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Two matches will be played today in IPL-2025. The first match of the day will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. The match will begin at 3:30 pm at KKR’s Home Ground Eden Gardens.
Both teams will face the second time in the season. In the last match, Kolkata defeated Rajasthan by 8 wickets in his house. Rajasthan Royals have 6 points with three out of 11 matches. At the same time, Kolkata is at seventh position with 9 points in 10 matches.
At the same time, Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants will face in the second match of the day. The match will be played at Dharamshala at 7:30 pm.
Preview of first match
Match details, 53rd match KKR vs RR date- 4 May Stadium- Eden Gardens Stadium, Kolkata Time: Toss- 3:00 PM, Match Start- 3:30 PM
The difference of just one win in the head to head
So far 31 matches have been played in the IPL between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata won 15 matches and Rajasthan won 14. While 2 matches were inconclusive. In Kolkata, 11 matches have been played between the two teams. Out of this, Kolkata in 6 and Rajasthan in 4 won. One match was no result. Here Kolkata got the last win against Rajasthan in 2018. After that three matches were played and all three have won Rajasthan. Today the team has a chance to hit a four.
Rahane KKR’s top scorer
Captain Ajinkya Rahane is the top scorer of KKR. He has scored a total of 297 runs in 10 matches. He scored a half -century of 56 runs in 31 balls against RCB in his first match. In bowling, Varun Chakravati has taken 13 wickets in 10 matches. He is KKR’s top wicket.
Hasranga Rajasthan’s top wicket
This season Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored the most runs for Rajasthan this season. He has scored more than 400 runs in 11 matches. The second number is Ryan Parag. Ryan scored 282 runs in 11 matches. In bowling, Vanindu Hasranga has taken 10 wickets in 8 matches. Hasranga is the top wicket of the team.
Pitch report The pitch of the Eden Gardens Stadium helps the batsmen. So far 98 IPL matches have been played in this stadium. The teams who bat first here have won 41 matches and later batting teams have won 56 matches.
The highest team score of this stadium is 262/2, which was made by Punjab Kings against Kolkata last year.
Weather condition The weather of Kolkata will not be good on 4 May. On Sunday, there will be cloudy throughout the day and 80% of rain is expected. There is a possibility of rain in the morning. The temperature here is expected to be between 26 and 33 degrees on this day.
Possible playing-12 Kolkata Knight Riders of both teams: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Sunil Naren, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Suppiet Roy, Varun Chakraborty, Vaibhav Arora.
Rajasthan Royals: Ryan Parag (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurael (wicketkeeper), Shimron Hetmire, Vanindu Hasranga, Jofra Archer, Mahish Tishra, Sandeep Sharma, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande.
