Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Score: Rajasthan Royals, batting first, scored 155 runs. The spin bowlers of Kolkata Knight Riders wove such a web that RR batsmen could score only 60 runs in the last 10 overs. Especially Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine proved to be lethal, both of them together gave only 40 runs in 8 overs and took five wickets. Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed his fifty, he along with Yashasvi Jaiswal had given a good start to Rajasthan, yet the entire team could score only 155 runs.

8 overs, 40 runs and five wickets

These are the figures of Varun Chakraborty and Sunil Narine. Both of them together bowled 8 overs, in which they gave away only 40 runs and dismissed five batsmen. Chakraborty proved to be the most lethal, taking three wickets for only 14 runs in 4 overs. On the other hand, Sunil Narine dismissed two batsmen for 26 runs in a spell of 4 overs.

Kartik Tyagi’s magic

Fast bowler Karthik Tyagi also impressed. He gave 20 runs in the first three overs of his spell and could not take a single wicket. The 19th over of the innings proved to be very memorable for him and KKR. In this over, he took the wickets of Ravindra Jadeja (first ball), Shimron Hetmyer (third ball) and Ravi Bishnoi (fifth ball). This is the tenth time in IPL that a KKR bowler has taken three wickets in a single over.

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Vaibhav Suryavanshi missed fifty

Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave a good start to Rajasthan Royals, who came to bat first after winning the toss. Both made an opening partnership of 81 runs. Vaibhav scored 46 runs in 28 balls, on the other hand Jaiswal scored 39 runs in 29 balls. At one time the Rajasthan team had scored 95 runs in 10 overs at the loss of only one wicket. In the last 10 overs, RR team could score only 60 runs and lost 8 wickets.

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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals: 2 big matches will be played today in IPL 2025. The first match is between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. This match will be played at Eden Gardens. In order to keep the playoff hopes alive, KKR will win today, while Rajasthan Royals have already been out of the playoff race.

This season KKR has played 10 matches so far. During this time, the team won four matches and lost five matches. Kolkata’s team would now like to win all their remaining matches. At the same time, this season has no less than a terrible dream for Rajasthan. The team has been able to win only 3 matches in 11 matches so far.

Thorn collision in head to head

There is a thorn in the head to head between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. KKR has defeated Rajasthan 15 times in IPL so far. At the same time, Rajasthan has also defeated Kolkata 14 times. Both teams have clashed in Guwahati this season. Then KKR easily won the match.

Pitch report

The pitch of Eden Gardens, Kolkata, is suitable for batsmen. High scoring matches are often seen here. The bowlers are beaten up a lot here. Even today a high scoring match can be seen. The team winning the toss can choose the batting first.

Potential playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders- Sunil Naren, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rowman Powell, Suppiet Roy, Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora

Impact Player- Varun Chakraborty

Rajasthan Royals’ potential playing XI- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag (Captain), Shubham Dubey, Dhruv Jurlel (wicketkeeper), Shimran Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Thakkhana, Fazalhak Farooqui and Kumar Kartikeya

Impact Player- Akash Madhwal