KKR Vs PBKS, IPL 2026: Why Play Stopped At Kolkata's Eden Gardens

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are up against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the 12th match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday (April 6).

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KKR won the toss and elected to bat first. But play was stopped in the middle of the 4th over of their innings, as rain came pouring down in Kolkata. The hosts were batting at a precarious 25 for 2 at that stage, with captain Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi at the crease.

There is a big question mark on the weather during the match, with showers and a thunderstorm predicted all through the evening. Rain has already made its first appearance, forcing the umpires to stop play, and it remains to be seen how much of a bearing it has on the game.

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Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi

Impact substitutes: Blessing Muzarabani, Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Saurabh Dubey

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Cooper Connolly, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Impact substitutes: Priyansh Arya, Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Pravin Dubey, Harpreet Brar