KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction, Match 44, IPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for IPL 2025
KKR are currently placed in the seventh spot on the tournament’s points table, with three wins and five defeats in their eight games, earning only 6 points to their name.
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The defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on the Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 44th game of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025. The game will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, April 26, at 7:30 PM (IST). It will be a crucial game for both teams to improve their numbers in the tournament.
KKR vs PBKS IPL Stats at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
KKR are currently placed in the seventh spot on the tournament’s points table, with three wins and five defeats in their eight games, earning only 6 points to their name. They are coming off two consecutive defeats in their last two games. A win in this game will help them enter the list of ‘top four’ teams in the tournament standings.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings (PBKS) are in the fifth spot, with five wins and three losses in their eight games, having 10 points to their name. They lost to RCB by 7 wickets in the last game, following two consecutive wins against KKR and RCB, respectively. A win in this game will help them move to the third spot in the table, surpassing Mumbai Indians and RCB.
IPL 2025: Match 44, KKR vs PBKS Match Prediction
Match Information
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, Match 44
Indian Premier League, 26 Apr 2025, Sat, 7:30 PM IST, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Broadcast
Star Sports Network
Live Stream
Jio Hotstar
Weather Report
Eden Gardens, KolkataHaze
31.0°C
79% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), RK Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rovman Powell, VR Iyer, AD Russell, SP Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, H Rana, C Sakariya
Bench : Q de Kock, L Sisodia, Manish Pandey, Ramandeep Singh, AS Roy, MM Ali, Vaibhav Arora, M Markande, A Nortje, SH Johnson, Umran Malik
Punjab Kings
P Simran Singh, JP Inglis (wk), N Wadhera, S Iyer (C), P Arya, Shashank Singh, GJ Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, M Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bench : Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Vishnu Vinod, Suryansh Shedge, AM Hardie, MP Stoinis, Musheer Khan, P Dubey, Harpreet Brar, KR Sen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, YS Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, LH Ferguson
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
70%
Pace Bowling
30%
Spin Bowling
72%
Batting Pitch
193
Average Score
28%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Ajinkya Rahane KKR | BAT
The KKR skipper and veteran batter, Ajinkya Rahane, has been in a brilliant run of form with the bat in the tournament’s current edition. He has scored 271 runs in eight innings, including an unbeaten appearance and an average of 38.71, hitting two half-centuries. He is also the leading run-scorer for his side in the tournament.
Arshdeep Singh PBKS | BOWL
The star PBKS pacer Arshdeep Singh has scalped 11 wickets in eight innings, with a decent bowling strike rate of 15.81, including the best performance of ‘3 wickets at 43 runs in a game.’ He is also the leading wicket-taker for PBKS in the tournament’s current season.
Avoid Having These Players In Your Fantasy Sports Team
Spencer Johnson
KKR | BOWL
KKR pacer Spencer Johnson has scalped only 1 wicket in his four appearances for KKR in IPL 2025. He has failed to live up to the expectations of his side.
Yash Thakur
PBKS | BAT
Punjab Kings’ Yash Thakur has scalped only 1 wicket in the two innings he has played so far in the tournament’s current edition. He can also be ignored while picking this game’s dream11 team.
Last Updated On - Apr 26 2025 7:29 PM
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