KKR vs RR: Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl
The 31st match of IPL 2024 will be played today between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. This match will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. This will be the first clash between the two teams this season. Rajasthan Royals have played six matches so far this season. Sanju Samson’s team has won five matches during this period. Whereas KKR has played five matches, out of which it has won four matches.
Rajasthan won the toss
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first. RR has replaced Jos Buttler and Ravichandran Ashwin in this match. Whereas KKR team has not made any changes. Jos Buttler was dropped from the last match. He played his last match on 10 April against Gujarat Titans. Ravichandran Ashwin also played his last match against Gujarat Titans. Now both of them have returned to the playing eleven.
pitch report
The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will be played at KKR’s home ground Eden Gardens. Eden’s pitch is a paradise for batsmen. However, the new ball also provides some help to the fast bowlers here. Now looking at both the teams, it would not be wrong to say that a high scoring match can be seen today. After winning the toss the captain can decide to bowl.
Probable playing-11 of both the teams
Kolkata Knight Riders- Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy.
Impact Player- Suyash Sharma or Angkrish Raghuvanshi
Rajasthan Royals- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Sanju Samson, Ryan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, R Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Kuldeep Sen and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Player- Donavene Ferreira/Keshav Maharaj.