PBKS vs KKR Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, IPL 2025

31st T20 • Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium • Chandigarh

Punjab Kings

111 (15.3)

Kolkata Knight Riders

95 (15.1)

PBKS won by 16 runs

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Date & Time

15 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

31st T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Mohit Krishnadas (India), Saidharshan Kumar (India), KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Punjab Kings elected to bat

Pitch Report

"It is a wonderful pitch. When you go down and feel it, it is absolutely rock hard. Both teams that have batted first have scored 200+ and defended that. Punjab Kings have played here 7 times and they have won only twice. There is obviously a bias when it comes to the boundaries on both the sides. One side is 61m, the other is 70m. The fine leg boundary on the shorter side for the right-hander is just 58m. The straight boundary is 75m."

1st Innings

159Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

135.33Avg SR

2nd Innings

130Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

121.95Avg SR

Weather Update

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PBKS

4- 6

KKR

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Punjab Kings

Kolkata Knight Riders

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Ajinkya Rahane

KKR . BAT

204 Runs

6 Matches

Shreyas Iyer

PBKS . BAT

168 Runs

4 Matches

Priyansh Arya

PBKS . BAT

158 Runs

4 Matches

Top Bowlers

Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR . BOWL

8 Wkts

6 Matches

Harshit Rana

KKR . BOWL

7 Wkts

6 Matches

Vaibhav Arora

KKR . BOWL

7 Wkts

5 Matches

Fantasy Top Picks

Small League Team

S Iyer

A Rahane

Grand League Team

S Narine

G Maxwell

Venue Details

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh

1st Innings

159Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

135.33Avg SR

2nd Innings

130Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

121.95Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

34%Bat First Bowl First66%

Team Batting First

63%Wins Losses37%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 22 • Apr 8 • Indian Premier League

PBKS 219/6 (20)

CSK 201/5 (20)

PBKS won by 18 runs

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Match 18 • Apr 5 • Indian Premier League

PBKS 155/9 (20)

RR 205/4 (20)

RR won by 50 runs

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Match 37 • Apr 21 • Indian Premier League

PBKS 142/10 (20)

GT 146/7 (19.1)

GT won by 3 wickets

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Match 33 • Apr 18 • Indian Premier League

PBKS 183/10 (19.1)

MI 192/7 (20)

MI won by 9 runs

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Match 27 • Apr 13 • Indian Premier League

PBKS 147/8 (20)

RR 152/7 (19.5)

RR won by 3 wickets

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Match 23 • Apr 9 • Indian Premier League

PBKS 180/6 (20)

SRH 182/9 (20)

SRH won by 2 runs

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Match 2 • Mar 23 • Indian Premier League

PBKS 177/6 (19.2)

DC 174/9 (20)

PBKS won by 4 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Punjab Kings

Kolkata Knight Riders

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

PBKS

4- 6

KKR

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

188

Average Score

165

245/6

Highest Score

235/6

139/9

Lowest Score

107/2

Player of the Match Yuzvendra Chahal

4/28

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PBKS

KKR

Info

Punjab Kings

111/10 (15.3)

Batters

Priyansh Arya

183.33

c Singh b Rana

Prabhsimran Singh

200.00

c Singh b Rana

Shreyas Iyer

0.00

c Singh b Rana

Josh Inglis

33.33

b Chakaravarthy

Nehal Wadhera

111.11

c Iyer b Nortje

Glenn Maxwell

70.00

b Chakaravarthy

Suryansh Shedge

100.00

c Kock b Narine

Shashank Singh

105.88

lbw b Arora

Marco Jansen

50.00

b Narine

Xavier Bartlett

73.33

runout (Arora / Iyer)

Arshdeep Singh

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 2, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(15.3 Ov, RR: 7.16)

111/10

Did not Bat

Yuzvendra Chahal

Bowlers

EXT

Vaibhav Arora

2.3

10.40

Anrich Nortje

7.67

Harshit Rana

8.33

Varun Chakaravarthy

5.25

Sunil Narine

4.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Priyansh Arya

c Singh b Rana

1-39

3.2

Shreyas Iyer

c Singh b Rana

2-39

3.4

Josh Inglis

b Chakaravarthy

3-42

4.5

Prabhsimran Singh

c Singh b Rana

4-54

5.6

Nehal Wadhera

c Iyer b Nortje

5-74

8.4

Glenn Maxwell

b Chakaravarthy

6-76

9.1

Suryansh Shedge

c Kock b Narine

7-80

10.1

Marco Jansen

b Narine

8-86

10.6

Shashank Singh

lbw b Arora

9-109

15.1

Xavier Bartlett

runout (Arora / Iyer)

