Rajasthan Royals will be looking to return to winning ways when they face Kolkata Knight Riders in their sixth match of the IPL 2026 season at the iconic Eden Gardens on Sunday.

The KKR vs RR IPL 2026 match on April 19 will start at 3:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) and will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast. This will be the Royals’ first day game of the season.

RR captain Riyan Parag will be hoping for a swift response from his side after suffering their first defeat of the campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last outing.

The Royals kicked off their campaign in commanding fashion, securing home victories against Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati, along with an impressive away win over Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad.

Kolkata Knight Riders, on the other hand, will be eyeing their first win of the season having lost five of their six matches so far. KKR’s only point this campaign came after their match against Punjab Kings was abandoned due to rain.

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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2026 standings

With four wins from five games, the Rajasthan Royals are currently third in the IPL 2026 points table with eight points. Kolkata Knight Riders are at the bottom of the standings with one point. Find updated IPL points table here.

KKR vs RR in IPL

Rajasthan Royals have won 14 of the 32 KKR vs RR IPL head-to-head matches while Kolkata Knight Riders have emerged victorious 16 times. Two matches between the teams ended in no results.

Kolkata Knight Riders last five matches

Opponent

Venue

Result

Match Date

Margin

GT

Ahmedabad

Lost

April 17, 2026

Five wickets

CSK

Chennai

Lost

April 14, 2026

32 runs

LSG

Kolkata

Lost

April 9, 2026

Three wickets

PBKS

Kolkata

No result

April 6, 2026

-

SRH

Kolkata

Lost

April 2. 2025

65 runs

Rajasthan Royals last five matches

Opponent

Venue

Result

Match Date

Margin

SRH

Hyderabad

Lost

April 13, 2026

57 runs

RCB

Guwahati

Won

April 10, 2026

Six wickets

MI

Guwahati

Won

April 7, 2026

27 runs

GT

Ahmedabad

Won

April 4, 2026

Six runs

CSK

Guwahati

Won

March 30, 2026

Eight wickets

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals players

The Royals’ top-order trio of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhruv Jurel will be eager to make amends after a rare off day in their last outing.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has led the charge with the bat for the Royals this season, piling up 200 runs at a strike rate in excess of 250, while Dhruv Jurel sits third on the scoring charts with 176 runs to his name so far.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is second on RR’s scoring charts with 184 runs and he will enter the contest at the Eden Gardens on Sunday with fond memories of smashing the fastest fifty in IPL off just 13 balls against KKR at the same venue three years back.

Meanwhile, Ravi Bishnoi has been the Royals’ go-to player with the ball, having taken nine wickets so far.

Jofra Archer has spearheaded the pace department with seven scalps, while Nandre Burger and Sandeep Sharma have contributed five wickets each.

For KKR, Angkrish Raghuvanshi has been their best batter with 190 runs and Vaibhav Arora has led the way with the ball with seven wickets.

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KKR vs RR squads

Kolakat Knight Riders players: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik, Cameron Green, Matheesha Pathirana, Tejasvi Singh, Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Rahul Tripathi, Kartik Tyagi, Daksh Kamra, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Rachin Ravindra, Saurabh Dubey, Blessing Muzarabani, Navdeep Saini.

Rajasthan Royals players: Riyan Parag (captain), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Ravi Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Aman Rao, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Yudhvir Singh, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Sushant Mishra, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Punja.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals stats

  • Dhruv Jurel is 4 sixes away from 50 sixes in IPL
  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 8 sixes away from 50 sixes in IPL
  • Shimron Hetmyer is 5 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL
  • Riyan Parag is 9 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL
  • Riyan Parag is 8 sixes away from 200 sixes in T20s
  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 48 runs away from 500 runs in IPL
  • Shimron Hetmyer is 11 runs away from 1000 runs for RR in IPL
  • Dhruv Jurel is 40 runs away from 1000 runs in T20s
  • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 99 runs away from 1000 runs in T20s

Where to watch KKR vs RR IPL 2026 live

Live streaming of the Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2026 match will be available on the JioHotstar App and website. The KKR vs RR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu, Star Sports 1 Kannada and their corresponding HD TV channels in India. The match will start at 3:30 PM IST.

KKR vs RR venue: Eden Gardens records

  • Highest team total: 262/2 by PBKS against KKR in 2024
  • Lowest team total: 49/10 by RCB against KKR in 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: 166
  • Average first innings winning score: 185