Punjab Kings are coming into the game having lost the last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, as the 2014 runners-up had no answers to an assault from Abhishek Sharma, who scored a match-winning century
KKR Playing 11 vs Punjab Kings- IPL 2025, Match 31:
South African wicketkeeper batter Quinton de Kock will open the batting for Kolkata Knight Riders along with Sunil Narine. The left-hander would be itching to get a big score after failing to make a significant contribution in the last match against CSK while chasing a modest total
Middle-order: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh
Ajinkya Rahane, the KKR captain, would be elated with the way the defending champions made a strong comeback against CSK and would hope to carry on the winning momentum in the upcoming match against Punjab Kings, and would also like to contribute while batting at number three
Bowlers: Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Spancer Jhonson, Varun Chakravarthy
KKR made a solid comeback against CSK in the bowling department by restricting the former champions to a score of less than 110, which proved to be below par on a helpful wicket at Chepauk. The bowling was led by the spin trio of Sunil Narine, Moeen Ali, and Varun Chakravarthy.
KKR have a good range of fast bowling at their disposal with the likes of Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora, both of whom have delivered impactful performances with the new ball in the first six overs for the team and will look to do the same in the next match against the Punjab Kings
Harshit and Vaibhav will be assisted by Andre Russell, who has a reputation for picking wickets while bowling in the last five overs of the innings and has provided crucial breakthroughs for KKR over the years, along with Spencer Johnson, who might get a chance against Punjab
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