Watch the highlights of KKR vs PBKS - The 12th match of the 2026 IPL (Indian Premier League) Twenty20 cricket tournament between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings played at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on April 06, 2026.
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| Shreyas Iyer sees rain as a chance to hydrate © BCCI / IPLT20 |
Rain washed out gives Kolkata Knight Riders' first point after Xavier Bartlett's new-ball burst with 2-wickets in the 12th match of a Indian Premier League.
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KKR scored 25-2 in 3.4 overs with top scorer by Ajinkya Rahane cracked a unbeaten 8 off 6-balls including a boundary.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored a run-a-ball unbeaten 7-runs without a boundary and Finn Allen hit 6 off 7-balls contained a four.
PBKS best bowler by Xavier Bartlett captured 2-wickets for 9-runs in 1.4-overs.
This match reported by Vishal Dikshit (Third Party Reference from ESPNcricinfo)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) got their first points of IPL 2026 but without a victory against their name after their home clash against Punjab Kings (PBKS) was washed out on Monday night. Desperate for a win after starting the campaign with two losses on the bounce, KKR were reeling against swing of Xavier Bartlett and were 25 for 2 in 3.4 overs when drizzle stopped the game.
It soon turned into heavy rain with gusts of wind and the entire ground went under white covers. From 7.48pm IST, when the players went off the field, the spectators waited until 11pm when play was called off.
PBKS top the table for now as the only team with five points; three teams are on their heels with four points each.
Rain stopped at around 10.30pm, and hopes of a shortened game lingered briefly as the covers started to come off, but with plenty of water coming off the covers and accumulating near the boundary areas, it was not possible to get the field ready in time for a five-overs-a-side contest.
KKR's struggles with the bat continued after their captain Ajinkya Rahane surprisingly chose to bat. They were also without their spin twins of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy; the last time KKR had played a match without either was back in 2019. While Narine was unwell, Varun had injured his left hand while fielding in their previous game, against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Varun was seen in the dugout with strapping on his hand.
Arshdeep Singh started well for PBKS, swinging the ball both ways in the first over, before Bartlett took over with his hooping outswingers. He beat Finn Allen three times in a row with outswing at the start of the second over before extracting his outside edge to send him back for 6. Next ball, he drew a thick edge from Cameron Green that went for four, and he then pounded in another zippy outswinger that kissed Green's outside edge for another caught-behind.
In just three balls, KKR had slipped from 12 for 0 to 16 for 2 as Rahane watched from the other end. It had drizzled a bit through that period of action, and the umpires called for the covers in the fourth over.
The only reason for the KKR faithful to cheer was when franchise co-owner Shah Rukh Khan was shown on the big screen and when he later appeared on the balcony to wave to the fans.
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