KKR go without Narine & Chakravarthy vs PBKS - check full playing XI

NEW DELHI: Searching for their archetypal triumph of the IPL 2026 season, Kolkata Knight Riders opted to bat archetypal against Shreyas Iyer's Punjab Kings (PBKS) connected Monday.KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the flip and decided to bat archetypal astatine Eden Gardens.KKR made 2 changes successful their playing XI, and neither of their 2 enigma spinners, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy, made it to the team. "We are going to bat first. Looks similar a bully wicket, a small spot of the drier side, but it's a precise bully wicket and somewhat little covering of writer arsenic well. It's each astir having that content and confidence. It's astir winning those tiny moments. We are confident. Two changes, forced.

Varun Chakaravarthy got injured taking the drawback successful the past crippled and Narine isn't playing. Powell and Saini are in," Rahane said astatine the toss.Meanwhile, PBKS went with the aforesaid team."I was expected to vessel arsenic well. So benignant of blessed with the determination helium took. Our (Shreyas and Ponting) chemistry blossomed from our Delhi Capitals days. He gives state to each the youngsters and helium is an inspiration himself. Same squad for us," PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer said.

TeamsPunjab Kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Cooper Connolly, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra ChahalKolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik TyagiImpact subs listPunjab Kings Impact subs: Priyansh Arya, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Pravin Dubey, Harpreet BrarKolkata Knight Riders Impact subs: Blessing Muzarabani, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Saurabh Dubey