Kolkata Knight Riders are set to lock horns against Punjab Kings in a crucial IPL 2026 match today (Monday, April 6) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The Knight Riders come into this clash with two defeats in a row, while PBKS have a contrasting form with two wins in their first two matches.
KKR vs PBKS Match Schedule
Match: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Date & Time: Monday, April 6, 2026 | 7:30 PM IST (Toss at 7:00 PM IST)
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Captains: Ajinkya Rahane (KKR), Shreyas Iyer (PBKS)
KKR vs PBKS Toss Result
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane won the Toss and Elected to Bat first.
KKR vs PBKS Playing 11
Navdeep Saini makes his debut for the Kolkata Knight Riders, while Varun Chakravarthy is out with an injury. Sunil Narine is sick and he has been replaced by Rovman Powell. PBKS have gone unchanged
for this match.
KKR: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Navdeep Saini, Kartik Tyagi
Impact Players - Manish Pandey/Tejasvi Dahiya/Rahul Tripathi/Saurabh Dubey/Blessing Muzarabani
PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Impact Players - Suryansh Shedge/Vishnu Vinod/Praveen Dubey/Priyansh Arya/Harpreet Brar
KKR vs PBKS H2H Record
Match Played: 35
KKR Wins: 21
PBKS Wins: 13
No Result: 1
KKR & PBKS IPL 2026 Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani, Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Dahiya, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Navdeep Saini, Sarthak Ranjan, Rachin Ravindra, Prashant Solanki, Matheesha Pathirana, Umran Malik, Daksh Kamra
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Priyansh Arya, Vishnu Vinod, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Harpreet Brar, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ben Dwarshuis, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad
