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.

By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 26 Apr 2025, 19:29 IST

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Preview

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
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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. 

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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, Kolkata

Haze

26.0°C

73% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Kolkata Knight Riders

L
L
W
L
W

Punjab Kings

L
W
W
L
W

Players Stats in current Series

1

Priyansh Arya

PBKS - bat

323 Runs

9 Matches

2

Prabhsimran Singh

PBKS - wk

292 Runs

9 Matches

3

Shreyas Iyer

PBKS - bat

288 Runs

9 Matches

4

Ajinkya Rahane

KKR - bat

271 Runs

9 Matches

5

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

KKR - bat

197 Runs

8 Matches

6

Nehal Wadhera

PBKS - all

189 Runs

8 Matches

1

Lockie Ferguson

PBKS - bowl

400.00

4 Matches

2

Priyansh Arya

PBKS - bat

200.62

9 Matches

3

Shreyas Iyer

PBKS - bat

182.28

9 Matches

4

Sunil Narine

KKR - all

175.58

8 Matches

5

Prabhsimran Singh

PBKS - wk

168.79

9 Matches

6

Marcus Stoinis

PBKS - bat

152.27

7 Matches

1

Varun Chakravarthy

KKR - bowl

11 Wkts

9 Matches

2

Arshdeep Singh

PBKS - bowl

11 Wkts

9 Matches

3

Vaibhav Arora

KKR - bowl

11 Wkts

8 Matches

4

Harshit Rana

KKR - bowl

11 Wkts

9 Matches

5

Yuzvendra Chahal

PBKS - bowl

9 Wkts

9 Matches

6

Marco Jansen

PBKS - all

8 Wkts

9 Matches

1

Moeen Ali

KKR - all

6.36

4 Matches

2

Varun Chakravarthy

KKR - bowl

6.86

9 Matches

3

Anrich Nortje

KKR - bowl

7.67

1 Match

4

Sunil Narine

KKR - all

7.76

8 Matches

5

Glenn Maxwell

PBKS - all

8.46

7 Matches

6

Arshdeep Singh

PBKS - bowl

8.62

9 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

Will be added when there is an update.

Pitch Report

The surface at the Eden Gardens is known for its batting-friendly nature, especially in the first innings. The average score here has been 181 runs, while the average first-innings score is 193. However, the bowlers, especially pacers, might get some support here in the second innings. So, the toss-winning skipper will look ahead to batting first and posting a tough total for the opponent.

70%

Pace Bowling

30%

Spin Bowling

72%

Batting Pitch

193

Average Score

28%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

7.5
C

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.

8.5
C

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.

7

Shreyas Iyer PBKS | BAT

PBKS’ star number three batter and skipper, Shreyas Iyer, has been the top performer with the bat for his side in the ongoing IPL 2025. He is currently the leading run-scorer for his side in the tournament, scoring 263 runs in eight innings, with two unbeaten appearances and having a brilliant batting average of 43.83. Iyer has also scored three half-centuries with the bat in the tournament so far.

7.5

Harshit Rana KKR | BOWL

KKR pacer Harshit Rana has bagged 11 wickets in eight innings, with an impressive bowling strike rate of 14.72, including the best performance of ‘3 wickets at just 25 runs in a game’. He can also be selected as one of the ‘top picks’ in this game’s fantasy team.

7

Shreyas Iyer
PBKS | BAT

7.5

Harshit Rana
KKR | BOWL

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8

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.

8.5

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

Players
11/11

Team 1

KKR

6 : 5

PBKS

Credits Left
11/100

Head To Head
Rahmanullah Gurbaz

8.5

Prabhsimran Singh

6

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

9.5

Ajinkya Rahane
C

7.5

Shreyas Iyer
VC

7

Sunil Narine

9

Nehal Wadhera

8.5

Marco Jansen

9

Vaibhav Arora

8

Harshit Rana

7.5

Arshdeep Singh

8.5

Players
11/11

Team 1

KKR

5 : 6

PBKS

Credits Left
8.5/100

Mega League
Rahmanullah Gurbaz

8.5

Josh Inglis

9

Rinku Singh

8.5

Ajinkya Rahane

7.5

Shreyas Iyer

7

Sunil Narine

9

Nehal Wadhera

8.5

Glenn Maxwell

9

Harshit Rana
VC

7.5

Arshdeep Singh
C

8.5

Yuzvendra Chahal

8.5

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