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IPL 2026, KKR vs PBKS LIVE: Rain Interrupts Play At Eden Gardens

Rain halts play

Rain interrupts play between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens.

KKR: 25/2 after 3.4 Overs.

KKR loses second wicket

Kolkata Knight Riders slipped further as Cameron Green departed for 4 off 2 balls, with Xavier Bartlett striking twice in the over to leave them at 16/2 after 2 overs against Punjab Kings.

KKR lose Finn Allen

Kolkata Knight Riders suffered an early setback as Finn Allen fell for 6 off 7 balls in the second over, leaving them at 12/1 in 1.4 Overs.

Good first over for KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders off to a good start, reaching 12/0 after the first over against Punjab Kings in their IPL clash.

Head-to-head

Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings have faced each other in 35 matches, with KKR winning 21 and PBKS winning 13.

Injured Chakravarthy, unwell Narine miss out

KKR made two changes, bringing in Rovman Powell and Navdeep Saini in place of an unwell Sunil Narine and mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who is out of this match due to an injury.

"Varun Chakaravarthy got injured while taking the catch in the last game," KKR skipper Rahane said at the toss.

KKR Playing XI

Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi. 

PBKS Playing XI

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.

KKR to bat first

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and chose to bat first against Punjab Kings.