Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings are going to face each other in a much-anticipated match in IPL 2023 at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Both teams will look to get the first win of the tournament in this match. Kolkata Knight Riders are going to be without their skipper Shreyas Iyer who has suffered a back injury. In the absence of Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana is going to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023. Here in this article, we have covered the best possible playing 11 for Kolkata Knight Riders against the Punjab Kings.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Squad IPL 2023
| Player | Role |
| Shreyas Iyer (c) | Batsmen |
| Nitish Rana | Batsmen |
| Venkatesh Iyer | All-Rounder |
| Andre Russell | All-Rounder |
| Sunil Narine | All-Rounder |
| Umesh Yadav | Bowler |
| Tim Southee | Bowler |
| Harshit Rana | Bowler |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler |
| Anukul Roy | All-Rounder |
| Rinku Singh | Batsmen |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Batsman/Wicket-keeper |
| Shardul Thakur | Bowler |
| Lockie Ferguson | Bowler |
| N Jagadeesan | Batsmen |
| Vaibhav Arora | Bowler |
| Suyash Sharma | Bowler |
| David Wiese | All-Rounder |
| Kulwant Khejroliya | Bowler |
| Litton Das | Wicket-keeper |
| Mandeep Singh | Batsmen |
| Shakib Al Hasan | All-Rounder |
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| Player | Role |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Wicketkeeper |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Batter |
| Nitish Rana | Captain, Batter |
| N Jagadeesan | Batter |
| Andre Russell | All-rounder |
| Rinku Singh | Batter |
| Sunil Narine | All-rounder |
| Shardul Thakur | Bowler |
| Tim Southee | Bowler |
| Umesh Yadav | Bowler |
| Varun Chakravarthy | Bowler |