Kkr vs rr: The Kolkata Knightrs and Rajasthan Royals teams are face to face in the sixth match of IPL 2025. In this match, Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Rajasthan Royals camp breathed a sigh of relief when the KKR captain revealed the team’s playing XI since the toss.
Now you must be wondering why Rajasthan breathed a sigh of relief since the release of KKR’s playing XI. In fact, in today’s match, that Dhakad player of Kolkata Knight Riders is not part of the team which scored a century against Rajasthan in the previous season.
Big change in KKR’s playing XI
Sunil Naren, the brilliant all -rounder of Kolkata Knight Riders, is not able to play against Rajasthan Royals today. Captain Ajinkya Rahane told during the toss that Sunil Naren will not be a part of today’s playing XI as his health is not well.
Let us tell you that in the last season i.e. IPL 2024, when the team of Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders were face to face, Sunil Naren scored the first century of his IPL career. Last season, Sunil used to play in the top order on behalf of KKR. The Rajasthan team must have breathed a sigh of relief due to Sunil Naren’s not playing. Moin Ali has been included in playing 11 by KKR today in place of Sunil Naren.
Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals playing XI
Kolkata Knight Risers: Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Rinku Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Ryan Parag (Captain), Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Vanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Thikshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma
