Delhi: The journey of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League reached Guwahati today, where there will be a sixth match of the season between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders at Barsapara Cricket Stadium. The start of both teams has not been good this season, as they had to face defeat in their first match. Rajasthan Royals lost by 44 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad, while KKR lost by 7 wickets from RCB. In such a situation, both teams will be looking for a win in this match so that points can open their account in the table. The captain of both teams came on the field for Toss and Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bat first.
In the IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders are competing at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bowl first and consolidated Rajasthan Royals for 151 runs.
The start of Rajasthan Royals was very slow. Yashasvi Jaiswal (29 runs) and Sanju Samson (13 runs) soon returned to the pavilion. Despite the small contribution of Ryan Parag (25 runs) and Nitish Rana (4 runs), the Royals team continued to lose wickets. Shimron Hetmyer (7 runs) and Dhruv Jurael (33 runs) also could not last long.
The bowlers of Kolkata performed brilliantly, in which Harsha Rana took 2 wickets, and Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets under pressure from Rajasthan batsmen. Moin Ali and Spencer Johnson also took 2 important wickets.
Rajasthan Royals team reached 151 runs in the last over, but this total score could be challenging for them, especially in front of Kolkata’s strong batting order. Now Kolkata will have to chase a target of 152 runs.
Playing XI of both teams
| Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI) | Playing XI |
|---|---|
| Quinton decock (w) | Yashasvi Jaiswal |
| Venkatesh Iyer | Sanju Samson |
| Ajinkya Rahane (c) | Nitish rana |
| Rinku Singh | Ryan Parag (c) |
| Moin Ali | Dhruv jurael (w) |
| Andre Russell | Shimron Hetmire |
| Ramandeep Singh | Vanindu Hasranga |
| Spencer Johnson | Jofra Archer |
| Vaibhav Arora | Mahesh Pratishna |
| Harshit Rana | Tushar Deshpande |
| Varun chakravarti | Sandeep Sharma |
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