KKR vs PBKS Live Cricket Score: Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings will lock horns in match number 12 of the IPL 2026. Both teams had a contrasting start to the season as KKR have lost both its games, whereas PBKS emerged as the winner in the both games it has played.
However, all teams carry enormous strength, it is needless to state that anybody can beat anybody on a given day. Thus, no team will enter with and edge. Moreover, it is still early days in the season.
KKR will bank on batters like Finn Allen, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, and Rahane to push them towards a big total while batting first or towards the target while batting second. They have notable all-rounders as well in the form of Sunil Narine and Cameron Green. Bowling has proven to be a concern for them till now. Thus, it will be interesting to see whether they will make any tweaks in the playing XI.
Punjab Kings on the other hand have the likes of Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, and Shashank Singh strengthening the batting lineup. They have Marcus Stoinis and young sensation Cooper Connolly as all-rounders. They have a solid bowling roster, consisting of Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, and Xavier Bartlett.
With both teams stacked with talented professionals, let's see who comes out as the winner in the KKR vs PBKS IPL 026 match.
Kolkata Knight Riders batting-first XI: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, RInku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi
KKR bench: Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Saurabh Dubey, Blessing Muzarabani
Punjab Kings bowling-first XI: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
PBKS bench: Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Pravin Dubey, Priyansh Arya, Harpreet Brar
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