Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 53rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on the 4th of May, Sunday. The match will be played at KKR’s home ground, Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Ajinkya Rahane’s KKR are seventh on the points table but still have a chance of making it to the top four by winning the remaining matches. On the other hand, Riyan Parag-led RR who already got eliminated after their previous loss will want to end their journey this year on a high note by ending all the remaining games.
Pitch Report
The pitch at Eden Gardens is expected to be favourable for batters and a high-scoring match is on the cards. The previous time, an afternoon match was played at the ground, and more than 500 runs were scored. A score between 200 to 210 can be considered a par score.
Weather Report, Kolkata
According to AccuWeather, the temperature in Kolkata will be around 30 degrees Celsius at the beginning of the game and will lower down to 27 degrees Celsius towards the end. The humidity is predicted to be around 77% during the end of the match. There is around a 20% chance of rain in the initial hours and around a 42% chance during the last couple of hours.
Matches won batting first: 40
Matches won batting second: 56
Highest total by a team: 262
Lowest total by a team: 49
Highest individual score by a player: 112* – Rajat Patidar
Best bowling figures by a player: 5/15 – Sunil Narine
Matches won batting first: 53
Matches won batting second: 39
Highest total by a team: 261
Lowest total by a team: 108
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Manish Pandey, Mayank Markande, Ramandeep Singh, Luvnith Sisodia, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Spencer Johnson
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (captain), Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Wanindu Hasaranga, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Tushar Deshpande, Kunal Singh Rathore, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma
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