10-111

15.3

Kolkata Knight Riders

95/10 (15.1)

Batters

Quinton De Kock

50.00

c Shedge b Bartlett

Sunil Narine

125.00

b Jansen

Ajinkya Rahane

100.00

lbw b Chahal

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

132.14

c Bartlett b Chahal

Venkatesh Iyer

175.00

lbw b Maxwell

Rinku Singh

22.22

st Inglis b Chahal

Andre Russell

154.55

b Jansen

Ramandeep Singh

0.00

c Iyer b Chahal

Harshit Rana

50.00

b Jansen

Vaibhav Arora

0.00

c Inglis b Singh

Anrich Nortje

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 4, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(15.1 Ov, RR: 6.26)

95/10

Bowlers

EXT

Marco Jansen

3.1

5.37

Xavier Bartlett

10.00

Arshdeep Singh

3.67

Yuzvendra Chahal

7.00

Glenn Maxwell

2.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Sunil Narine

b Jansen

1-7

0.6

Quinton De Kock

c Shedge b Bartlett

2-7

1.2

Ajinkya Rahane

lbw b Chahal

3-62

7.4

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

c Bartlett b Chahal

4-72

9.1

Venkatesh Iyer

lbw b Maxwell

5-74

10.4

Rinku Singh

st Inglis b Chahal

6-76

11.3

Ramandeep Singh

c Iyer b Chahal

7-76

11.4

Harshit Rana

b Jansen

8-79

12.5

Vaibhav Arora

c Inglis b Singh

9-95

14.6

Andre Russell

b Jansen

10-95

15.1

Match Info

Date & Time

15 Apr, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Chandigarh

TV/Streaming

JioHotstar, Star Sports Network

Match

31st T20,

Indian T20 League 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Mohit Krishnadas (India), Saidharshan Kumar (India), KN Ananthapadmanabhan (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Punjab Kings elected to bat

2 0 0 0 W 0

Over 13

Runs: 2

0 6 0 6 4 0

Over 14

Runs: 16

0 0 0 0 0 W

Over 15

Runs: 0

Over 16

Runs: 0

All Overs

Player of the Match Yuzvendra Chahal

4/28

Lucky Winner dharambirgandhi28

Commentary

11:10 PM IST | The Indian Premier League just keeps giving! We've seen quite a few high-scoring games, now, it was time to get a low-scoring thriller! What was a match to pocket for Kolkata Knight Riders ended up going in favour of Punjab Kings. There was one epic and inspirational bowling spell to change the course of the match and there were some forgettable shots right through the game, more importantly so from the defending champions. On the whole, this was a contest that will go down in history as one of T20 cricket's greatest! With that, we come to the end of the day's coverage from New Chandigarh. We get back to you at 6:30 PM IST tomorrow from Delhi with Delhi Capitals hosting Rajasthan Royals. For now, this is the pair of Darpan and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Yuzvendra Chahal (Player of the Match, 4/28 in 4 overs): "This was a team effort. I was of the opinion that it wasn't an easy wicket, so taking early wickets was the key, which we did. When my first ball turned, I told Shreyas (Iyer) that it's important to have attacking fielders in place because wickets were the key. In the last match, I gave away a lot of runs. But I was confident about my bowling, and it clicked well on this track. The mindset is always to take wickets, that wicket of Ajju bhai (Ajinkya Rahane) was important. And, I kept it slower through the air so that they had to force the pace. My first Player of the Match award for Punjab, so it's special, but I wasn't really thinking along those lines to be honest."

Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings captain): "I was just backing my instincts! Just told Yuzi to hold his breath, but yes, the right players were there at the right time! When I went out to bat, one stayed low, one bounced more. The others too said that it was a pitch with variable bounce. We had that at the back of our mind to bowl as much at the stumps as possible, and they got that plan right in terms of execution. Two wickets in two overs gave us the momentum we wanted, but then came a big partnership. But after that, Yuzi bowled superbly to change the course! I kept the field attacking to put pressure and the tide turned towards us. It's important that we stay humble and take the lessons from this win."

