{"id":9631,"date":"2026-04-06T18:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9631"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:17:27","slug":"130068760-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9631","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: Punjab Kings go top after rain washes out KKR vs PBKS clash at Eden Gardens | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130068759,imgsize-128626,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/eden-rain5-0604-s.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: Punjab Kings go top after rain washes out KKR vs PBKS clash at Eden Gardens\" title=\"Image credit: BCCI\/IPL\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders finally opened their account in IPL 2026, picking up their first point after their clash against Punjab Kings was abandoned following just 22 deliveries at Eden Gardens on Monday.<!-- --> Led by Ajinkya Rahane, KKR shared a point apiece with Shreyas Iyer\u2019s Punjab Kings after incessant rain and a wet outfield forced the match to be called off.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>With this result, Punjab Kings climbed to the top of the IPL 2026 points table. They now sit at No. 1 with five points from three matches, having registered two wins and one no result so far this season.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>For KKR, the abandoned game at least helped them get off the mark after a tough start to the campaign.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Earlier, the home side skipper Rahane won the toss and opted to bat, but his decision backfired early. Australian pacer Xavier Bartlett struck in the second over, removing opener Finn Allen (6) and Cameron Green (4) in quick succession to leave KKR reeling at 16 for two.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Rahane (8 not out) and young wicketkeeper-batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi (7 not out) were trying to steady the innings when rain interrupted play at 25 for two after just 3.4 overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>With conditions not improving and the outfield remaining wet, the umpires eventually called off the match.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Punjab Kings will next face Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 11, while KKR are set to take on Lucknow Super Giants on April 9.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2026-punjab-kings-go-top-after-rain-washes-out-kkr-vs-pbks-clash-at-eden-gardens\/articleshow\/130068760.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders finally opened their account in IPL 2026, picking up their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4412,24102,23942,16732,24101,19199],"class_list":["post-9631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ipl-2026","tag-ipl-points-table","tag-kkr-vs-pbks","tag-kolkata-knight-riders","tag-pbks-vs-kkr","tag-punjab-kings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}