Delhi: The 53rd match of the 18th season (IPL 2025) of the Indian Premier League is to be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals (KKR Vs RR) on 4 May at the historic ground Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The lineup of both teams is strong. The Kolkata Knight Riders team have won four out of 10 matches and losing in 5 matches are seventh in the points table, while the Rajasthan Royals team have won three out of 11 matches and are eighth in the points table with eight matches and losing eight matches. When both the teams were face to face the last time, the Rajasthan Royals team scored 151 runs and chasing it, Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 8 wickets. Let’s know what is the pitch report for this match and what is the possible playing 11 of both teams.
domestic Field But As much as Of Target Will keep KKR
In their home ground, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team would like to get off the goal of winning. Under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, the team has made a great comeback in some matches, but the lack of continuous performance has brought him to the middle of the points table. In this match, players like Rinku Singh, Andre Russell and Sunil Narayan can prove to be a game changer for the team. Angkrish Raghuvanshi is constantly successful and more runs for the team. The same Rinku Singh also performed strongly in the last match and this time also a similar expectation is being expected from these players. At the same time, along with captain Ajink Rahane, Sunil Naren and Rahmanullah Gurbaz can also work to take the team to height with their best contribution in every match.
Rajasthan Roles Of For difficult Will be Situation
If Rajasthan Royals have to face defeat against Kolkata Knight Riders in this match, then it can be almost out of the playoffs. However, due to the presence of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi in the team, the team seems to be very positive and these young players will be expected that the kind of feat they did in the last match will have to be shown against Kolkata Knight Riders. Rajasthan Royals will try to keep themselves in the tournament by redeeming this last opportunity. With this match, this team would like to make a comeback where Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal as well as Jofra Archer also expect the fans of the team.
Pitch report
The pitch of the Eden Gardens is considered to be suited to batting which has good bounce and speed. The surface is usually flat and the boom is correct, which makes it very favorable to play stroke. Here, there is a lot of runs in T20 format, where it has been easy for the team that batting later to achieve the target. In such a situation, the teams like to bat later in view of the flat pitch.
Head-to-head record
In IPL history, 31 matches have been played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, out of which Rajasthan Royals have won 14 times, the same Kolkata Knight Riders have won 15 matches. There was no result of two matches between the two.
Head-to-head record | Description |
Match played | 31 |
Kolkata won by Knight Riders | 15 |
Won by Rajasthan Royals | 14 |
Tie (tied) | 0 |
No result (no result) | 1 |
Match played for the first time | 30 April 2008 |
Most of the most recent match | 26 March 2025 |
Match details
Match | Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals |
Site | Eden Garden, Kolkata |
Date and time | May 4, 3:30 pm |
Live broadcast and streaming details | Star Sports and Jio Hotstar |
Both Teams of potential Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders | Rajasthan Royals |
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper) | Splendor |
Sunil Naren | Yashasvi Jaiswal |
Ajinkya Rahane (captain) | Sanju Samson (Captain, wicketkeeper) |
Angkrish Raghuvanshi | Nitish Rana |
Rinku Singh | Dhruv jurael |
Andre Russell | Shimran Hetmyer |
Ramandeep Singh | Jofra Archer |
Harshit Rana | Vanindu Hasranga |
Enrich Nokia | Mahish phiyeta |
Varun chakravarti | Tushar Deshpande |
Vaibhav Arora | Akash Madhwal |
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