Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host the Rajasthan Royals (RR) on the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata as we speak within the thirty first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Royals are on high of the factors desk with their solely loss in six matches coming towards the Gujarat Titans. However, the Knight Riders have additionally misplaced just one recreation, towards the Chennai Tremendous Kings away from house and are second within the desk.
This can be a much-awaited encounter with each groups performing exceptionally effectively up to now and the winner of the workforce will strengthen its place on the high of the desk. KKR have already got a match in hand as in comparison with the Royals and in the event that they win as we speak, they may bounce to the highest with 10 factors. Whereas RR even have 10 factors, KKR boast of a particularly superior internet run-rate because of their 106-run win over Delhi Capitals.
KKR vs RR Pitch Report
Eden Gardens in Kolkata provide brief boundaries which make this a high-scoring venue. In the one night recreation performed right here, KKR defended 208 runs towards SRH to win by simply 4 runs. The earlier match performed right here was in afternoon and the hosts chased 162 runs with out breaking a sweat. This makes it clear that chasing needs to be most popular at this venue and a rating round 200 might be par relying on the bowlers. The pitch will likely be good for batting and the bowlers must provide you with variations to maintain the batters quiet.
Eden Gardens, Kolkata T20 Numbers (IPL 2024)
Whole Matches – 2
Staff received batting first – 1
Staff received bowling first – 1
Common first inns rating – 185
Highest rating – 208 by KKR vs SRH
Squads
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Abid Mushtaq, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jos Buttler, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Singh Rathore
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Allah Ghazanfar, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Srikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera
