Kolkata Knight Riders are hosting Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings are hosting Lucknow Super Giants in today's IPL 2026 matches: here are the live scores, broadcast and streaming details, playing XIs, toss and team news.
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IPL 2026, Match 28: KKR vs RR live score
RR won the toss and chose to bat first.
RR playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma.
Impact Player options: Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Yash Punja.
KKR playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Tim Seifert (wk), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Kartik Tyagi, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Impact Player options: Manish Pandey, Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Tejasvi Singh, Navdeep Saini.
Match 28, Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
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IPL 2026, Match 29: PBKS vs LSG live score
The toss will take place at 7 pm local time.
PBKS expected playing XI: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
LSG expected playing XII: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, George Linde, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav.
Match 29, Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants
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Today's IPL 2026 matches: Who are the players to watch out for?
KKR vs RR, Kolkata, April 19, 3:30 pm
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been in sparkling form, and will be the biggest attraction in this game. Fans have travelled from Bihar, his home state, to Kolkata to watch this game. For the home team KKR, focus will be on the big names Cameron Green and captain Ajinkya Rahane, whose impact with the bat has been under scrutiny.
PBKS vs LSG, New Chandigarh, April 19, 7:30 pm
Punjab Kings are the only unbeaten team so far, heading into this game. Prabhsimran Singh and Shreyas Iyer starred in their last match and would have the spotlight on them again. Lucknow, meanwhile, are languishing at No.8: Nicholas Pooran has struggled big time and LSG would desperately hope for him to strike some form.
IPL 2026: Where to watch today's matches live?
The IPL 2026 matches between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, and Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants will be telecast on the Star Sports network and live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India.
You can find the full broadcast and streaming details of today's IPL 2026 matches here.
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