Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Today, two lost teams will clash in IPL 2025. Yes, both these teams had to face defeat in their first match this season. Now today one of the two teams will open the victory account. We are talking about Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals.
This match between Rajasthan and Kolkata will be played at Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Ryan Parag captained Rajasthan Royals in the first match. However, Sanju was played as a Samson Impact Player. Today you can lead the pollen team against KKR, and Samson can play as Impact Player. KKR had to face defeat against RCB, while Rajasthan was defeated by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Pitch report
The pitch of Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati is suitable for batsmen. However, the fast bowlers here are also very effective with the new ball. It has been seen difficult to chase here in T20. Due to the new rules of IPL, dew is not so influenced. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to bat first.
Head to head
There has been a strong competition in the IPL between Rajasthan and Kolkata so far. If Rajasthan has won 14 matches, then only 14 matches have been won by Kolkata. There is also a super over between the two. Last season was a high scoring match between the two teams. At the Eden Gardens then Rajasthan achieved the target of 224 runs against KKR.
Match prediction
Our match is the Prediction Meter saying that Kolkata Knight Riders have a huge upper hand in this match. KKR’s team looks more balanced than Rajasthan. The pitch is new for both. In such a situation, Rajasthan will not be able to get home advantage.
Rajasthan Royals potential playing XI- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Ryan Parag (Captain), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Mahesh Thikshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma and Fazlhak Farooqui
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Potential Playing XI- Quinton Dickock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson/Enerich Nortze, Varun Chakraborty and Vaibhav Arora.
