IPL 2026 KKR vs PBKS: Check probable playing 11 and head-to-head record for today's match

Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders have had a disappointing start to their Indian Premier League 2026 campaign, losing both their opening matches, one away against Mumbai Indians and another at home to Sunrisers Hyderabad.

They now face a strong challenge from Punjab Kings, who head into the clash with confidence after securing wins over Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings.

KKR vs PBKS: Head-to-Head

• Matches played: 35
• KKR won: 21
• PBKS won: 13
• No result: 1

The Match 12 clash of the Indian Premier League 2026 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) is set to take place on Monday, April 6, 2026.

The match will begin at 7:30 PM IST, with the toss scheduled 30 minutes earlier.

The game will be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

It will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network.

Fans can watch the live streaming on the JioHotstar app and website.

KKR vs PBKS Probable Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakaravarthy, Blessing Muzarabani

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh

Squads

Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani, Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Dahiya, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Navdeep Saini, Sarthak Ranjan, Rachin Ravindra, Prashant Solanki, Matheesha Pathirana, Umran Malik and Daksh Kamra

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Priyansh Arya, Vishnu Vinod, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey, Harpreet Brar, Yash Thakur, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ben Dwarshuis, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash and Vishal Nishad