Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals: Kolkata Knight Riders will host Rajasthan Royals in the 56th match of the IPL 2023. The clash will take place at the Edens Garden, Kolkata. Nitish Rana will take Kolkata Knight Riders to play against Rajasthan Royals led by Sanju Samson.
Match: IPL 2023 Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Pitch Report: The pitch of Eden Gardens is usually flat, which helps both batters and bowlers. Spinners also get some sharp turns from the surface. It will be the 6th match played at the venue this season. Considering the pitch conditions and the previous match records of this year, it is expected that the team who wins the toss will opt to bowl first.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals-The Squad
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana(c), Narayan Jagadeesan(wk), Johnson Charles(wk), Aarya Desai, Jason Roy, Johnson Charles(wk), Mandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukal Roy, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Harshit Rana, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Suyush Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c, wk), Jos Buttler(wk), Dhruv Jurel, Devdutt Padikkal, Joe Root, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kunal Singh Rathore, Adam Zampa, K C Cariappa, K M Asif, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abdul Basith, Akash Vasisht, Donovan Ferreira, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals-Team performance in the past matches
KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Rajasthan Royals in today’s encounter. The contest will be held at the home ground of Kolkata Knight Riders, Eden Gardens.
KKR is placed in the 6th position of the points table with 5 wins in 11 matches. Last time they played against Punjab Kings and won the match by 5 wickets. KKR struggled a lot in the match. The team required more than 50 runs to win the match in the last five overs. However, the skipper Nitish Rana scored 51 runs off 38 balls made some changes. Then Andre Russell turned the tables with three sixes in the 19th over. Jason hit 38 runs off 24 balls. KKR needed a six to win off the last over, and Arshadeep Singh made it happen in the last ball.
RR: On the other side, Rajasthan Royals is just above KKR in the points table with 10 points. They won a total of 5 out of 11 matches. In the previous match, SRH defeated RR by 4 wickets. Abhishek Sharma scored 55 runs off 34 balls. Anmol Preet Singh gained 33 runs in 25 balls. Smashing a full straight delivery over the pacers SRH finished at 217/6 in response to RR’s 214/2. The other key contributor of the match was Rahul Tripathi who gained 47 runs in 29 balls.
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Wicket-keeper: Jos Buttler, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer
All-Rounder: Ravichandran Ashwin, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sandeep Sharma
Captain: Jos Buttler
Vice-Captain: Rinku Singh
Wicket-keeper: Jos Buttler
Batters: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Venkatesh Iyer, Jason Roy
All-Rounder: Ravichandran Ashwin, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine
Bowlers: Yuzvendra Chahal, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sandeep Sharma
Captain: Yashasvi Jaiswal
Vice-Captain: Yuzvendra Chahal
