Pbks vs kkr preview: On Tuesday (April 14), the Indian Premier League will face the defending winner Kolkata Knight Riders, captained by Shreyas Iyer in 2025. The match will be played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. While KKR defeated Chennai Super Kings unilaterally in their last match, Punjab Kings (PBKS vs KKR) had to face defeat from Sunrisers Hyderabad despite scoring 245 runs, after which captain Iyer would like to win the match, then KKR will also win the match and win the match and go up a range in the points table.

Let us tell you some interesting information related to this match, knowing which you will also be surprised.

A look at the last match

Under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, Punjab Kings (PBKS vs KKR) clashed at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium from Sunrisers Hyderabad, in which Punjab scored a huge score of 245 runs in 20 overs while batting first.

But for Hyderabad, Abhishek Sharma played a storm of 141 runs and turned the match completely towards his team. The target which seemed impossible for SRH at one time has easily achieved the same goal by Hyderabad at the loss of 2 wickets in 18.3 overs.

KKR (Pbks vs KKR) defeated Chennai Super Kings by 8 wickets in his stronghold Chapock. Last winner KKR invited five -time champions Chennai Super Kings to bat first and gave a chance to score 103 runs in 20 overs. After this, Knight Riders, who came out to bat, have easily achieved this target at the loss of two wickets in 10.1 overs.

Pitch Report, Head to Head

This high voltage match of Punjab Kings and KKR (PBKS vs KKR) will be played at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur, where big scores are usually scored. The pitch here is considered very favorable for batsmen. So far, only seven matches have been played on this ground, in which the first batting team has played four more runs.

Batting first after winning the toss is considered to be a profitable deal, due to which he can pressurize the opposition team. However, many times dew has also been seen on the field in the second innings.

At the same time, talking about the head to head, the two teams have played a total of 33 matches, in which Punjab Kings have won 12 times, then KKR has been victorious 21 times. According to the data, KKR's pan is looking very heavy.

There will be a collision between these players

Shreyas Iyer vs Varun Chakraborty

Punjab Kings (Pbks vs KKR) captain Shreyas Iyer is batting in a bang form in IPL 2025. Iyer has so far hit 250 runs with the bat and he would like to continue this performance against his old team KKR.

But in front of him, mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty can become a major problem in the middle over. Varun can be seen taking the exam of captain Iyer with his magical balls.

Ajinkya Rahane Verses Yuzvendra Chahal

The bat of Ajinkya Rahane, captain of Kolkata Nide Riders, is running in a bang form this season. Rahane has hit 204 runs in 6 innings, in which he has also hit two half -centuries, but experienced leg -spinner Yuzvendra Chahal against Punjab Kings can end his innings quickly. Actually, Chahal has bowled a total of 42 balls to Rahane, in which he has scored 45 runs and during this time Chahal has dismissed Rahane three times.

Punjab Kings potential playing XI

Priyansh Arya, Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Vadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Johnson, Arshdeep Singh, Lockey Ferguson and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player- Yash Thakur

KKR's potential playing XI

Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Player- Angkrish Raghuvanshi.