Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Punjab Kings Highlights, IPL 2025: Rain Forces No Result At Eden Gardens

The Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Punjab Kings, IPL 2025 match will be live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website. On TV, the match will be aired live on Star Sports channels.

Played: 34

KKR: 21

PBKS: 13

At Eden Gardens:

Played: 13

KKR: 9

RCB: 4

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bat first.

Punjab Kings: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy

Punjab Kings: Harpreet Brar, Musheer Khan, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Praveen Dubey

Kolkata Knight Riders: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anrich Nortje, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy

And we’re underway at Eden Gardens! Punjab Kings' young Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh are opening the batting, and it's been a steady start so far.

Vaibhav Arora kicked things off for the Knight Riders.

PBKS: 5/0 (0.4)

Its a solid start by Punjab Kings. Priyansh Arya is looking in fabulous touch already scoring 24 off 10 balls inclusing 5 boundaries.

KKR's new ball bowlers, Vaibhav Arora and Chetan Sakariya, have tried to keep it tight. Prabhsimran is settling in.

PBKS: 43/0 (4)

Punjab Kings are off to a dream start! At the end of 9.3 overs, they are cruising at 79/0, with Priyansh Arya batting on a fluent 43 (25) and Prabhsimran Singh steady on 34 (32).

In fact, this is the first time this season that both PBKS openers have survived the powerplay without being separated.

PBKS: 79/0 (9.3)

Relief for Kolkata Knight Riders -- and it's the big man, Andre Russell, who delivers the breakthrough! After 11.5 overs of pure frustration, Priyansh Arya라이브 바카라 knock finally comes to an end. The youngster, who smashed 69 off just 35 balls (8 fours, 4 sixes), miscued a pull and found Vaibhav Arora at deep mid-wicket.

KKR: 121/1 (12)

Punjab Kings lose their second wicket as Prabhsimran Singh departs for a superb 83 off 49 balls.

Trying to loft a low full toss from Vaibhav Arora, he only manages to pick out Powell at long-off. A brilliant knock filled with 6 fours and 6 sixes comes to an end, leaving PBKS at 160/2 in 14.3 overs. Glenn Maxwell and Shreyas Iyer are now at the crease, looking to push Punjab past 200!

PBKS: 160/2 (14.3)

The last two wickets have provided a twist. Marco Jansen who was promoted to number 4 was dismissed for just 3 off 7 balls, caught by Venkatesh Iyer off Vaibhav Arora라이브 바카라 slower-ball leg-cutter in the 18th over. Earlier, Glenn Maxwell's brief stay at the crease came to an end as he was bowled out for 7 by Varun Chakaravarthy.

Punjab Kings set a total of 201/4 in their 20 overs, with final push from Shreyas Iyer, who scored 25 off 16 balls. Josh Inglis played a quick cameo, finishing on 11 from 6 balls. After the fall of two quick wickets — Marco Jansen for 3 (caught by Venkatesh Iyer) and Glenn Maxwell for 7 (bowled by Varun Chakaravarthy) — PBKS were briefly slowed, but Iyer made sure they cross 200.

PBKS: 201/4 (20)

Kolkata Knight Riders start their chase of 202, with Sunil Narine and Rahmanullah Gurbaz at the crease. Marco Jansen opens the attack for Punjab Kings. The first over has begun with some early jitters for KKR.

Play has been halted due to rain with Kolkata Knight Riders' chase in progress.

The covers are now on as strong winds accompany the rain. The players are off the field, and both teams are hoping the rain clears up soon.

Currently, KKR are 7/0 after 1 over, requiring 195 runs to win.

The rain seems to have stopped. We can expect the game to get a restart soon enough. Will the overs reduce? Not yet, only if they cross 10:30 PM, the overs will come into play.

So there's a bad news from Kolkata! After several delays the match has been called off due to persistent rain. Punjab Kings, powered by half-centuries from their openers, posted a strong 201/4 in 20 overs. KKR managed to face just one over in their chase before rain returned and forced the players off the field. Okay, with this it marks the first no-result of IPL 2025 season.

Now, both teams will share a point each, a result that could matter a lot for PBKS in the playoff race.

With this result, the Punjab Kings move to fourth place in the standings with 11 points. Meanwhile, the Kolkata Knight Riders sit at seventh with 7 points from 9 games. Check the full points table HERE.

Punjab Kings will take on Chennai Super Kings next on April 30, while the Kolkata Knight Riders will face Delhi Capitals on April 29.

So, that's a wrap from Eden Gardens. Comeback tomorrow for the live coverage of the IPL match. Till then, take care!