IPL 2025: Match 44, KKR vs PBKS Match Prediction - Who will win today's IPL Match?

KKR vs PBKS Match Preview:

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) are set to locks again in match number 44 of IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens on April 26. The last time both the teams met each other this season, PBKS created history as they successfully defended 111 runs after bowling KKR out for just 96 runs. Now, PBKS will look to repeat the same kind of performance against the defending champions and get their sixth win of the season.

Meanwhile, KKR, are in a tricky situation this season with three wins and five losses and are standing at the seventh spot in the points table. The defending champions will look to get back on the winning track and keep their hopes alive for the playoffs in IPL 2025. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the 44th match of IPL 2025 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings.

KKR vs PBKS Match Details

Match	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings, Match 44
Venue	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date & Time	Saturday, April 26, 7:30 PM (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	JioHotstar (app and website) and Star Sports Network

KKR vs PBKS Pitch Report

pitch report

The surface of the Eden Gardens is mostly flat and provides perfect bounce. This means that the batters will enjoy their time on the pitch in a tournament like the IPL and a big score is expected. However, as the match progresses, the pitch becomes slow which turns out to be beneficial for the spinners. Out of 97 PL matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 41 times while the chasing team came out victorious on 56 occasions. The average first innings score at this ground is 164 runs

KKR vs PBKS Head-to-Head Stats and Records

Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings have faced each other 34 times in the IPL history so far. Out of these 34 matches, KKR won 21 times while PBKS defeated on 13 occasions .

Matches played	34
KKR won	21
PBKS won	13

KKR vs PBKS Weather Report

weather report

KKR vs PBKS Recent Team Performances

KKR (Last five matches)	Win	Loss	Win	Loss	Loss
PBKS (Last five matches)	Win	Loss	Win	Win	Loss

KKR vs PBKS Probable Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Impact player: Angkrish Raghuvanshi

Impact player: Yash Thakur

KKR vs PBKS IPL 2025 Full Squads

Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh , Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Rovman Powell, Anrich Nortje, Mayank Markande, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Praveen Dubey, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash

KKR vs PBKS Predicted Top Batters

Ajinkya Rahane: KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane has been leading from the front with his crucial knocks this season. He is leading run scorer for KKR in IPL 2025 so far and also scored a fighting fifty in the last game against Gujarat Titans. The right-hander has scored 271 runs in eight matches in IPL 2025 at strike rate of 146.48.

Shreyas Iyer: Skipper Shreyas Iyer led from the front is currently the highest run scorer for PBKS this season with 263 runs in eight matches so far at a strike rate of 208.33.

KKR vs PBKS Predicted Top Bowlers

Harshit Rana: Fast bowlers Harshit Rana is currently KKR’s leading wicket-taker this season with 11 wickets in eight matches so far. He will look to take crucial wickets against PBKS and guide KKR to a big win.

Yuzvendra Chahal: The last match Yuzvendra Chahal played against KKR, he ended up registering match-winning figures of 4/28 as PBKS defended a record 111 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. He has taken nine wickets in eight matches this season and can end up taking most wickets for PBKS in the upcoming match against KKR.