“Punjab Kings is a strong side, I see her as a candidate on playoffs”: Ambati Rayudu in front of PBKS against KKR Clash

Neu -Delhi (India) April 26: Former Indian cricket player Ambati Rayudu believes that the captain of Punjab Kings, Captain Shreyas Iyer, will be highly motivated to give up well against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Iyer led KKR to the title of Indian Premier League last season, but was not retained by the franchise before IPL 2025.

PBKS Iyer then decreased at the IPL auction in 2025 and appointed him captain.

Rayudu sees Punjab Kings as a stronger team this season and believes that they are serious competitors for the playoffs.

“He will wear great memories of the soil and KKR after winning the IPL last season. There will be a bit of fire in his stomach, which he has not kept, and now he is Punjab. I think he will be concentrated and motivated. Punjab looks the stronger side this season, and I see her as a serious competitor while speaking live,” said Jiostar.

The Kolkata Knight Riders from Ajinkya Rahane will be led on Saturday at the Eden Garden Stadium in Kolkata against Shreyas Iyer. KKR will aim to recover from successive defeats and return to profit methods.

The host, Kolkata, is currently being seventh place on the point table with just three wins from eight games, while Punjab is fifth in fifth place with five wins of eight games.

KKR needs five victories in her last six games to qualify for the top 4. For PBKs, Iyers Punjab would be enough to score three victories in their remaining six games.

Gujarat Titans, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Mumbai Indians take the four best positions in the points table.

GT, DC and RCB have all 12 points to their name, but Gujarat and Delhi played a game less than RCB. A victory for Punjab on Saturday would increase her to fourth place, which corresponds to GT, DC and RCB.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Anrrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson, Chan Sakariya, Mayank Markande.

Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Josh Inglis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Harnoor Singh, Vishnu Vinod, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash.

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