Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host the Rajasthan Royals (RR) on the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata right now within the thirty first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Royals are on prime of the factors desk with their solely loss in six matches coming in opposition to the Gujarat Titans. On the opposite hand, the Knight Riders have additionally misplaced just one recreation, in opposition to the Chennai Super Kings away from residence and are second within the desk.
This is a much-awaited encounter with each groups performing exceptionally nicely up to now and the winner of the staff will strengthen its place on the prime of the desk. KKR have already got a match in hand as in comparison with the Royals and in the event that they win right now, they’ll leap to the highest with 10 factors. While RR even have 10 factors, KKR boast of a particularly superior web run-rate because of their 106-run win over Delhi Capitals.
KKR vs RR Pitch Report
Eden Gardens in Kolkata provide quick boundaries which make this a high-scoring venue. In the one night recreation performed right here, KKR defended 208 runs in opposition to 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 well-liked at this venue and a rating round 200 could possibly be par relying on the bowlers. The pitch can be good for batting and the bowlers must give you variations to maintain the batters quiet.
Eden Gardens, Kolkata T20 Numbers (IPL 2024)
Total Matches – 2
Team received batting first – 1
Team received bowling first – 1
Average 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
