KKRvsRR: Today there will be a clash between number-1 and number-2 teams, know who will win?

Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will clash in the 31st match of IPL 2024. Both the teams have a history of exciting matches. This season, they have performed amazing so far, with RR topping the points table and KKR at the second position.

This match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata

RR vs KKR match will take place on April 16, 2024 at 7:30 PM (IST) at Eden Garden, Kolkata. This is the third match at this ground this season. In his last match, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the fastest half-century in IPL history. The home team is desperate to turn the tables this time. With their strong team in IPL 2024, they have a good chance to top the table after this match.

KKR has strong batsmen

KKR has the strongest batting unit in the current season. They have two aggressive foreign opening batsmen in Phil Salt and Sunil Narine, who are known for explosive starts. After this, the middle order is dominated by Indian batsmen like Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh and Rinku Singh. All-rounder Andre Russell is building his strength. Their bowling unit has good bowlers like Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora.

KKR vs RR Head to Head Record

KKR and RR have faced each other 28 times in IPL history, with 2-time champions KKR holding a slight lead with 14 wins. RR is not far behind with 13 wins, just one win less than KKR. The match between them ended without any result.

pitch report

Eden Garden is called the heaven of batting. Here fast bowlers have taken 519 wickets while spinners have taken 390 wickets. Out of 84 IPL matches played at Eden Gardens, teams chasing the target have won 50 times. KKR has played 79 matches here, won 47, chased the target in 26. Against RR at this venue, KKR have won six out of nine matches, while RR have lost eight out of 10 in Kolkata.

kkr vs rr probable playing eleven

Kolkata Knight Riders

Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana.

Rajasthan Royals

Ryan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (captain and wicketkeeper), Avesh Khan, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Keshav Maharaj, Trent Boult.