KKR vs PBKS Match 44th Dream11 Team Prediction Today Match Preview: Home team Kolkata Knight Riders will go up against Punjab Kings at Eden Gardens on April 26 at 7:30 PM IST in the ongoing IPL 2025. Glued to the losing streak, KKR will need to win this match anyhow to bounce back from the previous defeat this season against PBKS in a low-scoring match. Whereas, PBKS are closer to the play-off qualification, requiring them to win todayโs match.
Counting on the head-on clashes, KKR and PBKS have faced each other on 34 occasions, resulting in 13 matches in favour of Punjab Kings, while Kolkata Knight Riders are in the lead with 21 victories. However, this season presented a different story as KKR were unable to chase 112, losing the match by 16 runs at the PCA New Stadium.ย
In the last meetings, Andre Russell has shown more inclination to play strongly against PBKS. Apart from him, top-order batter Sunil Narine is effective with the potential to make it big against the opposition. On the bowling side, pacer Harshit Rana was the face behind the collapsed PBKS batting order in their previous match. For PBKS, skipper Shreyas Iyer and Priyansh Arya continue to dominate. Among all bowlers, spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who took 4 wickets in the first match against KKR, will be a crucial bowler apart from Marco Jansen and Arshdeep Singh.