KKR vs PBKS Toss Updates & Playing 11 for both teams: IPL 2025 Match 44; PBKS win toss, opts to bat

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are set to cross swords with Punjab Kings (PBKS) in match 44 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) season on Saturday, April 26. KKR is placed seventh on the points table, winning only three games from eight matches played so far. PBKS is placed fifth on the points table, winning five games and losing three.

PBKS has momentum with them as they have so far played as a unit. Under head coach Ricky Ponting and skipper Shreyas Iyer, PBKS managed to show consistency, which was so far missing in their IPL campaigns. Meanwhile, the defending champions, KKR, have looked extremely patchy with bat and ball.

Their core group of retention players - Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, and Ramandeep Singh—have failed to show consistency. With the business end of IPL 2025 nearing, KKR needs to show consistency and play as a unit.

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The pitch at Eden Gardens has not typically favored spinners in the IPL 2025 season like it usually does in all the previous seasons here. In this season, the pitch has proven to be a batter's paradise, with 170 runs being the average first innings score.

KKR vs PBKS: Toss Update:

PBKS wins the toss and opts to bat.

KKR vs PBKS: Predicted Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Moeen Ali/Rovman Powell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

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