KKR vs pbks live updates: IPL 2025 Shreyas Iyer, who won the title to Kolkata Knight Riders a season earlier, will now be the biggest obstacle in his way for the playoff qualification when Punjab Kings will enter the important match of the IPL against the host on Eden Gardens on Saturday in the important match of the IPL under his captaincy. KKR won the first IPL title in a decade under Iyer’s captaincy twelve months ago. On Saturday, he will wear the jersey of the opposing team and will come down with the intention of taking the next step towards bringing Punjab to the playoffs. (Live Scorecard)

KKR had surprised everyone by releasing them, but the captaincy of Punjab Kings is getting pleased with Iyer. In collaboration with his mentor Ricky Ponting of Delhi Capitals, Iyer won Punjab to fifth place in the table by winning five out of eight matches. This partnership also gave Iyer a relaxation of captaincy with confidence, on which he has so far scored 263 runs including three half -centuries. Now their intention will be to score a century.

Now he has a golden opportunity to answer with his bat like KL Rahul had won the Delhi Capitals against his former team Lucknow Super Giant by scoring an unbeaten half -century. KKR has lost five out of eight matches and another defeat will make the playofte’s path impossible. His top order could not run and did not play the middle order responsibly. The spin invasion has proved to be a failure on its Garh Eden Gardens. He will have to win five out of the next six matches at all costs.

KKR middle -order batsmen Andre Russell, Rinku Singh and Ramandeep could not give Finishing Touch, which may have to change the team. KKR can now unload Caribbean all -rounder Rowman Powell. Angkrish Raghuvanshi will have to face the challenge of bowlers like Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal. Captain Ajinkya Rahane will also have to perform better who has failed to take the team to victory by playing fast. They will have to stay away from Chahal, who had taken a dangerous spell last week and took the wickets of Rahane, Raghuvanshi, Rinku and Ramandeep.

The competition of KKR bowler Harshit Rana and Punjab opener Priyansh Arya will also be seen. KKR has won only one out of four matches in its ground this time. The non -essential dispute with curator Sujan Mukherjee regarding the pitch has also been in the headlines.

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