Kolkata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals
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30th Match:
The match between KKR and RR is the thirtieth meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on April 18th 2022.
KKR vs RR History:
The teams competed against each other 25 times, till date. Out of them, KKR won 13 times, whereas RR won 11 times. 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RR are WLWWL.
KKR Home:
The teams competed 9 times at the home ground of KKR. The home team won 6 times and lost twice. 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RR are LWWWW.
RR Home:
The teams faced each other 6 times at the home ground of RR. The host won thrice. On the other hand, visitors won thrice, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against KKR are WLWWL.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 10 times at the neutral venue. KKR won 4 times, whereas RR won 6 times, though two of the victories were in a tied game, one with boundary count and the other with the one over eliminator.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RR are WLWWL.
Teams and Ranks:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team completed 235 games, out of them the team won 120 times and lost 110 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the sixth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 6 points (in total), victory will place the team at the second or third position with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in current (sixth) or seventh position with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are LLWWL.
Rajasthan Royals:
The team completed 189 games, out of them the team won 94 times and lost 90 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the fifth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 6 points (in total), victory will place the team in second position with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team in sixth or seventh position with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are LWLWW.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be 0% as of now, so there would be almost no chance of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 30 to 34 Celsius. The wind would be between 6 to 8 km/h. The speed of wind would increase and the temperature would decrease, gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 6 times in 17 games. The selection favored the teams, as the team won 4 times and lost 2 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WWWLL.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 6 times and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWLWL.
The first batting team won the matches 9 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 8 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLWLW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 10 times and lost 7 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWLWL.
KKR:
The team won the toss 2 times in 4 games, and the team never won, yet and lost both the times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are LL – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are LL – – -.
RR:
The team won the toss 2 times in 4 games, and the team won once and lost also once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while winning the toss, are WL – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while losing the toss, are WL – – -.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 178 runs in 2010. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 211 runs in 2022 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 151 runs in 2010, and the highest total was 215 runs in 2010. For the second inning, the lowest total was 115 runs in 2010, whereas the highest was 211 runs in 2022.
The batting average of the first innings is 32.54 and 26.51 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other once at the venue. RR won the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR against RR at the venue are L – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
KKR:
The team had a horrendous record as the team lost all 4 times in 4 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are LLLL -.
RR:
The team had an average record as the team won twice and lost twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are WLWL -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team would like to go with an unchanged XI despite the defeat.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: V. Iyer, A. Finch, S. Iyer, N. Rana, S. Jackson, A. Russell, S. Narine, P. Cummins, A. Khan, U. Yadav, V. Chakravarthy
Rajasthan Royals:
The team would like to go with T. Boult, if he will be fit for the play, in place of J. Neesham.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: J. Buttler, D. Padikkal, S. Samson, R. van der Dussen, S. Hetmyer, R. Parag, R. Ashwin, P. Krishna, Y. Chahal, K. Sen, T. Boult
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
