Big blow! No Varun & Narine for PBKS showdown

• KKR faces PBKS today in Kolkata, seeking to end a two-game losing streak.
• KKR captain Rahane won the toss, opting to bat first; Navdeep Saini debuts.
• KKR’s Narine is out due to illness, replaced by Powell; PBKS has two wins.

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.

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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.

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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 Sunil Narine is sick and he has been replaced by Rovman Powell.

KKR: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Navdeep Saini, Blessing Muzarabani.

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PBKS: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh

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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