KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction Today Match 44: Fantasy Cricket Tips, Player Stats, Top Player Battles, Today Dream11 Team Captain and Vice Captain Choice - IPL 2025

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KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction 2025: Both Teams’ Recent Form

Kolkata Knight Riders have played eight matches winning just three games while Punjab Kings have won five games out of their eight games. Kolkata have won just two games out of their last five games showing a lack of form while Punjab Kings have three wins in last five showing a slightly better form.

Eden Gardens, Kolkata Pitch Report

The Eden Gardens, Kolkata have hosted 99 games so far in the IPL history and this match will mark 100th game of Eden Gardens. Home team KKR will look to give a return gift to the fans with a win in this match. Out of 99 matches, team chasing have a slight advantage due to the dew factor which forces the toss winning team to choose bowling first. Kolkata Knight Riders’ 261/6 is the highest score of this ground made in IPL 2024. However the average first innings score of this ground is 168 runs. 

KKR vs PBKS Head-to-Head Records in IPL

Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings’ rivalry have been the most iconic one in the history of IPL. KKR and PBKS were involved in the first final Punjab Kings played in their history in 2014. The final was won by Kolkata Knight Riders. They have always produced thrilling matches with the most recent in IPL 2025 where Kolkata Knight Riders lost the match even after restricting Punjab Kings to 111 runs. KKR lost the match by 16 runs where Yuzvendra Chahal did his magic with his 4 for 28 runs. In the history of IPL KKR and PBKS have played 34 head-to-head against each other, KKR having an upper hand with 21 wins.

KKR vs PBKS Match 44, Predicted Playing11

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI

Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact Players: Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy

Injury Update: None

Punjab Kings Predicted Playing XI

Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Josh Inglis(w), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact Players: Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Suryansh Shedge, Glenn Maxwell, Praveen Dubey

Injury Updates: None

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Player Stats IPL 2025

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Dream11 Prediction: Players Stats Top Batters IPL 2025

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Dream11 Prediction: Players Stats Top Bowler IPL 2025

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Top Player Battles

Shreyas Iyer vs Andre Russell

Iyer has scored 63 runs in 54 balls. He has been dismissed 5 times. Russell has bowled 26 dot balls to him. Iyer has hit 6 fours and 3 sixes. His strike rate is 116.7 and average is 12.6. Russell has kept Iyer under pressure in this match-up.

Marcus Stoinis vs Andre Russell

Stoinis has scored 34 runs in 33 balls. He has been dismissed 5 times. Russell has bowled 19 dot balls to him. Stoinis has hit 6 fours and no sixes. His strike rate is 103.0 and average is 6.8. Russell has clearly dominated this battle.

Ajinkya Rahane vs Yuzvendra Chahal

Rahane has scored 62 runs in 52 balls. He has been dismissed 4 times. Chahal has bowled 14 dot balls to him. Rahane has hit 4 fours and 1 six. His strike rate is 119.2 and average is 15.5. This battle has been slightly in Chahal’s favor.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Top Players Picks

Kolkata Knight Riders’s Top Players IPL 2025

Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane has quietly been very effective at the top for KKR. He has scored a total of 271 runs in eight matches for his team with three half centuries to his name. He scored a half century in the recent match against Gujarat Titans. He has been in form since the last domestic season with Mumbai which has reflected in his batting this year. He also scored a 61 vs LSG in earlier games this season.

Varun Chakaravarthy

Varun has been in great touch lately. He is the core of Kolkata Knight Riders spin bowling department with his good numbers in each match. He took 3/22 against SRH which helped them to win the match while his 2/21 were enough to stop the hard hitters of Punjab Kings, however KKR’s batting lineup collapsed in that match and they lost the match. He is an outstanding bowler and will be important for this match.

Punjab Kings’ Top Players IPL 2025

Shreyas Iyer

It’s been an up-and-down ride for Shreyas Iyer this season. You can relate his form this season to a slope going up in the initial phase of the tournament but downwards in the season half of the tournament. He played a gem of an innings with 82 vs SRH and a solid 97* against Gujarat Titans in the first match of the season. However, it has had four low scores after that. He needs to step up in this match for his team as they are out of top four right now.

Arshdeep Singh

Arshdeep is getting into his rhythm with good performances in recent times. His best was 3/43 vs LSG where they won the match. Arshdeep Singh is the top wicket taker for Punjab Kings this season with 11 wickets in eight games. He is economical too with an economy of 8.62 this season. No Punjab bowler has better economy than him who have taken more than 5 wickets. Arshdeep Singh is PBKS’s go-to bowler in the death overs.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Dream11 Prediction: Budget Picks

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Rahmanullah Gurbaz is a brilliant hitter of the ball known for his explosive starts in the powerplay. Once he gets going in the powerplay, he becomes a vital threat for the opponent team to stop him. He was given a chance in the last match but he couldn't impress in the last match. However he will make an impact in this match against Punjab Kings.

Nehal Wadhera

Nehal is showing promise and will continue to do so this season. Wadhera scored a 62 not out against Lucknow Super Giants in the second match of the season. He has shown caliber this season and has scored 189 runs in seven innings this season. His 33 vs RCB* and 27 vs SRH were also handy middle-order contributions. He will be a good budget friendly pick for this season.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Punjab Kings Dream11 Prediction: Avoid Players

Suryansh Shedge has been given chances in this season however he has not done well in any of the matches he will not be used as an impact player in this match. Rovman Powell will not be needed as KKR already have four foreign players in the team. Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Moeen Ali are the four impact players of Kolkata Knight Riders in the team.

KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction: Today's Dream11 Team Captain And Vice Captain Choices

KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction Head-to-Head Team

• Keeper: Prabsimran Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz

• Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Priyansh Arya

• All-rounders: Sunil Narine, Marco Jansen, Andre Russell

• Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana

KKR vs PBKS Today Dream11 Team Captain And Vice Captain Choices

KKR vs PBKS Dream11 Prediction Mega League Team

• Keeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Josh Inglis

• Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane

• All-rounders: Sunil Narine, Marco Jansen, Andre Russell

• Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Yuzvendra Chahal

KKR vs PBKS Today Dream11 Team Captain And Vice Captain Choices