Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and elected to bat first against Punjab Kings in Match 12 of the Indian Premier League 2026. The toss took place at 07:00 pm at the Eden Gardens, with the match set to start at 07:30 pm.
Toss Decision – Captain’s Comments & Reasoning
“We will bat first. It looks like a good wicket, but it is on the drier side. We want to put runs on the board, and it is important to win small moments. We are confident as a unit,” Ajinkya Rahane said.
PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer would have bowled first had he won the toss.
“We wanted to bowl first. Ricky Ponting gives freedom and liberty to all the players. He is one of the best cricketers in the world. He has a lot of ideas. We are going in with the same team,” he said.
Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Finn Allen, Ajinkya Rahane, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Navdeep Saini, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi
KKR Impact Subs: Manish Pandey, Tejasvi Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Saurabh Dubey, Blessing Muzarabani
Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
PBKS Impact Subs: Suryansh Shedge, Vishnu Vinod, Pravin Dubey, Priyansh Arya, Harpreet Brar
Toss Result Today – KKR vs PBKS Match 12 IPL 2026
Q1: Who won the toss today in the KKR vs PBKS Match 12 IPL 2026?
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane has won the toss and elected to batl first.
Q2: What was the toss time today?
The toss took place at 07:00 pm IST.
Q3: Why did the captain choose to bat first?
Ajinkya Rahane has decided to bat first because he wants to put runs on the board.
Q4: Where is today’s match being played?
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
