Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders
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47th Match:
The match between RR and KKR is the forty-seventh meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on May 2nd 2022.
RR vs KKR History:
The teams competed against each other 26 times, till date. Out of them, RR won 12 times, whereas KKR won 13 times. 1 game was called off without a ball.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against KKR are WLWLL.
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.
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.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 11 times at the neutral venue. RR won 7 times, though two of the victories were in a tied game, one with boundary count and the other with the one over eliminator, whereas KKR won 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against KKR are WLWLL.
Teams and Ranks:
Rajasthan Royals:
The team completed 193 games, out of them the team won 97 times and lost 91 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the third place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 12 points (in total), victory will bring the team to the second place with 14 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team to the current (third) position with 12 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR are LWWWL.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team completed 238 games, out of them the team won 120 times and lost 113 times with 5 without any result (No Result).
The team is at the eighth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 6 points (in total), victory will bring the team to the seventh place with 8 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the eighth (current) position with 6 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR are LLLLL.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the match. The precipitation percentage would be between 5% to 6% as of now, so there would be extremely less chances of rain during the match. The temperature would be 30 throughout the play. The wind would be between 9 to 13 km/h. The speed of wind would decrease gradually and the temperature would be steady throughout the game.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 24 times in 95 games. The selection slightly favored the teams, as the team won 13 times including a victory in a tied game and lost 11 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WWW*LL.
The teams never lost a game after choosing to bat first since 2017.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 38 times and lost 33 times, though the teams lost the match in super over twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLLL.
The first batting team won the matches 46 times including a (1) victory in a tied match. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 49 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLLWW.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 51 times including a tied outing and lost 44 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWLL.
RR:
The team won the toss 9 times in 16 played games. Out of them, the team won 4 times and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while winning the toss, are WLWLW.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the RR at the venue, while losing the toss, are WWLLL.
KKR:
The team won the toss 5 times in 14 played games. Out of them, the team won 1 time and lost 4 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWLLL.
The team never chose to bat first after winning the toss, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the KKR at the venue, while losing the toss, are LLLLL.
The team never won the match after losing the toss since 2012.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 118 runs in 2018. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 198 runs in 2019 at the ground.
The first inning lowest total was 67 runs in 2008, and the highest total was 235 runs in 2015. For the second inning, the lowest total was 79 runs (completed innings) in 2013, whereas the highest was 223 runs in 2017.
The batting average of the first innings is 27.74 and 25.36 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
The teams faced each other once at the venue. RR won the encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR against KKR at the venue are W – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
RR:
The team had an average record at the venue, as the team won 8 times and lost also 8 times in 16 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of RR at the venue are WWLWL.
KKR:
The team had a horrendous record at the venue, as the team won 2 times and lost 12 times in 14 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of KKR at the venue are LLWLL.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Rajasthan Royals:
The team would like to go with an unchanged XI despite the defeat.
Rajasthan Royals Eleven: J. Buttler, D. Padikkal, S. Samson, S. Hetmyer, D. Mitchell, R. Parag, R. Ashwin, T. Boult, P. Krishna, Y. Chahal, K. Sen
Kolkata Knight Riders:
The team would like to go with an unchanged XI despite the defeat.
Kolkata Knight Riders Eleven: A. Finch, V. Iyer, S. Iyer, N. Rana, B. Indrajith, R. Singh, A. Russell, S. Narine, U. Yadav, T. Southee, H. Rana
*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. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://www.jansatta.com/khel/cricket/ipl/rajasthan-royals-vs-kolkata-knight-riders-ipl-2022-live-rr-vs-kkr-cricket-match-score-live-updates-in-hindi/2136326/
