Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 53 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday (May 4). KKR won the toss and opted to bat first.
Today’s KKR vs RR Team News
Kolkata Knight Riders have made a couple of changes to the playing 11. They are playing Moeen Ali and Ramandeep Singh in place of Anukul Roy and Rovman Powell. Meanwhile, Harshit Rana is named in the impact subs and is likely to play the second innings.
Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, have made three changes to their playing 11 for the previous match. Kunal Sigh Rathore replaces Nitish Rana, while Yudhvir Singh Charak returns in place of Kumar Kartikeya. Wanindu Hasaranga also returns to the playing 11 and will replace Aghan pacer Fazahlaq Farooqi. Since RR will chase, Shubham Dubey is likely to come in as the impact player.
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Today’s KKR vs RR Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Riyan Parag (c), Kunal Singh Rathore, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal
Today’s Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Manish Pandey, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia
Rajasthan Royals: Kumar Kartikeya, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals Head to Head
Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals have faced each other 30 times in the IPL. The Knight Riders have the upper hand, winning 15 matches, while the Royals have won 12 matches so far.
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