Table-toppers Rajasthan Royals will meet second-placed Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League 2024 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday. 

The KKR vs RR match on April 16 is scheduled to start at 7.30 PM IST. The IPL 2024 match will be available to watch on live streaming for free in India.

The Royals pulled off a three-wicket win over Punjab Kings in their previous match at Mullanpur last week. Top-scorer Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shimron Hetmyer’s thrilling cameo ensured that the Royals ended on the right side of a close contest. Keshav Maharaj and Avesh Khan picked up two wickets each.

Meanwhile, the Knight Riders defeated Lucknow Super Giants by eight wickets in their last outing at Kolkata on Sunday.

Riyan Parag and Sanju Samson continue their reign in the top-five run-getters list in IPL 2024. Parag and Samson have accumulated 284 and 264 runs, respectively, from six matches in this campaign.

Yuzvendra Chahal leads the way in the bowling charts with 11 wickets from six matches for the Royals this season.

 

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals standings

 

Rajasthan Royals are currently on top of the IPL 2024 standings with 10 points and a net run rate of +0.767. The Royals have won five matches and lost one.

Meanwhile, the Knight Riders have played five games this season, winning four and losing one. KKR are second in the IPL standings with eight points and an NRR of +1.688.

 

KKR vs RR form in IPL

 

Both RR and KKR have won four of their last five matches in the IPL coming into Tuesday's game.

 

Rajasthan Royals last five matches

 

Opponent 

Venue

Result

Match Date

Margin

PBKS

Mullanpur

Won

April 13, 2024

3 wickets

GT

Jaipur

Lost

April 10, 2024

3 wickets

RCB

Jaipur

Won

April 6, 2024

6 wickets

MI

Mumbai

Won

April 1, 2024

6 wickets

DC

Jaipur

Won

March 28, 2024

12 runs

 

Kolkata Knight Riders last five matches

 

Opponent 

Venue

Result

Match Date

Margin

LSG

Kolkata

Won

April 14, 2024

8 wickets

CSK

Chennai

Lost

April 8, 2024

7 wickets

DC

Visakhapatnam

Won

April 3, 2024

106 runs

RCB

Bengaluru

Won

March 29, 2024

7 wickets

SRH

Kolkata

Won

March 23, 2024

4 runs

 

In the KKR vs RR head-to-head, the two teams have played each other 28 times in the IPL. The Royals have been victorious on 13 occasions, with the KKR winning 14. One match was abandoned. 

The last time the two sides met, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata during IPL 2023, it was the Royals who finished on top defeating the Knight Riders by nine wickets.

 

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals players

 

Jaiswal’s knock was the key highlight in the Royals’ match against the Knight Riders last year. Chasing a target of 150, Jaiswal shattered the record for the fastest fifty in the IPL, reaching the landmark in just 13 balls. 

The left-handed Jaiswal scored an unbeaten 98 off 47 balls hitting 12 fours and five sixes to be adjudged the Player of the Match as the Royals won the contest by nine wickets with 41 balls to spare.

Rajasthan Royals captain Samson has scored 517 runs in 19 matches against KKR, which is the highest by any player in the current Royals squad. Samson and Parag have done the bulk of the scoring for the Royals in the IPL 2024 season contributing more than 50 percent of the total runs scored by the team.

Hetmyer has been the perfect finisher for the Royals this season remaining unbeaten on four occasions in his five visits to the crease and scoring at an astonishing strike rate of 200.00. 

Spin twins Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin have picked up 28 and 24 wickets against KKR, respectively, the most in the current Royals squad. Both Chahal and Ashwin have a combined 18 dismissals at the Eden Gardens. The Royals’ spinners have a total of 14 scalps in IPL 2024, the most by any team in this edition.

The Royals’ bowling unit has the best economy in powerplay among teams in the current IPL. They have conceded an average of 48 runs in the first six overs with a total of 10 wickets from the six matches so far.

Rajasthan Royals squad: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj

Kolkata Knight Riders squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Srikar Bharat, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Sherfane Rutherford, Phil Salt, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, AM Ghazanfar, Harshit Rana, Chetan Sakariya, Sakib Hussain, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals stats

 

  • 50: Yashasvi Jaiswal is 1 six away from 50 sixes in IPL
  • 200: Yuzvendra Chahal is 2 wickets away from 200 wickets in IPL
  • 200: Sanju Samson is 7 sixes away from 200 sixes in IPL
  • 1000: Riyan Parag needs 116 runs for 1000 runs in IPL
  • 3500: Sanju Samson is 25 runs away from 3500 runs for RR in IPL
  • 4000: Shimron Hetmyer needs 6 runs for 4000 runs in T20s
  • 50: Riyan Parag is 5 sixes away from 50 sixes in IPL

 

Where to watch Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals live

 

Live streaming of the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals match will be available on the Jio Cinema App and website. The KKR vs RR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India. The match will start at 7.30 PM IST.

 

KKR vs RR venue: Eden Gardens records

 

  • Highest team total: 235/4 by CSK vs KKR, 2023
  • Lowest team total: 49/10 by RCB vs KKR, 2017
  • Highest individual score: 112* by Rajat Patidar, RCB vs LSG, 2022 
  • Best bowling figures: 5/19 by Sunil Narine, KKR vs PBKS, 2012
  • Highest partnership: 167* by Herschelle Gibbs and Rohit Sharma, second wicket, MI vs KKR, 2012
  • Win rate batting first: 60% (6 Won; 4 Lost)
  • Average first innings score: 193
  • Average first innings winning score: 210