Yuzvendra Chahal's 14 dot balls wins him the Green Dot Balls of the Match award!

The On-the-go Fours of the match award goes to Angkrish Raghuvanshi for hitting 5 fours!

Super Sixes of the Match award winner is Prabhsimran Singh! He hit 3 sixes.

Fantasy King of the Match is none other than Yuzvendra Chahal!

The Super Striker of the Match award goes to Prabhsimran Singh, striking it at 250 today!

10:57 PM IST | It is now time for the post-match presentation!

There was this moment in the 2nd innings when Xavier Bartlett's sloppy piece of fielding at fine-leg led to an overthrow, and eventually, five runs! But, under really bizarre circumstances! Take a look at the explanation.

Explained: Why 5 runs were added to Venkatesh Iyer's score after Xavier Bartlett's fielding blunder in PBKS vs KKR IPL 2025 match

Ricky Ponting (Punjab Kings head coach): "The heart rate is up. Probably over 200. I don't need that at the age of 50. Tells you how funny the game is. The other day we could not defend 245. How good was Chahal. We had a fitness test for him today. He picked up a shoulder injury. But before the game, he told me, 'Coach, I am 100% ready to play'. I would have been proud even if we did not win. Just how we went about in the second half. The wicket was holding up a bit, but not many would have given us a chance at the halfway stage. The match-ups tonight suggested that Jansen and Bartlett were the better choice with the new ball. This could be a season defining moment. I have coached a lot in the IPL. But this might be my best win."

Ajinkya Rahane (Kolkata Knight Riders captain): "Nothing to express. We all saw what happened. I will take the blame. I played a wrong shot. Yes, it was missing. But it was a bad shot. That is where it started. Angkrish wasn't really sure. He said it could be umpire's call. There was no talk of net run rate. It wasn't an easy wicket. We batted badly. The bowlers did really well on this wicket. You have to be positive. But on this wicket, the sweep shot was hard to play. We were a bit reckless and need to take responsibility as a batting unit. At the moment, too many things are going in my head. When I go upstairs, I need to be very calm and think about what to talk to the boys. Still a long tournament. We have to be positive."

10:40 PM IST | Punjab Kings win by 16 runs!

Prabhsimran Singh 30 (15) | Yuzvendra Chahal - 4/28 (4)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi 37 (28) | Harshit Rana - 3/25 (3)

The lowest total in IPL history has been defended here in New Chandigarh! Punjab Kings, their supporters, their owners, their well-wishers, are in a frenzy right now! And why not?

Till 10 overs in the innings, we were talking about whether Kolkata Knight Riders would win inside 14.1 overs to go top of the table. And now, after 15.1 overs, a Yuzvendra Chahal 4-wicket haul and a Marco Jansen 3-wicket haul has done what many would naver have imagined - give PBKS their third win at this venue, their new home!

This was supposed to be a cakewalk for KKR, and they batted pretty well too! They did lose a couple of early wickets, but the partnership between Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi seemed like taking the team home. Then came that LBW case which wasn't, but Rahane did not review it. It gave Chahal his break to run through the middle-order!

This was a pretty good wicket to bat on, make no mistake! But, the batters were all over the shop! They played reckless shots, pressed the panic button way too early, and lost the plot! What should have been an easy chase, ended up being a loss of epic proportion!

As for PBKS, Shreyas Iyer's captaincy and the belief they had right through the innings shone through outstandingly! The fielding did let them down, but even after that, some inspired bowling performances did the trick and brought about an IPL classic!

PBKS go to 8 points now, surpassing KKR, who are on 6! And as for the men in purple and gold, from a position of going top of the ladder, they eventually lose the match and leave Punjab with lots to ponder over!

Andre Russell has been dismissed for 17 runs off 11 balls

15.1 Marco Jansen to Andre Russell, BOWLED! PBKS WIN! This is the lowest score defended successfully in the IPL. 140.5kph delivery banged in at back of a length. Russell cleared his front leg and heaved across the line, only to get an inside edge. The ball ricocheted onto the stumps, leaving them shattered.

Nortje has a change of bats!

Marco Jansen [3.0-0-17-2] comes back into the attack.

So, it's all or nothing for Russell! PBKS are winning it if he doesn't get these runs. Nortje can hang around, but Russell is the man to do it!

Anrich Nortje batting at 11th position

This wicket of Ajinkya Rahane was what started the rut! Check it out!