Kolkata. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the toss and decided to bat first against Punjab Kings in the 12th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 on Monday. Today here, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and decided to bat first.

He said that it looks like a very good wicket and that is why we will bat first. There is also a little less grass on the pitch. We have to have confidence and trust in ourselves. Those small moments have to be won. There have been two forced changes in our team.

Varun Chakraborty got injured while taking a catch in the last match. While Sunil Narayan is ill. For this reason both of them are not playing and Rovman Powell and Sunil Narayan have come in their place.

Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer said that since the time I was in the Delhi Capitals team, my chemistry with Ricky Ponting has been very good. He gives a lot of freedom to all the young players and is a source of inspiration himself. He said that there is no change in our team today.

Both the teams are as follows:-

KKR (XI):- Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (keeper), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora and Kartik Tyagi.

Punjab Kings (XI):- Prabhsimran Singh (wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Cooper Connelly, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stynis, Marco Yanson, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vaishak, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.