DATE |
| Punjab Kings | 9 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mohali | May 3, 2008 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 wickets | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | May 25, 2008 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 11 runs | Punjab Kings | Durban | April 21, 2009 |
| Punjab Kings | 6 wickets | Kolkata Knight Riders | Gqeberha | May 3, 2009 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 39 runs | Punjab Kings | Mohali | March 27, 2010 |
| Punjab Kings | 8 wickets | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 4, 2010 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 wickets | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | April 30, 2011 |
| Punjab Kings | 2 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 15, 2012 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 wickets | Punjab Kings | Mohali | April 18, 2012 |
| Punjab Kings | 4 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mohali | April 16, 2013 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 wickets | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | April 23, 2013 |
| Punjab Kings | 23 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Abu Dhabi | April 26, 2014 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 9 wickets | Punjab Kings | Cuttack | May 11, 2014 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 28 runs | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | May 27, 2014 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 3 wickets | Punjab Kings | Bengaluru | June 1, 2014 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 wickets | Punjab Kings | Pune | April 18, 2015 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 1 wicket | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | May 9, 2015 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 wickets | Punjab Kings | Mohali | April 19, 2016 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 7 runs | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | May 4, 2016 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 8 wickets | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | April 13, 2017 |
| Punjab Kings | 14 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mohali | May 9, 2017 |
| Punjab Kings | 9 wickets | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 21, 2018 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 31 runs | Punjab Kings | Indore | May 12, 2018 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 28 runs | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | March 27, 2019 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 7 wickets | Punjab Kings | Mohali | May 3, 2019 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 2 runs | Punjab Kings | Abu Dhabi | October 10, 2020 |
| Punjab Kings | 8 wickets | Kolkata Knight Riders | Sharjah | October 26, 2020 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 wickets | Punjab Kings | Ahmedabad | April 26, 2021 |
| Punjab Kings | 5 wickets | Kolkata Knight Riders | Dubai | October 1, 2021 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 6 wickets | Punjab Kings | Mumbai (WS) | April 1, 2022 |
| Punjab Kings | 7 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mohali | April 1, 2023 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 5 wickets | Punjab Kings | Kolkata | May 8, 2023 |
| Punjab Kings | 8 wickets | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | April 26, 2024 |
| Punjab Kings | 16 runs | Kolkata Knight Riders | New Chandigarh | April 15, 2025 |
| – | No Result | – | Kolkata | April 26, 2025 |
Top performers and record-holders in IPL matches between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings:
- Highest total: 262/2 in 18.4 overs by Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on April 26, 2024.
- Lowest total: 95/10 in 15.1 overs by Kolkata Knight Riders in New Chandigarh on April 15, 2025.
- Biggest win (by runs): Kolkata Knight Riders won by 39 runs (Target: 184) in Mohali on March 27, 2010.
- Biggest win (by wickets): Kolkata Knight Riders secured a win by 9 wickets (Target: 150) in Cuttack on May 11, 2014.
- Most runs: 492 runs in 15 matches by Gautam Gambhir for Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Highest score: 115* runs from 55 balls by Wriddhiman Saha for Punjab Kings in Bengaluru on June 1, 2024.
- Most sixes: 34 maximums in 16 matches by Andre Russell for Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Most 50+ scores: 5 scores of 50+ by Gautam Gambhir for Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Most wickets: 36 wickets in 27 matches by Sunil Narine for Kolkata Knight Riders.
- Best bowling figures: 5 for 19 in four overs by Sunil Narine for Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on April 15, 2012.
- Most matches: 27 matches by Sunil Narine for Kolkata Knight Riders.
Likely playing XIs of KKR and PBKS for IPL 2026 match on April 6
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani. Impact player: Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell, Tejasvi Dahiya
- Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal. Impact player: Suryansh Shedge, Priyansh Arya, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Harpreet Brar
Squads for IPL 2026
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Blessing Muzarabani, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Seifert, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (C), Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Cooper Connolly, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ben Dwarshuis, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad
